HFMA CERTIFIED REVENUE CYCLE
REPRESENTATIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Learning Objective 2/2: Summarize the best practices for each of the
3 Healthcare Dollars & Sense Initiatives. Answer: n/a
⩥ Healthcare Dollars & Sense is the name given to what 3 HFMA
revenue cycle initiatives? Answer: - Patient financial communications
best practices
- Best practices for price transparency
- Medical account resolution
⩥ What question does Healthcare Dollars & Sense answer for patients
and consumers? Answer: to help make sense of price and value in
healthcare.
⩥ What are the 3 components/best practices of Healthcare Dollars &
Sense Answer: Price Transparency, Patient Financial Communications,
and Medical Account Resolution.
⩥ What is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
(EMTALA)? Answer: requires ER departments to provide a medical
, screening examination to any individual who comes into the ER
department and requests an examination/treatment; prohibits ER
departments from refusing to examine or treat individuals with an
emergency condition.
⩥ In an ED, when should you engage in financial discussions with
patients? Answer: During the discharge process
⩥ In an ED, if a patient does not have a medical condition, when should
you discuss the financial discussion? Answer: After the medical
screening, and either during the registration or discharge process.
⩥ If an ED patient does not have an emergency medical condition, can
you then engage in financial discussions? Answer: No, you must ensure
the medical screening is complete first.
⩥ Outside the ED setting, when can you have financial discussions with
patients? Answer: Either during the registration or discharge process - as
long as the patient flow is not disrupted.
⩥ According to best practices, when should you make a reasonable
attempt to have a financial discussion with a patient? Answer: Before a
financial obligation is incurred (before care is provided).
REPRESENTATIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Learning Objective 2/2: Summarize the best practices for each of the
3 Healthcare Dollars & Sense Initiatives. Answer: n/a
⩥ Healthcare Dollars & Sense is the name given to what 3 HFMA
revenue cycle initiatives? Answer: - Patient financial communications
best practices
- Best practices for price transparency
- Medical account resolution
⩥ What question does Healthcare Dollars & Sense answer for patients
and consumers? Answer: to help make sense of price and value in
healthcare.
⩥ What are the 3 components/best practices of Healthcare Dollars &
Sense Answer: Price Transparency, Patient Financial Communications,
and Medical Account Resolution.
⩥ What is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
(EMTALA)? Answer: requires ER departments to provide a medical
, screening examination to any individual who comes into the ER
department and requests an examination/treatment; prohibits ER
departments from refusing to examine or treat individuals with an
emergency condition.
⩥ In an ED, when should you engage in financial discussions with
patients? Answer: During the discharge process
⩥ In an ED, if a patient does not have a medical condition, when should
you discuss the financial discussion? Answer: After the medical
screening, and either during the registration or discharge process.
⩥ If an ED patient does not have an emergency medical condition, can
you then engage in financial discussions? Answer: No, you must ensure
the medical screening is complete first.
⩥ Outside the ED setting, when can you have financial discussions with
patients? Answer: Either during the registration or discharge process - as
long as the patient flow is not disrupted.
⩥ According to best practices, when should you make a reasonable
attempt to have a financial discussion with a patient? Answer: Before a
financial obligation is incurred (before care is provided).
