AAHAM Test Questions and Answers

Also known as the Kennedy kassenbaum bill - Answer HIPAA Providers that a reporter error must be corrected or explained within 2 billing cycles or 90 days - Answer Fair credit billing act Formerly known as HCFA - Answer CMS Also known as regulation Z - Answer Truth in lending act Was recently amended to place additional requirements on CRA s - Answer Fair credit reporting act Established HSAs known as MSAs) - Answer HIPAA Prohibits harassment,abuse and use of false or misleading information - Answer Fair debt collection practices act Protects consumers from inaccurate or unfair practices issuers of open-ended credit - Answer Fair credit billing act Also known as the federal anti-dumping statue - Answer EMTALA Regulates laboratory licensing - Answer CLIA Requires providers to make available information on advanced directives - Answer Patient self Determination act One of two main governing bodies affecting health care change - Answer DHHS and CMS Applies to agencies subject to FOIA - Answer Privacy act Prohibits submissions of false/fraudulent claims - Answer False claims act Principal agency for protecting health of all Americans and providing an essential human services - Answer DHHS Also known as title VI of the consumer credit protection act - Answer Fair credit reporting act Applies to personal information maintain by agencies in the executive branch - Answer Privacy act Deals with disclosure of information before credit is extended - Answer Truth in lending act Administers Medicare and Medicaid - Answer CMS Also known as title VIII of the consumer credit protection act - Answer Fair deb collection practices act Restricts transfer until stabilization - Answer EMTALA Federal government's largest grant making agency - Answer DHHS Requires that a APR and finance charges are clearly and conspicuously identify - Answer Truth in lending act Does not apply in New York and Washington - Answer CLIA Establishes enforcement responsibility of states and secretary of DHHS - Answer HIPAA Establishes requirements for medical screening examination - Answer EMTALA Which of the following is not a goal of the patient bill of rights - Answer To ensure patients do not experience discrimination in billing and collections The statue commonly called Obamacare is formally known as which of the following? - Answer The patient protection and affordable care act PPACA is aimed primarily at decreasing the number of uninsured Americans and reducing the overall cost of healthcare - Answer TRUE