When undertaking an LHR (Legal Health Record) project the stakeholder group must
include individuals from various levels of the organization. Which of the following should
be included among the stakeholders? - answerinformation technology staff
Which code set would be utilize to create a report showing a hospital's case mix index?
- answerDRG
The case-mix index (CMI) for a hospital should be monitored over time. This is doe by
establishing a valid baseline to track any deviations over a period of time. Which of the
following are used to track and validate an organization's CMI? - answerAverage
relative weight, percent of discharge specialty average length of stay (ALOS), and
average charges
Your chief financial officer has contacted you because your facility's case-mix index
increased this year. He wishes to hear your theory on why this is so. Among the options
below, which would best explain an increase in the case-mix index? - answerThe quality
of clinical documentation improved
Which type of indicators measure the actual results of care for patients and populations,
including patient and family satisfaction? - answeroutcome
in long-term care settings, the resident's care plan is based on data collected in the -
answerMDS
The CFO of your hospital is concerned that the case mix index is increasing while the
number of discharges is remaining the same. You suggest that this is due to which of
the following? - answermore higher weighted DRG's than before
The federal law that directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop
healthcare standards governing electronic data interchange and data security is that -
answerhealth insurance portability accountability act
Which term is used for a centralized database that captures, sorts, and processes
patient data and then sends it back to the user? - answerClinical data repository
Which of the following are phases of the systems development life cycle (SDLC)? -
answerAnalysis, design, and implementation
, CMS pays for inpatient services provider to Medicare patients via: - answerIPPS
(inpatient prospective payment system)
In which EHR database model is all of the healthcare entity's patient health information
stored in one system? - answerCentralized
DRGs or MS-DRGs may be grouped into categories called - answerMDCs
Under the OPPS payment system, the payment is based primarily on: - answerthe
weight of the APCs (Ambulatory Payment Classifications)
RVUs are used as the basis of Medicare payment for which type of provider? -
answerPhysician
In which form of database would data mining to support complex data analysis most
effectively take place? - answerclinical data warehouse
Which of the following sites is considered a facility in the RBRVS payment system? -
answerambulance
In which form of database would data mining to support complex data analysis most
effectively take place? - answerclinical data warehouse
Which of the following sites is considered a facility in the RBRVS payment system? -
answerambulance
The ambulatory payment classification (APC) system is based on the categorization of
___________ services. - answeroutpatient care
The name of the government agency that has led the development of basic data sets for
health records and computer databases is the - answerNational Committee on Vital and
Health Statistics
Which of the following is an external user of data? - answerpublic health department
Facility-based cancer registries receive approval as part of the facility cancer program
from which of the following agencies? - answerAmerican College of Surgeons
If My Town Family Practice is looking for a way to justify higher compensation for the
physicians that provide the highest level of resource intensity, which of the following
metrics is the most appropriate? - answerNumber of RVUs
At Medical Center Hospital, the master patient index system is not meeting facility
needs. There are duplicate numbers and errors in patient identification information. The
IS director replaces the system with a newer system from a different vendor. After
several months, the new system is exhibiting many of the same problems as the old
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