HFMA CRCR EXAM SCRIPT
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● What is the purpose OIG work plant?
Answer: Identify Acceptable compliance programs in various provider
setting
●● If a Medicare patient is admitted on Friday, what services fall within
the three-day DRG window rule?
Answer: Non-diagnostic service provided on Tuesday through Friday
●● What does a modifier allow a provider to do?
Answer: Report a specific circumstance that affected a procedure or
service without changing the code or its definition
●● IF outpatient diagnostic services are provided within three days of
the admission of a Medicare beneficiary to an IPPS (Inpatient
Prospective Payment System) hospital, what must happen to these
charges
Answer: They must be billed separately to the part B Carrier
●● what is a recurring or series registration?
Answer: One registration record is created for multiple days of service
,●● What are nonemergency patients who come for service without prior
notification to the provider called?
Answer: Unscheduled patients
●● Which of the following statement apply to the observation patient
type?
Answer: It is used to evaluate the need for an inpatient admission
●● which services are hospice programs required to provide around the
clock patient
Answer: Physician, Nursing, Pharmacy
●● Scheduler instructions are used to prompt the scheduler to do what?
Answer: Complete the scheduling process correctly based on service
requeste
●● The Time needed to prepare the patient before service is the
difference between the patients arrival time and which of the following?
Answer: Procedure time
●● Medicare guidelines require that when a test is ordered for a LCD or
NCD exists, the information provided on the order must include:
Answer: Documentation of the medical necessity for the test
,●● What is the advantage of a pre-registration program
Answer: It reduces processing times at the time of service
●● What date are required to establish a new MPI(Master patient Index)
entry
Answer: The responsible party's full legal name, date of birth, and social
security number
●● Which of the following statements is true about third-party
payments?
Answer: The payments are received by the provider from the payer
responsible for reimbursing the provider for the patient's covered
services.
●● Which provision protects the patient from medical expenses that
exceed the pre-set level
Answer: stop loss
●● what documentation must a primary care physician send to HMO
patient to authorize a visit to a specialist for additional testing or care?
Answer: Referral
, ●● Under EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act)
regulations, the provider may not ask about a patient's insurance
information if it would delay what?
Answer: Medical screening and stabilizing treatment
●● Which of the following is a step in the discharge process?
Answer: Have a case management service complete the discharge plan
●● The hospital has a APC based contract for the payment of outpatient
services. Total anticipated charges for the visit are $2,380. The approved
APC payment rate is $780. Where will the patients benefit package be
applied?
Answer: To the approved APC payment rate
●● A patient has met the $200 individual deductible and $900 of the
$1000 co-insurance responsibility. The co-insurance rate is 20%. The
estimated insurance plan responsibility is $1975.00. What amount of
coinsurance is due from the patient?
Answer: $100.00
●● When is a patient considered to be medically indigent?
Answer: The patient's outstanding medical bills exceed a defined dollar
amount or percentage of assets.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● What is the purpose OIG work plant?
Answer: Identify Acceptable compliance programs in various provider
setting
●● If a Medicare patient is admitted on Friday, what services fall within
the three-day DRG window rule?
Answer: Non-diagnostic service provided on Tuesday through Friday
●● What does a modifier allow a provider to do?
Answer: Report a specific circumstance that affected a procedure or
service without changing the code or its definition
●● IF outpatient diagnostic services are provided within three days of
the admission of a Medicare beneficiary to an IPPS (Inpatient
Prospective Payment System) hospital, what must happen to these
charges
Answer: They must be billed separately to the part B Carrier
●● what is a recurring or series registration?
Answer: One registration record is created for multiple days of service
,●● What are nonemergency patients who come for service without prior
notification to the provider called?
Answer: Unscheduled patients
●● Which of the following statement apply to the observation patient
type?
Answer: It is used to evaluate the need for an inpatient admission
●● which services are hospice programs required to provide around the
clock patient
Answer: Physician, Nursing, Pharmacy
●● Scheduler instructions are used to prompt the scheduler to do what?
Answer: Complete the scheduling process correctly based on service
requeste
●● The Time needed to prepare the patient before service is the
difference between the patients arrival time and which of the following?
Answer: Procedure time
●● Medicare guidelines require that when a test is ordered for a LCD or
NCD exists, the information provided on the order must include:
Answer: Documentation of the medical necessity for the test
,●● What is the advantage of a pre-registration program
Answer: It reduces processing times at the time of service
●● What date are required to establish a new MPI(Master patient Index)
entry
Answer: The responsible party's full legal name, date of birth, and social
security number
●● Which of the following statements is true about third-party
payments?
Answer: The payments are received by the provider from the payer
responsible for reimbursing the provider for the patient's covered
services.
●● Which provision protects the patient from medical expenses that
exceed the pre-set level
Answer: stop loss
●● what documentation must a primary care physician send to HMO
patient to authorize a visit to a specialist for additional testing or care?
Answer: Referral
, ●● Under EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act)
regulations, the provider may not ask about a patient's insurance
information if it would delay what?
Answer: Medical screening and stabilizing treatment
●● Which of the following is a step in the discharge process?
Answer: Have a case management service complete the discharge plan
●● The hospital has a APC based contract for the payment of outpatient
services. Total anticipated charges for the visit are $2,380. The approved
APC payment rate is $780. Where will the patients benefit package be
applied?
Answer: To the approved APC payment rate
●● A patient has met the $200 individual deductible and $900 of the
$1000 co-insurance responsibility. The co-insurance rate is 20%. The
estimated insurance plan responsibility is $1975.00. What amount of
coinsurance is due from the patient?
Answer: $100.00
●● When is a patient considered to be medically indigent?
Answer: The patient's outstanding medical bills exceed a defined dollar
amount or percentage of assets.
