QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. A healthcare organization that provides a full range of healthcare services
along a continuum of care (for example, an organization that provides acute
care services, long-term care services, and home health services) is called
a(n) ANS >> a. integrated delivery system
2. In a prospective payment system (PPS), the amount of reimbursement
for healthcare services is a ANS >> Predetermined using the diagnosis related
group methodology
3. The one aspect of managed care that has had the greatest impact on
healthcare organizations during the past 25 years is ANS >> cost
control
4. What is the primary goal of integrated delivery systems (IDS)?: To ensure
that patients receive high-quality, cost-effective care in the most appropriate setting
5. The development of managed care services in the United States is an indi-
rect result of the federal government's enactment of ANS >>
Medicare/Medicaid legislation of 1965
6. can be defined as a voluntary system of institutional review by an indepen-
dent external agency ANS >> Accreditation-
7. -govern(s) the operation of a hospital medical staff ANS >> Medical staff bylaw
8. The duty to use due care, the breach of the duty to use due care, the injury
(harm) that occurred, and the conduct that caused the injury or harm are the
elements of ANS >> negligence
9. , a physician will be held to a standard of providing care that reflects what
is called reasonable care ANS >> In a negligence case
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, 10. What type of case arises when there is a breach of an agreement, in
which one party alleges that the other party failed to meet one or more of the
obligations in the agreement?: Contract
11. A HIM professional who is designing a health record system for a health-
care facility should check which authoritative source to determine how long
medical records should be retained by the facility?: State law
12. . True or false? Record authenticity relates to the reliability of the system
on which health record information is created and stored ANS >> TRUE
13. What is the primary importance of data architecture management?: To
define data requirements and integrate and control organization data assets
14. Why are metadata essential in information systems?: They provide the
means to locate, retrieve, use, and manage data
15. . Which of the following best describes a DG program?: The enterprise
authority that ensures control and accountability for enterprise data
16. Which of the following best describes structured data?: Data stored in
electronic databases
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