Question

1. HIPAA regulates access to personal health information for hospitals and clinics
2. HIPAA provides exemptions for certain public health functions
3. HIPAA regulations do not apply to patients in possession of their own medical information

		All are correct
		1 and 3 are correct
		1 is correct
		3 is correct

QUESTION 2

1. Berkshire Hattaway

   1. Is one of three companies that are building a model to improve employee health status
   2. Wants to make patient care more affordable and accessible
   3. Want to become a health insurance company

   		All are correct
   		1 and 3 are correct
   		1 and 2 are correct
   		3 is correct

QUESTION 3

1. Medicare Fraud can entail:

   1. Billing for missed patient appointments
   2. Making referrals to providers for which the referrer has a financial interest
   3. Paying for referrals
   4. Adjusting claims submissions to maximize reimbursement

   		All are correct
   		1 and 3 are correct
   		1 and 4 are correct
   		1,2, 3 are correct

QUESTION 4

1. Reasons for increased healthcare costs in the US vs. other developed countries are:

   1.Healthcare in US is a competitive business with limited federal guidelines

   2. Pharmacy costs are nearly quadruple from other countries

   3. Americans have 3year lower life expectancy than other developed nations

   		All are correct
   		1 and 3 are correct
   		1 is correct
   		3 is correct

QUESTION 5

1. The following terms are correctly described:

   1. CCD- Clinical Care Decision
   2. ACA – Accountable Care Activity
   3. HITECH -Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
   4. ADT- admit, transfer or Discharge
   5. eMPI- electronic Master Patient Index

   		All of the above
   		b,d, and e only
   		c,d,e only

QUESTION 6

1. The difference between HL7 code and SNOMED code is:

   		There is no difference since they both describe clinical events
   		HL7 code is machine code while SNOMED code is clinical events
   		SNOMED code describes a lab result while HL7 is a machine code
   		HL7 code is no longer used while SNOMED is still used

QUESTION 7

1. The 2016 Texas physician survey showed:

   1.A 25 % increase in EMR/EHR adoption between 2009 and 2016                                   

   2. Of the mentioned EMR.s Athena Health enjoys the greatest satisfaction level

                   3. The percent of clinics using scribes to populate EMR’s has stayed relatively constant between 2014 and 2016

                   4. 46% of respondents reported improved patient safety form EMR use

   		All are correct
   		1 and 2 are correct
   		1 and 3 are correct

QUESTION 8

1. Examples of non-discrete data:

   1. Discharge notes

   2. Lab results

   3. ECG report

   4. Diagnosis code

   		1 and 2 are correct
   		2 and 4 are correct
   		1 and 3 are correct
   		3 and 4 are correct

QUESTION 9

1. Describe the impact of the federal push to change from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance on the healthcare delivery system (use assignment format):

   What was a cause for it

   Describe the concept and provide examples of each environment          

   Describe the change in thinking a physician clinic needed to have

   Describe what the benefit to the patient will be

   Describe how conditions for reimbursement changed

   Describe the need for healthIT in this environment

   Include minimally three references.

QUESTION 10

1. Describe how encryption of data can protect an organization from HIPAA beaches:

                                   Describe what encryption means (basic concept behind it)

                                   How and when is data encrypted

QUESTION 11

1. Explain the value of the LACE score;

   What is its value

                   Find two articles that show the value of the LACE score and describe their methodology

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Correct is B, which is "1 and 3 are correct", HIPAA regulates access to personal health information for hospitals and clinics and HIPAA regulations do not apply to patients in possession of their own medical information.

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