CPPM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔True or faults. Interfacing is necessary to reduce duplicate entries of demographic
information - ✔✔True
✔✔There are costs of an EMR that go beyond implementation costs. Of the following,
which cost goes beyond implementation costs. - ✔✔Ongoing support and software
upgrade costs
✔✔Which EMR application will generally require the least amount of IT staff in a clinic
for software updates and redundant back ups of the data? - ✔✔ASP, cloud-based
✔✔According to the national alliance for health information technology, the difference in
an EMR and EHR is what? - ✔✔Electronic data stored in one practice versus
cumulatively across more than one healthcare organization
✔✔Which option is an effective way to ease the transition to EMR's for providers -
✔✔Provide a super user to shadow the position the first days or week after going live so
they can confidently answer any questions that come up during use
✔✔When reviewing the communication process of an EMR, which option would reflect
a good communication plan for an EMR? - ✔✔Break even analysis
✔✔Fixed costs + annual equipment cost/ revenue per unit - total fixed cost - ✔✔
✔✔Value-based purchasing is a reimbursement model that pays hospitals based on
performance around the following items - ✔✔Patient satisfaction scores, quality of care,
and efficiency
✔✔What ways can IT help reduce medical care hours - ✔✔Computerized order entry
for radiology test
✔✔During which phase of plan, and do, check and act would be necessary for staff to
discuss the success of a new process and potential issues? - ✔✔Check
✔✔What are the elements of a PDC a cycle? - ✔✔A quality cycle and quality
improvement method, a benchmark so the team understands the girlfriend provement,
review of the benchmark data to determine if improvements are made
✔✔What specialty Does not fall into the MIPS quality - ✔✔Podiatry
✔✔Quality control - ✔✔A system of technical activities that measures against criteria for
standard
, ✔✔What is an example of quality control - ✔✔Lab equipment calibration
✔✔What would you use for a benchmark information for coda ratio per medical staff? -
✔✔MGMA surveys
✔✔True or false: Quality assurance includes activities that sure is service is of the type
and quality needed an expected by the user - ✔✔True
✔✔What is necessary to achieve the highest scores for the MIPS quality component? -
✔✔A minimum of six measures including at least one outcome or high priority measure
✔✔What does quality improvement focus on - ✔✔Refining process to reach higher
levels of quality
✔✔What are examples of telemedicine? - ✔✔Image transfers, medical education,
monitoring of vital signs, and nursing call centers
✔✔Why has CMS taken such an active role in encouraging positions to choir EMRs? -
✔✔To promote the accurate collection and communication of medical data electric
formats
✔✔What types of stored data can be used for electronic querying and reporting? -
✔✔Structured data
✔✔HEI is the exchange of data, PHI, between organizations what types of
organizations are receiving PHI? - ✔✔Hospitals, patient portals, public health
✔✔Why has the communication of electronica data between hospitals, lab systems, and
medical clinics been so difficult in the past - ✔✔Each system was using different
technical vocabulary is making it difficult to communicate between systems
✔✔Clinical data repository - ✔✔A database that compiles a patient's data from a variety
of clinical sources to present a unified view of a single patient
✔✔HIE - ✔✔Health information exchange
✔✔What should be used on smart phones to ensure patient data is protected -
✔✔Device level and application level authentication
✔✔Provider must participate in either Medicare or Medicaid and used a certified EHR to
receive what? - ✔✔Incentive payments for Medicare and Medicaid for the meaningful
use of an EHR
✔✔True or faults. Interfacing is necessary to reduce duplicate entries of demographic
information - ✔✔True
✔✔There are costs of an EMR that go beyond implementation costs. Of the following,
which cost goes beyond implementation costs. - ✔✔Ongoing support and software
upgrade costs
✔✔Which EMR application will generally require the least amount of IT staff in a clinic
for software updates and redundant back ups of the data? - ✔✔ASP, cloud-based
✔✔According to the national alliance for health information technology, the difference in
an EMR and EHR is what? - ✔✔Electronic data stored in one practice versus
cumulatively across more than one healthcare organization
✔✔Which option is an effective way to ease the transition to EMR's for providers -
✔✔Provide a super user to shadow the position the first days or week after going live so
they can confidently answer any questions that come up during use
✔✔When reviewing the communication process of an EMR, which option would reflect
a good communication plan for an EMR? - ✔✔Break even analysis
✔✔Fixed costs + annual equipment cost/ revenue per unit - total fixed cost - ✔✔
✔✔Value-based purchasing is a reimbursement model that pays hospitals based on
performance around the following items - ✔✔Patient satisfaction scores, quality of care,
and efficiency
✔✔What ways can IT help reduce medical care hours - ✔✔Computerized order entry
for radiology test
✔✔During which phase of plan, and do, check and act would be necessary for staff to
discuss the success of a new process and potential issues? - ✔✔Check
✔✔What are the elements of a PDC a cycle? - ✔✔A quality cycle and quality
improvement method, a benchmark so the team understands the girlfriend provement,
review of the benchmark data to determine if improvements are made
✔✔What specialty Does not fall into the MIPS quality - ✔✔Podiatry
✔✔Quality control - ✔✔A system of technical activities that measures against criteria for
standard
, ✔✔What is an example of quality control - ✔✔Lab equipment calibration
✔✔What would you use for a benchmark information for coda ratio per medical staff? -
✔✔MGMA surveys
✔✔True or false: Quality assurance includes activities that sure is service is of the type
and quality needed an expected by the user - ✔✔True
✔✔What is necessary to achieve the highest scores for the MIPS quality component? -
✔✔A minimum of six measures including at least one outcome or high priority measure
✔✔What does quality improvement focus on - ✔✔Refining process to reach higher
levels of quality
✔✔What are examples of telemedicine? - ✔✔Image transfers, medical education,
monitoring of vital signs, and nursing call centers
✔✔Why has CMS taken such an active role in encouraging positions to choir EMRs? -
✔✔To promote the accurate collection and communication of medical data electric
formats
✔✔What types of stored data can be used for electronic querying and reporting? -
✔✔Structured data
✔✔HEI is the exchange of data, PHI, between organizations what types of
organizations are receiving PHI? - ✔✔Hospitals, patient portals, public health
✔✔Why has the communication of electronica data between hospitals, lab systems, and
medical clinics been so difficult in the past - ✔✔Each system was using different
technical vocabulary is making it difficult to communicate between systems
✔✔Clinical data repository - ✔✔A database that compiles a patient's data from a variety
of clinical sources to present a unified view of a single patient
✔✔HIE - ✔✔Health information exchange
✔✔What should be used on smart phones to ensure patient data is protected -
✔✔Device level and application level authentication
✔✔Provider must participate in either Medicare or Medicaid and used a certified EHR to
receive what? - ✔✔Incentive payments for Medicare and Medicaid for the meaningful
use of an EHR
