QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Who sets the official Guidelines for coding and reporting (ICD-10)? -
CORRECT ANSWERS American Hospital Associates (AHA)
American Health information management association (AHIMA)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
AHA - CORRECT ANSWERS Serves as a clearing house for issues
related to use of ICD-10 codes
services in representation and advocacy role on national classification and data
issues
publisher of the AHA coding Clinic (updated quarterly
AHIMA - CORRECT ANSWERS serves as a nonprofit association of
health information professionals
takes a lead in advancing health data and information management provides
multiple resources
NCHS - CORRECT ANSWERS serves as World Health Organization
(WHO) collaboration center for family of international classification of North
America
coordinates all official disease classifications activities in the US
CMS - CORRECT ANSWERS part of the US department of Health and
Human Services (HHS)
administers medicare and medicaid programs
compares websites for healthcare data
, HAC - CORRECT ANSWERS Hospital Acquired Conditions
PSI - CORRECT ANSWERS patient safety indicator
Fraud and abuse - CORRECT ANSWERS The intentional and mistaken
misrepresentation of reimbursement claims submitted to government-sponsored
health programs
Federal False Claims Act - CORRECT ANSWERS makes it an offense to
submit a false claim to the government for payment of health care services
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - CORRECT ANSWERS
health care reform law passed in 2010 that includes incentives and
penalties for employers providing health insurance as a benefit
Title XI of the social security activities - CORRECT ANSWERS
exclusion from the federal payer program if convicted of misconduct
Compliance - CORRECT ANSWERS the tendency to agree to do things
requested by others
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWERS The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific
health care information and providing the patient with control over how this
information is used and distributed. - 1996
DOJ - CORRECT ANSWERS Department of Justice; one of the entities,
along with the Office of Inspector General (OIG), that coordinates fraud and
abuse control.