CRIS TEST FINAL EXAM AND
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS 2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY
GRADED A+
An insurance company is requesting the medical
records of aperson who wants to purchase life
insurance. The authorization submitted is invalid. But
the agent has called you three times about this
request and is begging you to copy the records. You
should:
A. Reproduce the records while he tries to get a new
authorization from the patient
B. Tell the agent you need a valid authorization
before you can reproduce the records
C. Call the patient and ask if it is okay for you to copy
his health records for the agent
D. copy the records and mail the records to the
home office of the insurance company instead of
,giving them directly to the agent - ....ANSWER...B.
Tell the agent you need a valid authorization before
you can reproduce the records
You are working in a clinic filling in for a vacation
employee, who is the only employee at this location.
A request and valid authorization for the medical
records of your neighbor is in the stack of requests
you have to process today. You should:
A. Complete the request for records. Read as little
as possible. Any information you learn while
processing the request must be kept confidential
and safeguarded
B. Give it to a secretary and ask her to do it since
you know the patient
C. Refuse to process the request since you know the
patient
D. Call your neighbor and ask if it is okay if you
process a request for her medical records -
....ANSWER...A. Complete the request for records.
Read as little as possible. Any information you learn
while processing the request must be kept
confidential and safeguarded
,Erica Smith, 19 years old, has submitted an
authorization asking for a copy of an x-ray report
that was taken when she was 5 years old at another
hospital. The records she requested are in her
record at your facility. The designated record set in
your healthcare facility includes "outside records
used for treatment purposes." Are you allowed to
disclose the x-ray report?
A. Yes
B. No - ....ANSWER...A. Yes
A non-custodial parent requests a copy of their
child's medical record. The parent provides
documentation that he/she is indeed the child's
parent. State law doesn't give sole access to the
custodial parent. There is no documentation of child
abuse, a restraining order or termination of parental
rights in the file. The non-custodial parent has a
right to access the medical record.
A. True
B. False - ....ANSWER...A. True
, A doctor requests copies of his wife's records whom
he is not treating and she has no medical condition
that would limit her ability to consent. You must deny
the request for copies of the record because you
don't have a signed authorization from the wife.
A. True
B. False - ....ANSWER...A. True
A minor's mother calls your HIM Department
explaining that her family moved and the school
needs a copy of her child's immunization records to
begin school the next day. She states that she can
fax a letter with full instructions. Immunization
records are required for a child to begin school in
both the old and the new state where the minor
resides. What should you do?
A. Ask the mother to fax her request with the
minor's full name, identification data & recipient
instructions so that you may process the request
right away.
B. Tell the mother an authorization is required per
HIPAA and her written request is not good enough -
....ANSWER...A. Ask the mother to fax her request
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS 2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY
GRADED A+
An insurance company is requesting the medical
records of aperson who wants to purchase life
insurance. The authorization submitted is invalid. But
the agent has called you three times about this
request and is begging you to copy the records. You
should:
A. Reproduce the records while he tries to get a new
authorization from the patient
B. Tell the agent you need a valid authorization
before you can reproduce the records
C. Call the patient and ask if it is okay for you to copy
his health records for the agent
D. copy the records and mail the records to the
home office of the insurance company instead of
,giving them directly to the agent - ....ANSWER...B.
Tell the agent you need a valid authorization before
you can reproduce the records
You are working in a clinic filling in for a vacation
employee, who is the only employee at this location.
A request and valid authorization for the medical
records of your neighbor is in the stack of requests
you have to process today. You should:
A. Complete the request for records. Read as little
as possible. Any information you learn while
processing the request must be kept confidential
and safeguarded
B. Give it to a secretary and ask her to do it since
you know the patient
C. Refuse to process the request since you know the
patient
D. Call your neighbor and ask if it is okay if you
process a request for her medical records -
....ANSWER...A. Complete the request for records.
Read as little as possible. Any information you learn
while processing the request must be kept
confidential and safeguarded
,Erica Smith, 19 years old, has submitted an
authorization asking for a copy of an x-ray report
that was taken when she was 5 years old at another
hospital. The records she requested are in her
record at your facility. The designated record set in
your healthcare facility includes "outside records
used for treatment purposes." Are you allowed to
disclose the x-ray report?
A. Yes
B. No - ....ANSWER...A. Yes
A non-custodial parent requests a copy of their
child's medical record. The parent provides
documentation that he/she is indeed the child's
parent. State law doesn't give sole access to the
custodial parent. There is no documentation of child
abuse, a restraining order or termination of parental
rights in the file. The non-custodial parent has a
right to access the medical record.
A. True
B. False - ....ANSWER...A. True
, A doctor requests copies of his wife's records whom
he is not treating and she has no medical condition
that would limit her ability to consent. You must deny
the request for copies of the record because you
don't have a signed authorization from the wife.
A. True
B. False - ....ANSWER...A. True
A minor's mother calls your HIM Department
explaining that her family moved and the school
needs a copy of her child's immunization records to
begin school the next day. She states that she can
fax a letter with full instructions. Immunization
records are required for a child to begin school in
both the old and the new state where the minor
resides. What should you do?
A. Ask the mother to fax her request with the
minor's full name, identification data & recipient
instructions so that you may process the request
right away.
B. Tell the mother an authorization is required per
HIPAA and her written request is not good enough -
....ANSWER...A. Ask the mother to fax her request
