CMOM – PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE LATEST 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADE A+
What influences your budget? - ANSWERS--Inflation (barrier)
-HIPPA (to be compliant)
-OSHA (Providing that annual training being compliant)
-Having a billing compliance plan
-New Services (Medicine changes)
-Labor Costs (finding qualified people)
-Competition (Location, Services, Marketing)
Business Associates - ANSWERS-can be held directly accountable by
federal or state authority for failure to comply with HIPAA statutory or
regulations. ex. IT techs, Janitors, Cleaning Services, Vendors, Collection
agencies, Consultants and Billing Services.
Entities - ANSWERS-ex. doctors, hospitals, pharmacy
Breach - ANSWERS-unauthorized acquisition access, use or disclosure of
protected health information, ex. ALGH issue on breach where health
info was spread with no consents from patients.
,HIPPA REGULATION: Privacy Overview - ANSWERS-There are three
major areas addressed in the Privacy Regulation: 1. Use and disclosure
of PHI, 2. Patient rights 3. Security administrative and physical
What is NOT considered a breach? - ANSWERS-1. Where an authorized
person who received the health info. cannot reasonably have been able
to retain it.
2. If an unintentional acquisition, access, or use occurs within the scope
of employ. and info doesn't go any further.
3. If it is an inadvertent disclosure that occurs within a facility, and the
information does not go any further.
Tiered Increase in Civil Monetary Penalties - ANSWERS-HIPPA violation
at $50,000 per violation and an annual maximum of $1.5million.
What are examples that could not result in HIPPA violation by DHHS? -
ANSWERS--Overheard phone or nursing station conversation
-Joint treatment areas
-Sign-in sheets
-Calling names in reception areas
-Hospital rounds
Solutions would be to speak quietly, cubicles, curtains, dividers, asking
patients to step back, or closing doors.
, Health Information (PHI) - ANSWERS-Any info. whether oral or recorded
in any form or medium that is created or received by a health care
provider, health, plan public health authority, employer, life insurer,
school or university, or health care clearinghouse, and related to the
past, present or future physical or mental health or condition.
Individual Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) - ANSWERS-Information
that is a subset of health information, including demographic,
information collected from an individual.
Identifiers - ANSWERS--Email address
-Social Security number
-Medical record number
-Vehicle identifier
-Full face photograph
The Notice of Privacy Practices should be... - ANSWERS-In a written
language, tape, or video that the patient understands, be clearly posted
in the practice or facility, and if applicable, on the practice website.
Fraud - ANSWERS-the intentional deception or misrepresentation that
an individual knows to be false or does not believe to be true and
makes, knowingly that the deception could result in some unauthorized
benefit to himself/herself or some other person.
INSTITUTE LATEST 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADE A+
What influences your budget? - ANSWERS--Inflation (barrier)
-HIPPA (to be compliant)
-OSHA (Providing that annual training being compliant)
-Having a billing compliance plan
-New Services (Medicine changes)
-Labor Costs (finding qualified people)
-Competition (Location, Services, Marketing)
Business Associates - ANSWERS-can be held directly accountable by
federal or state authority for failure to comply with HIPAA statutory or
regulations. ex. IT techs, Janitors, Cleaning Services, Vendors, Collection
agencies, Consultants and Billing Services.
Entities - ANSWERS-ex. doctors, hospitals, pharmacy
Breach - ANSWERS-unauthorized acquisition access, use or disclosure of
protected health information, ex. ALGH issue on breach where health
info was spread with no consents from patients.
,HIPPA REGULATION: Privacy Overview - ANSWERS-There are three
major areas addressed in the Privacy Regulation: 1. Use and disclosure
of PHI, 2. Patient rights 3. Security administrative and physical
What is NOT considered a breach? - ANSWERS-1. Where an authorized
person who received the health info. cannot reasonably have been able
to retain it.
2. If an unintentional acquisition, access, or use occurs within the scope
of employ. and info doesn't go any further.
3. If it is an inadvertent disclosure that occurs within a facility, and the
information does not go any further.
Tiered Increase in Civil Monetary Penalties - ANSWERS-HIPPA violation
at $50,000 per violation and an annual maximum of $1.5million.
What are examples that could not result in HIPPA violation by DHHS? -
ANSWERS--Overheard phone or nursing station conversation
-Joint treatment areas
-Sign-in sheets
-Calling names in reception areas
-Hospital rounds
Solutions would be to speak quietly, cubicles, curtains, dividers, asking
patients to step back, or closing doors.
, Health Information (PHI) - ANSWERS-Any info. whether oral or recorded
in any form or medium that is created or received by a health care
provider, health, plan public health authority, employer, life insurer,
school or university, or health care clearinghouse, and related to the
past, present or future physical or mental health or condition.
Individual Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) - ANSWERS-Information
that is a subset of health information, including demographic,
information collected from an individual.
Identifiers - ANSWERS--Email address
-Social Security number
-Medical record number
-Vehicle identifier
-Full face photograph
The Notice of Privacy Practices should be... - ANSWERS-In a written
language, tape, or video that the patient understands, be clearly posted
in the practice or facility, and if applicable, on the practice website.
Fraud - ANSWERS-the intentional deception or misrepresentation that
an individual knows to be false or does not believe to be true and
makes, knowingly that the deception could result in some unauthorized
benefit to himself/herself or some other person.
