NHA - Certified Electronic Health
Record Specialist (CEHRS) Study
Guide AVTEC
What are Accounts Receivable?
A. Money owed by the facility to vendors
B. Patient bills for services already provided that are legally due to a facility
C. Insurance payments pending approval
D. Donations received by the healthcare facility
Answer: B
What are Ad Hoc Reports?
A. Regularly scheduled monthly financial reports
B. Standard reports generated automatically by the system
C. Reports created in response to an inquiry or issue that comes up, not normally
scheduled
D. Annual compliance reports required by law
Answer: C
What is an Addendum?
A. A correction made to existing documentation
B. Additional documentation added to a health record representing new data not in
the original documentation
C. A deletion of incorrect information
D. A summary of the patient's entire medical history
Answer: B
What are Advance Directives?
A. Instructions for hospital staff on emergency procedures
,B. Documents giving patients the right to make care decisions and designate others
to decide if incapacitated
C. Financial agreements between patient and hospital
D. Physician orders for patient treatment
Answer: B
What is the Affordable Care Act?
A. A state-level insurance program
B. Legislation that mandates comprehensive health insurance reform
C. A discount program for low-income patients
D. A Medicare supplement plan
Answer: B
What is an Amendment?
A. A deletion of incorrect patient information
B. An addition to patient record documentation meant to clarify or further explain
existing record information
C. A complete replacement of the medical record
D. A summary report of the patient's care
Answer: B
What is AHIMA?
A. A government healthcare regulatory agency
B. An insurance company association
C. The national organization for medical records professionals
D. A hospital accreditation body
Answer: C
What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
A. A healthcare insurance reform law
,B. Legislation with goals to create jobs, spur economic activity, and support
accountability in recovery spending
C. A Medicare funding program
D. A patient privacy protection law
Answer: B
What are Audit Trails?
A. Financial records of hospital expenses
B. Patient care pathways through the hospital
C. A software program that tracks users by login and documents their system access
D. A method for tracking medication administration
Answer: C
What is Authorization in healthcare?
A. A physician's order for treatment
B. Required for any release of patient PHI, with specific elements making it legal and
appropriate
C. Permission for surgery or procedures
D. Approval from insurance for payment
Answer: B
What are Autopsy Rates?
A. The percentage of patients who die in the hospital
B. The percent of autopsies performed on patients who die in the hospital
C. The number of deaths per 1000 admissions
D. The rate at which autopsies are requested by families
Answer: B
What is Average Length of Stay (ALOS)?
A. The longest time any patient stayed in the hospital
, B. The time from admission to discharge for one patient
C. Total number of patient days in a period divided by the number of patients
D. The average time patients wait in the emergency room
Answer: C
What is Battery in legal terms?
A. Failure to provide adequate care
B. Harmful or offensive touching of another
C. Verbal threats against a patient
D. Negligence in medical treatment
Answer: B
What is Benchmarking?
A. Setting financial budgets for departments
B. Comparing best practices
C. Measuring patient satisfaction scores
D. Establishing employee performance standards
Answer: B
What are Benchmarks?
A. Industry standards that cannot be changed
B. Goals or metrics a facility wants to meet
C. Minimum legal requirements for healthcare
D. Historical data from previous years
Answer: B
What is a Business Associate?
A. A partner hospital in the same network
Record Specialist (CEHRS) Study
Guide AVTEC
What are Accounts Receivable?
A. Money owed by the facility to vendors
B. Patient bills for services already provided that are legally due to a facility
C. Insurance payments pending approval
D. Donations received by the healthcare facility
Answer: B
What are Ad Hoc Reports?
A. Regularly scheduled monthly financial reports
B. Standard reports generated automatically by the system
C. Reports created in response to an inquiry or issue that comes up, not normally
scheduled
D. Annual compliance reports required by law
Answer: C
What is an Addendum?
A. A correction made to existing documentation
B. Additional documentation added to a health record representing new data not in
the original documentation
C. A deletion of incorrect information
D. A summary of the patient's entire medical history
Answer: B
What are Advance Directives?
A. Instructions for hospital staff on emergency procedures
,B. Documents giving patients the right to make care decisions and designate others
to decide if incapacitated
C. Financial agreements between patient and hospital
D. Physician orders for patient treatment
Answer: B
What is the Affordable Care Act?
A. A state-level insurance program
B. Legislation that mandates comprehensive health insurance reform
C. A discount program for low-income patients
D. A Medicare supplement plan
Answer: B
What is an Amendment?
A. A deletion of incorrect patient information
B. An addition to patient record documentation meant to clarify or further explain
existing record information
C. A complete replacement of the medical record
D. A summary report of the patient's care
Answer: B
What is AHIMA?
A. A government healthcare regulatory agency
B. An insurance company association
C. The national organization for medical records professionals
D. A hospital accreditation body
Answer: C
What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
A. A healthcare insurance reform law
,B. Legislation with goals to create jobs, spur economic activity, and support
accountability in recovery spending
C. A Medicare funding program
D. A patient privacy protection law
Answer: B
What are Audit Trails?
A. Financial records of hospital expenses
B. Patient care pathways through the hospital
C. A software program that tracks users by login and documents their system access
D. A method for tracking medication administration
Answer: C
What is Authorization in healthcare?
A. A physician's order for treatment
B. Required for any release of patient PHI, with specific elements making it legal and
appropriate
C. Permission for surgery or procedures
D. Approval from insurance for payment
Answer: B
What are Autopsy Rates?
A. The percentage of patients who die in the hospital
B. The percent of autopsies performed on patients who die in the hospital
C. The number of deaths per 1000 admissions
D. The rate at which autopsies are requested by families
Answer: B
What is Average Length of Stay (ALOS)?
A. The longest time any patient stayed in the hospital
, B. The time from admission to discharge for one patient
C. Total number of patient days in a period divided by the number of patients
D. The average time patients wait in the emergency room
Answer: C
What is Battery in legal terms?
A. Failure to provide adequate care
B. Harmful or offensive touching of another
C. Verbal threats against a patient
D. Negligence in medical treatment
Answer: B
What is Benchmarking?
A. Setting financial budgets for departments
B. Comparing best practices
C. Measuring patient satisfaction scores
D. Establishing employee performance standards
Answer: B
What are Benchmarks?
A. Industry standards that cannot be changed
B. Goals or metrics a facility wants to meet
C. Minimum legal requirements for healthcare
D. Historical data from previous years
Answer: B
What is a Business Associate?
A. A partner hospital in the same network
