WGU C810 question and answers graded A+ 2023/2024

WGU C810longitudinal record - correct answer an accumulation of all episodes of care Joint Commission - correct answer a not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) - correct answer The standards that a healthcare organization must meet to receive Medicare funding. HFAP - correct answer Health Facilities Accreditation Program CIHQ - correct answer Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) - correct answer Established that there is an implied right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution HIPAA Privacy Act - correct answer regulations for protecting individually identifiable information about a patient's health and payment for healthcare that is created or received by a healthcare provider FOIA - correct answer Freedom of Information Act - a United States federal law that grants the public access to information possessed by government agencies; government officials are required to disclose data unless it falls under one of the nine exceptions HIPAA Security Rule - correct answer Rule that describes safeguards that must be in place to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of health information stored in a computer and transmitted across computer networks, including the Internet. HITECH Act - correct answer Health Info Technology for Economic & Clinical Health Act. Part of ARRA. Additional privacy regulations on top of HIPAA, breach notification rules & stiffer civil and criminal penalties for security violations ARRA - correct answer American Recovery & Reinvestment Act AKA Stimulus or Recovery Act. $17 billion in incentive through CMS reimbursements to help adopt EHRs. Providers have to show meaningful use of EHR technology FRE - correct answer Federal Rules of Evidence - state the legal health record is considered a business record and admissible in court MPI - correct answer master patient index authenticity - correct answer the reliability of the system on which information is created and stored, and to the information itself authentication - correct answer validates content and proves authorship. In paper records, authentication is accomplished by a handwritten signature or initials, both in ink. Electronic or digital signatures and computer keys are examples of authentication methods in EHRs hospital record retention period required by Medicare CoP - correct answer 5 years MACRA - correct answer Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act MIPS (Merit-Based Incentive Payment System) - correct answer quality payment program that determines Medicare payment adjustments to providers consent - correct answer permission for something to happen or agreement to do something. general consent - correct answer consent given for all routine services, general diagnostic procedures, medical treatment, & other normal & routine touching informed consent - correct answer An ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.