CAHIMS Practice Exam 2 | 2024 Questions & Answers
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A party must be determined to be accountable for charges in the medical billing cycle. During which step
of the cycle is the legal promise-to-pay relationship established?
Reimbursement
Coding
Final settlement
Regist...
A party must be determined to be accountable for charges in the medical billing cycle. During which step
of the cycle is the legal promise-to-pay relationship established?
Reimbursement
Coding
Final settlement
Registration - ✔✔registration
What is the main difference between certification and licensure in healthcare?
Only licensure allows a clinician to legally practice in the issuing state.
Certification and licensure mean the same thing; states just differ in which term they use.
Licensure requirements for a given healthcare profession vary among states, but certification
requirements for a given healthcare profession are the same for all states.
Only certification allows a clinician to legally practice in the issuing state. - ✔✔Only licensure allows a
clinician to legally practice in the issuing state.
Which of the following accurately represents the benefits of implementing an EHR system?
Increased equality among providers, recommendations available at point of care, improved care quality,
and better use of preventive services
Improved quality of care, reduction in medical errors, better use of preventive services, and elimination
of redundant tests
Reduction in medical errors, current evidence-based treatment, recommendations available at point of
care, and reduction in overhead costs
Reduction in medical errors, current evidence-based treatment, improved ability to maintain patient
privacy, and elimination of redundant tests - ✔✔Correct! Improved quality of care, reduction in medical
errors, better use of preventive services, and elimination of redundant tests
Which of the following would most likely not be included in the summary screen of an EHR?
Current medications
Allergies
, Patient's care team
Billing information - ✔✔Billing information
A hospital plans to implement an EHR system and has taken inventory of its current client hardware. The
staff requests that the hospital consider purchasing client hardware that enables them to be more
mobile so they can work from anywhere in the hospital. Which purchase would be most suitable for this
hospital?
Tablet PCs
Laptops
High-speed WiFi Internet connection
E-prescribing software - ✔✔tablet PCs
True or false? Because multiple users are allowed to access the same database file simultaneously, the
DBMS must provide extra layers of protection for the data. - ✔✔true
Because multiple users can access a database file at the same time, the DBMS must use advanced
security measures to protect the individual data elements. If one user wants to change a patient's
telephone number and another user wants to change the patient's insurance carrier, they can do so.
However, if both users want to change the patient's telephone number at the same time (an unusual
situation but not unheard of), one user must wait until the other is finished. This level of wait is in
milliseconds and usually is not obvious to the users.
A small physician practice has joined a cloud-based EMR subscription service that was established by one
of the hospitals where the physician practices. The physician pays a monthly fee for the subscription.
That fee increases if the number of patients increases or if the practice expands and adds more
physicians. This type of cloud is a __________.
community cloud
public cloud
private cloud
hybrid cloud - ✔✔hybrid cloud
True or false? Notations include symbols. - ✔✔true
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