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latory bodies that govern LTCHs incl Specialty medical societies Commercial insurance agencies References rican Medical Association Ameria cor Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and State regaulations c. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) I TCH Prospective Payment System regulations are included in w The in the Federal Registry Acute Inpatient PPS regulations a. b. State regulations . Medicare Conditions of Participation d. Commercial insurance company newsletters True or False: LTCHs may choose to be accredited by The Joint Commission. 1. Quality reporting for LTCHs require what component? Hand-tabulated assessment data a. b. Standardization of data components for ease in sharing Computer-tabulated assessment data c. d. Hospital-specific quality data . True or False: The determination of the principal diagnosis or the actualreason for admis- sion to the long-term care setting is one of the easiest documentation issues in the LTCH 9. Wha t health information policies and procedures are not included with LTCH records? Health record review processes b. a. Auditing of health records Birth and tumor registries d. c. Health record completions processes What approach do LTCHe P4 stme hat approach do LTCHs utilize to accomplish a hybrid EHR: a. tilize scanning technology to enhance the computerized he tore paper records without scanning Have standalone transcription systems St c. d. ore documents on microfiche

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LTCH stands for Long Term Care Hospital. The patient are usually critically ill or from ICU.The length of the stay is more than 25 days.The care is from daily activity to respiratory support by the health care team excluding birth and tumour registries  In simple terms it include the medical and non medical care under Medicaid services. The Federal statue pays for the insurance. It is accredidated by the Joint commission. The data are shared for the comfort of care and to take necessary actions.The health records are maintained by scanning system in the HER

Ans:4.d.Center for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) and state regulations

Ans:5.a.Federal registery acute inpatient PPS regulation

Ans:6.True

Ans.7.b.standardization of data components for ease in sharing

Ans.8. False

Ans:9.c.birth and tumour registries

Ans:10.a.utilize The scanning technology to enhance The computerized health data.