NHA Certified Electronic Record
Specialist (CEHRS) Test, 2024 Chapter 5:
Reporting & Quick Access to Patient
Information fully solved
Comparing quality data from a facility against data provided by external agencies or an internal goal is
called what? - correct answer ✔✔Benchmarking
When an EHR specialist reviewed hospital data, she found that when one provider admits patients the
facility's revenue's increased, and when another provider admits patients, revenues declined. After
figuring out both providers practice internal medicine and admit the same type of patients the EHR
specialist should look at which of the following data first? - correct answer ✔✔Average length of stay
Accounts receivable is...? - correct answer ✔✔The amount due to the hospital for goods and services
already provided.
If an EHR specialist works in a provider's office, he may need to provide data in response to what? -
correct answer ✔✔National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS): a national survey that collects
data on ambulatory medical care
A patient is covered by commercial insurance, while her neighbor has no insurance. When the patient's
neighbor went to the provider's office for a chest cold, she was billed $137.50 for the visit and a strep
test. The insured patient wonders why her explanation of benefits only shows a payment of $42 for her
office visit, even though they saw the same provider. What explains this cost difference? - correct answer
✔✔Insurance companies negotiate discounted rates that are generally lower tan the actual price set by
the providers office.
What results in a hospital financial inquiry on patients who receive treatment for the same illness or
injury? - correct answer ✔✔Higher length of stay then average
PPS helps control costs through what? - correct answer ✔✔predefining the payment for services based
on principle diagnosis
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