AAHAM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS ANSD
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Established HSAs (formerly known as MSAs) - ✔✔HIPAA
✔✔Protects consumers from inaccurate or unfair practices by issuers of open-ended
credit - ✔✔Fair Credit Billing Act
✔✔Also known as Title VI of the Consumer Credit Protection Act - ✔✔Fair Credit
Reporting Act
✔✔Applies to personal information maintained by agencies in the executive branch -
✔✔Privacy Act
✔✔Deals with disclosure of information before credit is extended - ✔✔Truth in Lending
Act
✔✔Administers Medicare and Medicaid - ✔✔CMS
✔✔Also known as Title VIII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act - ✔✔Fair Debt
Collection Practice Act
✔✔Restricts transfers until stabilization - ✔✔EMTALA
✔✔Federal government's largest grant-making agency - ✔✔DHHS
✔✔Requires that APR and finance charges are clearly and conspicuously identified -
✔✔Truth in Lending Act
✔✔Does not apply in New York and Washington - ✔✔CLIA
✔✔Establishes enforcement responsibility of states and Secretary of DHHS - ✔✔HIPPA
✔✔Establishes requirements for medical screening examinations - ✔✔EMTALA
✔✔Which of the following is not a typical goal for reengineering Patient Access? -
✔✔Free up staff time for training on new technology and regulations.
✔✔What is the recommendation for the percentage of scheduled admissions to be pre-
registered within 24 hours of the service date? - ✔✔70% - 90%
✔✔Which of the following is not gathered during pre-registration or pre-admission? -
✔✔History of chief complaint
, ✔✔What is the term for patient screening before surgical or invasive procedures to
determine hospitalization and/or surgical suitability? - ✔✔Pre-admission testing (PAT)
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of affiliated health services? - ✔✔Marketing
for staff physicians
✔✔When is insurance verification typically done? - ✔✔During pre-certification and/or
admitting/registration
✔✔A woman is the primary caregiver for her husband, who has MS. The patient needs
an alternative caregiver while his wife recovers from an injury. - ✔✔Respite care
✔✔A patient is assigned a bed while being monitored for what appears to be a slight
head concussion. - ✔✔Observation
✔✔A patient is being seen at a clinic for wound care related to a burn. - ✔✔Outpatient
✔✔A patient is no longer acutely ill, but is weakened following a stroke and needs
continuous care to regain strength and function. - ✔✔SNF
✔✔A man who needs daily antibiotic infusions is confined to his home. - ✔✔Home
health
✔✔A patient is terminally ill and is receiving palliative care. - ✔✔Hospice care
✔✔If a physician classifies an admission as an emergency, the hospital can still refuse
the admission. - ✔✔False
✔✔To qualify for SNF coverage, Medicare requires a person to have been a hospital
inpatient for at least three consecutive days (not including the day of discharge). -
✔✔True
✔✔CMS has indicated that instances would be rare that a patient would remain in
observation for more than 24 hours. - ✔✔False
✔✔A single general consent document is signed to cover all procedures and services
being performed in any 24-hour period. - ✔✔False
✔✔In the ER, failure of a patient, who is aware of what is happening, to object to
treatment is implied consent--by law. - ✔✔False
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Established HSAs (formerly known as MSAs) - ✔✔HIPAA
✔✔Protects consumers from inaccurate or unfair practices by issuers of open-ended
credit - ✔✔Fair Credit Billing Act
✔✔Also known as Title VI of the Consumer Credit Protection Act - ✔✔Fair Credit
Reporting Act
✔✔Applies to personal information maintained by agencies in the executive branch -
✔✔Privacy Act
✔✔Deals with disclosure of information before credit is extended - ✔✔Truth in Lending
Act
✔✔Administers Medicare and Medicaid - ✔✔CMS
✔✔Also known as Title VIII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act - ✔✔Fair Debt
Collection Practice Act
✔✔Restricts transfers until stabilization - ✔✔EMTALA
✔✔Federal government's largest grant-making agency - ✔✔DHHS
✔✔Requires that APR and finance charges are clearly and conspicuously identified -
✔✔Truth in Lending Act
✔✔Does not apply in New York and Washington - ✔✔CLIA
✔✔Establishes enforcement responsibility of states and Secretary of DHHS - ✔✔HIPPA
✔✔Establishes requirements for medical screening examinations - ✔✔EMTALA
✔✔Which of the following is not a typical goal for reengineering Patient Access? -
✔✔Free up staff time for training on new technology and regulations.
✔✔What is the recommendation for the percentage of scheduled admissions to be pre-
registered within 24 hours of the service date? - ✔✔70% - 90%
✔✔Which of the following is not gathered during pre-registration or pre-admission? -
✔✔History of chief complaint
, ✔✔What is the term for patient screening before surgical or invasive procedures to
determine hospitalization and/or surgical suitability? - ✔✔Pre-admission testing (PAT)
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of affiliated health services? - ✔✔Marketing
for staff physicians
✔✔When is insurance verification typically done? - ✔✔During pre-certification and/or
admitting/registration
✔✔A woman is the primary caregiver for her husband, who has MS. The patient needs
an alternative caregiver while his wife recovers from an injury. - ✔✔Respite care
✔✔A patient is assigned a bed while being monitored for what appears to be a slight
head concussion. - ✔✔Observation
✔✔A patient is being seen at a clinic for wound care related to a burn. - ✔✔Outpatient
✔✔A patient is no longer acutely ill, but is weakened following a stroke and needs
continuous care to regain strength and function. - ✔✔SNF
✔✔A man who needs daily antibiotic infusions is confined to his home. - ✔✔Home
health
✔✔A patient is terminally ill and is receiving palliative care. - ✔✔Hospice care
✔✔If a physician classifies an admission as an emergency, the hospital can still refuse
the admission. - ✔✔False
✔✔To qualify for SNF coverage, Medicare requires a person to have been a hospital
inpatient for at least three consecutive days (not including the day of discharge). -
✔✔True
✔✔CMS has indicated that instances would be rare that a patient would remain in
observation for more than 24 hours. - ✔✔False
✔✔A single general consent document is signed to cover all procedures and services
being performed in any 24-hour period. - ✔✔False
✔✔In the ER, failure of a patient, who is aware of what is happening, to object to
treatment is implied consent--by law. - ✔✔False
