Exam 1: Introduction to Health Care Systems
A longitudinal patient record documents a patient's health status, conditions, and treatments _____________________________.
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The ____________________ program is designed to recover improper Medicare payments.
Recovery Audit Contractor
RAC
Describe what a personal health record (PHR) is and three attributes that make them useful for patients.?
It is "an Internet-based set of tools that allows people to access and coordinate their life-long health information and make appropriate parts of it available to those who need it." The Markle Foundation goes on to describe the following attributes of a PHR:
Each person controls his or her own PHR. Individuals decide which parts of their PHR can be accessed, by whom, and for how long.
PHRs contain information from one's entire lifetime.
PHRs contain information from all health care providers.
PHRs are accessible from any place at any time.
PHRs are private and secure.
PHRs are "transparent." Individuals can see who entered each piece of data, where it was transferred from, and who has viewed it.
PHRs permit easy exchange of information with other health information systems and health professionals?
A(n) ____________________________ is a partner or contractor performing a job or service on behalf of a covered entity.
Medicare pays skilled nursing facilities, home health providers, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, and long-term care hospitals under prospective payment systems.
Match each description with the correct item
- This legislation made significant revisions to the Medicare program by calling for the creation of Part D, e-prescribing for prescription drug plans, revision of claims processing, and a Medicare payment recovery demonstration project.
_________________________________ is a general term referring to electronic health records and related information systems to manage health care processes.
Match each description with the correct item
- An entity that oversees and governs the exchange of health-related information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards, often used synonymously with regional health information organization (RHIO).
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP or CHIP) is _________________.
In a prospective payment system, the health care provider charges and is paid for each item of service provided.
Under Part C, beneficiaries pay a monthly premium for the insurance plan, in addition to their Part B premium
Part A of Medicare pays for hospital inpatient care, home health care, skilled nursing care, and hospice care.
Match each description with the correct item
- This program focuses on Medicaid overpayments.
A(n) _________ links data provided by various health care providers.
Match each description with the correct item
- Enacted in 2009 and also known as the "Stimulus Act," its main purpose was to create jobs and stimulate economic growth; however, it contained many provisions for health care, including billions of dollars for health information technology.
This legislation amends the HIPAA privacy and security rules.
The ____________________ program was implemented by CMS to identify and investigate malicious fraudulent claims activity within Medicare's seven geographic regions (zones).
Americans have heavily depended on hospitals for lifesaving health care since the 1700s.
A(n) _________________________________ is a locally implemented program focused upon improving the quality of clinical documentation to facilitate an accurate representation of health care services through complete and accurate reporting of diagnoses and procedures.
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