Certification Exam (AMCA)
Questions and Answers Exam
Empathy - ANSWER>>Having an understanding and compassion for what the
patient may be experiencing
Established Patient - ANSWER>>Has been seen by the physician within 3 years
New Patient - ANSWER>>Hasn't been to the physician in 3 years
CMS - ANSWER>>Center for Medicare and Medicaid services
HIPAA Title I - ANSWER>>Healthcare Access, Portability and Renewability
HIPAA Title II - ANSWER>>Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse
HIPAA Title III - ANSWER>>Tax Related Health Provisions
HIPAA Title IV - ANSWER>>Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan
Requirements
HIPAA Title V - ANSWER>>Revenue Offsets
HIPAA - ANSWER>>Health Insurance and Accountability Act
,Expressed Consent - ANSWER>>A patient acknowledges that they have received
proper direction regarding the nature of their medical treatment verbally or by
signing a comment form
Implied Consent - ANSWER>>A patient uses body language top indicate that they
agree to receive a form of medical care
Respondeat Superior - ANSWER>>"let the master ANSWER"; physician is
responsible for medical staff mistakes
Coordination of Benefits - ANSWER>>C.O.B; Indicates how a policy well pay when
more than one insurance plan is in effect
HITECH - ANSWER>>Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health Act; Promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information
technology (EHR)
ONCHIT - ANSWER>>Office of National Coordination for Health Technology
Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Health Information and data elements
Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Results management
Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Order management
Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Decision support
Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Electronic communications and connectivity
Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Patient support
Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Administrative processes
, Core Function of EHR - ANSWER>>Reporting and population management
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) - ANSWER>>Computerized records of one
physicians encounter with a patient over time (intranet)
Electronic Health Records (EHR) - ANSWER>>Reflects the data from ALL sources
that have treated the individual (interoperable to other facilities)
Acute Care - ANSWER>>Most often refers to a hospital, treats patients with
urgent problems that cannot be handled
Personal Health Records (PHR) - ANSWER>>Maintained and owned by the patient
Ambulatory Care - ANSWER>>Refers to treatment without admission to hospital
Clinical Templates - ANSWER>>Allows doctors to document patient encounters
into an EHR on a structured form
RADT - ANSWER>>Registration, admissions, discharge, transfer
Unique Patient Identifier (UPI) - ANSWER>>Links all clinical observations, tests,
procedures, villains, evaluations, and diagnoses to the patient
Clinical Vocabularies - ANSWER>>Set a common definitions for medical terms that
ease communication by decreasing uncertainty
SNOMED-CT - ANSWER>>Clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all trends
used in medicine
LOINC - ANSWER>>Trends and codes used for electronic exchange of lab results
and clinical observations
UMLS - ANSWER>>Thesaurus database of medical terms