CMAA certification Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
What is an important difference between a clinic and a hospital? - Answer✔a clinic cant
monitor patients
what is the primary responsibility of a physician? - Answer✔diagnose and prescribe
professional conduct is behavior and communication that? - Answer✔inspires confidence and
trust
a patient who is scheduled for a surgery must do what? - Answer✔sign a consent form
HIPAA specifies that patient information can only be shared with whom? - Answer✔people with
a legitimate interest in the patient's care
to organize and process - Answer✔administrative
immediate or urgent care for patients who need immediate assistance for recently developed
diagnosis - Answer✔acute care
at least a 24 hr stay in a facility - Answer✔admission
when a physician is permitter to admit her patients to a particular hospital - Answer✔admitting
privilages
contain medical instructions in case that pateint cannot make or communicate decisions; also
called a living will - Answer✔advance directives
the physician who has overall responsibility for a hospitalized patient - Answer✔attending
physician
transmission of information - Answer✔communication
part of the process of making sure communications are accuratley transmitted and received -
Answer✔confirmation
a patient who is a danger to other patients or staff, or seriously disrupts delivery of patient care
- Answer✔difficult patient
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a type of care delivered in response to an immediate health care need - Answer✔emergent
care
system that is responsible for responding to community medical emergencies and treating and
transporting injured or sick individuals to the appropriate health care system; also called the
911 system - Answer✔EMS
a series of regulations governing how and by whom patient information can be used -
Answer✔HIPAA
a physician who provides direct care to patients admitted to a hospital - Answer✔hospitalist
a form patients sign prior to operations and procedures indicating they agree to have the
operation done and have been informed of the risks - Answer✔informed consent
a facility that performs diagnostics tests on blood or other specimens - Answer✔laboratory
a health care facility that provides skilled, long term care to people who are medically stable,
but cant care for themselves; also called a nursing home or rehabilitation center - Answer✔long
term care facility
care for patients who have chronic diagnoses - Answer✔non acute care
a type of care for patients who dont need immediate assistance - Answer✔non emergent care
a nurse who can diagnose and treat under the supervision of a physician - Answer✔nurse
practitioner
a medical doctor who can diagnose and treat. - Answer✔physician
a health care professional who can dianose and treat under the supervision of the physician -
Answer✔physicians assistant
a physicians order for a medication, test, or treatment - Answer✔prescription
behavior and communication that inspires trust and confidence - Answer✔professional conduct
another part of the process of ensuring accurate communication - Answer✔repetition
a request by a physician for a patient to be seen by another physician - Answer✔referral
a form signed by a patient or health care facility that alows for copying and releasing of patient
information - Answer✔release of information
care for patients who have diagnosis that health care workers can quickly resolve -
Answer✔short term care
a legally binding request for the release of medical records and documentation -
Answer✔subpoena
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