AMCA Certification Exam

AMCA Certification Exam 2023 Complete Empathy Ans- Having an understanding and compassion for what the patient may be experiencing Established Patient Ans- Has been seen by the physician within 3 years New Patient Ans- Hasn't been to the physician in 3 years CMS Ans- Center for Medicare and Medicaid services HIPAA Title I Ans- Healthcare Access, Portability and Renewability HIPAA Title II Ans- Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse HIPAA Title III Ans- Tax Related Health Provisions HIPAA Title IV Ans- Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements HIPAA Title V Ans- Revenue Offsets HIPAA Ans- Health Insurance and Accountability Act Expressed Consent Ans- A patient acknowledges that they have received proper direction regarding the nature of their medical treatment verbally or by signing a comment form Implied Consent Ans- A patient uses body language top indicate that they agree to receive a form of medical care Respondeat Superior Ans- "let the master answer"; physician is responsible for medical staff mistakes Coordination of Benefits Ans- C.O.B; Indicates how a policy well pay when more than one insurance plan is in effect HITECH Ans- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; Promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (EHR) ONCHIT Ans- Office of National Coordination for Health Technology Core Function of EHR Ans- Health Information and data elements Core Function of EHR Ans- Results management Core Function of EHR Ans- Order management Core Function of EHR Ans- Decision support Core Function of EHR Ans- Electronic communications and connectivity Core Function of EHR Ans- Patient support Core Function of EHR Ans- Administrative processes Core Function of EHR Ans- Reporting and population management Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Ans- Computerized records of one physicians encounter with a patient over time (intranet) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Ans- Reflects the data from ALL sources that have treated the individual (interoperable to other facilities) Acute Care Ans- Most often refers to a hospital, treats patients with urgent problems that cannot be handled Personal Health Records (PHR) Ans- Maintained and owned by the patient Ambulatory Care Ans- Refers to treatment without admission to hospital Clinical Templates Ans- Allows doctors to document patient encounters into an EHR on a structured form RADT Ans- Registration, admissions, discharge, transfer Unique Patient Identifier (UPI) Ans- Links all clinical observations, tests, procedures, villains, evaluations, and diagnoses to the patient Clinical Vocabularies Ans- Set a common definitions for medical terms that ease communication by decreasing uncertainty SNOMED-CT Ans- Clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all trends used in medicine LOINC Ans- Trends and codes used for electronic exchange of lab results and clinical observations UMLS Ans- Thesaurus database of medical terms Fixed Appointment Scheduling Ans- One patient is scheduled for a specific appointment time Cluster Scheduling Ans- Scheduling a group of patients cooking in for the fake tour of service should be scheduled around the same block of time Double Booking Ans- Two patients are scheduled to see the same physician at once Wave Scheduling Method Ans- Patients are scheduled for the first half of each hour, and each patient is seen in the order they arrive Narrative Style Charting Ans- Physicians dictate notes about patients care, then gave rise notes transcribed and placed in the patients chart SOAP Ans- Subjective, objective, assessment, plan Subjective Ans- Any information that the patient provides including chief complaint, or comments made during an examination Objective Ans- Information based on observations made by the physician or medical assistant (lab results, vital signs) Assessment Ans- A brief summary of the patients symptoms, and may often include a diagnosis as well as a list of other possible diagnoses Plan Ans- Consists of any information regarding the prescribed plan of action for a patient (prescriptions, instructions, referrals) Problem Oriented Medical Record (POMR) Ans- Charting that tracks patients problems during the time they are receiving medical care Progress Notes Ans- Daily chart notes which are used to record any information that Irish to the various stages of a patients condition Flow Chart Ans- A visual aid used to keep track of information over a period of time Alphabetic Filing System Ans- Information is filed according to the patients last name Numeric Filing System Ans- Information regarding each patient is stored used a number, instead of the last name A Medical Record Contains... Ans- Personal information, financial information, medical information and social information Personal/Financial Information Ans- Includes insurance data, marital status, next of kin, and other items collected for personal identification Medical Information Ans- Includes the chief complaint, family/patient medical history, results of exams, physical exam form, lab reports, etc. Social Information Ans- Includes items such as race, ethnicity, hobbies, lifestyle choices Self-Insure Ans- A method in which the employer pays directly for the employees medical bills Medicare Ans- Federal program for patients that are either over the age of 65, disabled, or considered end-stage renal disease patients Medicaid Ans- Federal program, state administered, for individuals/families that have very low income TRICARE Ans- A benefit program for members of the armed forces, as well as retired service personnel and they're families CHAMPVA Ans- A benefit program for veterans with service-related disabilities Workers' Compensation Ans- Coverage through employers for partners who suffer from job-related injuries Person Who Owns Insurance Policy Ans- Member, subscriber, insured, policyholder Dependents Ans- Family members who are chores tuner the members insurance policy Premium Ans- Monthly payment to the insurance company to receive coverage (usually deducted from paycheck) Allowed Amount Ans- The amount charged for service determined by the insurance company Provider Ans- Physician, specialist, or any person that provides medical care Participating Provider (Preferred) Ans- Physicians who agree to accept the allowed amount from the insurance company as a payment in full Copayment Ans- A fixed amount a patient may be required to pay at the time of their appointment Coinsurance Ans- A set percentage of charges that the patient pays in surfing to the guidelines set forth by their policy (80/20) Deductible Ans- A set amount the patient may be required to pay the provider before they can receive services Beneficiary Ans- A patient covered by a federal program, such as Medicare or Medicaid Word Root Ans- Foundation of a med term Suffix Ans- Med term ending Prefix Ans- Med term beginning Combing Vowel Ans- Links the root to the suffix or another root Combing Form Ans- Word root plus the appropriate combining vowel Arthr/o Ans- Joint Bi/o Ans- Life Cardi/o Ans- Heart Carcin/o Ans- Cancerous, cancer Cephal/o Ans- Head Cerebr/o Ans- Cerebrum Cyt/o Ans- Cell Dent/l Ans- Teeth Derm/o Ans- Skin Electr/o Ans- Electrical activity Enter/o Ans- Intestines Fet/o Ans- Fetus Gastr/o Ans- Stomach Rhin/o Ans- Nose Sarc/o Ans- Flesh Thromb/o Ans- Clotting Ur/o Ans- Urinary tract -al Ans- Pertaining to -algia Ans- Pain -dynia Ans- Pain -ectomy Ans- Excision, removal -emia Ans- Blood condition -genic Ans- Produced by, pertaining to producing