CPHRM Exam Questions with Verified Correct
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Actuary
a person who uses statistics to compute loss probabilities to establish premiums for insurance
companies and self-insurance trusts.
Advance directive
lawful written instruction that describes an individual's preferences for health care should he
or she become unable to express them later. Examples+ living wills, power of attorney for
health care, advance health care directive.
Adverse event
any injury (undesirable clinical outcome anticipated or not anticipated) caused by medical
care and not an underlying disease process.
Adverse outcome
a clinical outcome that, while neither desirable nor necessarily anticipated, may still have
been a known possibility associated with the treatment or procedure.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29 U.S.C. Section 621 et seq)
federal statutes prohibiting certain types of employment discrimination on the basis of age.
Alternative dispute resolution
a process or system to resolve disputes outside the formal judicial process. (A) Negotiation -
a voluntary, usually informal, unstructured process. There is no third-party facilitator, but
parties may be represented by legal counsel. (B) Mediation - a process in which a neutral
third party helps the parties reach a mutually-acceptable agreement.
,Arbitration
the hearing and determination of a case in question by an individual or group of individuals
either chosen by the opposing parties or by a person appointed under statutory authority. (A)
Binding - an agreement that is final and not appealable. (B) Non-Binding - an agreement is
not final until it is entered by the court into the record allowing the party to continue the civil
litigation process.
Americans with Disabilities Act (42 USC §§ 12101 et seq)
1990 federal statute aimed at prohibiting discrimination against individuals with certain
mental and physical disabilities in the areas of employment and public accommodation.
Answer
a document filed with the court in response to a complaint or petition. The answer deadline is
defined by the state or federal court with jurisdiction. Generally the answer must+ 1.) admit
that the plaintiffs' allegations are true, 2.) deny that the plaintiffs' allegations are true or 3.)
state that the defendant does not have information regarding the truth or falsity of the
allegations.
Anti-kickback statutes
Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (42 USC §1320a-7b) knowingly and willfully
seeking or receiving a bribe, rebate or kickback for a referral for a program, reimbursable
item or service.
Appeal
an action that is taken after the trial or after a dispositive motion has been entered in a matter.
An appeal may be taken for the purpose of correcting an error made by the trial court or to
, obtain a new trial or resort to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower
court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or granting of a new trial.
Assault
an intentional act that is designed to make the victim fearful and that produces reasonable
apprehension of harm.
Assignment
act of transferring to another all or part of one's property, interest or rights.
"At will" employment
employment that can be terminated at any time by either party (employee or employer), for
any reason or no reason.
Attorney-client privilege
a legal doctrine recognized by both common and statutory law protecting certain confidential
communications between an attorney and his or her client from discovery in a legal
proceeding unless the privilege is waived by the client.
Attorney work-product privilege
a legal doctrine recognized by both common and statutory law protecting items, such as
documents generated, theories devised and legal strategies formulated by an attorney on
behalf of a client, from discovery in a legal proceeding unless the privilege is waived by the
client.
Battery
in tort law, the intentional causation of harmful or offensive contact with an individual's
person without that individual's consent.
Answers
Actuary
a person who uses statistics to compute loss probabilities to establish premiums for insurance
companies and self-insurance trusts.
Advance directive
lawful written instruction that describes an individual's preferences for health care should he
or she become unable to express them later. Examples+ living wills, power of attorney for
health care, advance health care directive.
Adverse event
any injury (undesirable clinical outcome anticipated or not anticipated) caused by medical
care and not an underlying disease process.
Adverse outcome
a clinical outcome that, while neither desirable nor necessarily anticipated, may still have
been a known possibility associated with the treatment or procedure.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29 U.S.C. Section 621 et seq)
federal statutes prohibiting certain types of employment discrimination on the basis of age.
Alternative dispute resolution
a process or system to resolve disputes outside the formal judicial process. (A) Negotiation -
a voluntary, usually informal, unstructured process. There is no third-party facilitator, but
parties may be represented by legal counsel. (B) Mediation - a process in which a neutral
third party helps the parties reach a mutually-acceptable agreement.
,Arbitration
the hearing and determination of a case in question by an individual or group of individuals
either chosen by the opposing parties or by a person appointed under statutory authority. (A)
Binding - an agreement that is final and not appealable. (B) Non-Binding - an agreement is
not final until it is entered by the court into the record allowing the party to continue the civil
litigation process.
Americans with Disabilities Act (42 USC §§ 12101 et seq)
1990 federal statute aimed at prohibiting discrimination against individuals with certain
mental and physical disabilities in the areas of employment and public accommodation.
Answer
a document filed with the court in response to a complaint or petition. The answer deadline is
defined by the state or federal court with jurisdiction. Generally the answer must+ 1.) admit
that the plaintiffs' allegations are true, 2.) deny that the plaintiffs' allegations are true or 3.)
state that the defendant does not have information regarding the truth or falsity of the
allegations.
Anti-kickback statutes
Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (42 USC §1320a-7b) knowingly and willfully
seeking or receiving a bribe, rebate or kickback for a referral for a program, reimbursable
item or service.
Appeal
an action that is taken after the trial or after a dispositive motion has been entered in a matter.
An appeal may be taken for the purpose of correcting an error made by the trial court or to
, obtain a new trial or resort to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower
court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or granting of a new trial.
Assault
an intentional act that is designed to make the victim fearful and that produces reasonable
apprehension of harm.
Assignment
act of transferring to another all or part of one's property, interest or rights.
"At will" employment
employment that can be terminated at any time by either party (employee or employer), for
any reason or no reason.
Attorney-client privilege
a legal doctrine recognized by both common and statutory law protecting certain confidential
communications between an attorney and his or her client from discovery in a legal
proceeding unless the privilege is waived by the client.
Attorney work-product privilege
a legal doctrine recognized by both common and statutory law protecting items, such as
documents generated, theories devised and legal strategies formulated by an attorney on
behalf of a client, from discovery in a legal proceeding unless the privilege is waived by the
client.
Battery
in tort law, the intentional causation of harmful or offensive contact with an individual's
person without that individual's consent.
