Medical Assisting: EXAM 1 Ch. 1-4
questions well answered to pass
accreditation (1) - correct answer ✔✔The documentation of official authorization
or approval of a program.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools {ABHES} - correct answer ✔✔An
accrediting body that accredits private post-secondary institutions and programs
that prepare individuals for entry into the medical assisting profession.
American Association of Medical Assistants {AAMA} - correct answer ✔✔The
professional organization that certifies medical assistants and works to maintain
professional standards in the medical assisting profession.
American Medical Technologists {AMT} - correct answer ✔✔The registering
organization for medical assistants that provides online continuing education,
certification information, and member news.
certification - correct answer ✔✔The attainment of board approval and
credentialing in a specialty.
Certified Medical Assistant {CMA} - correct answer ✔✔A medical assistant whose
knowledge about the skills of medical assistants, as summarized by the 2003
AAMA Role Delineation Study areas of competence, has been certified by the
Certifying Board if the American Association of Medical Assistants {AAMA}.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 {CLIA '88} - correct answer
✔✔A law enacted by Congress in 1988 that placed all laboratory facilities that
, conduct tests for diagnosing, preventing, or treating human disease or for
assessing human health under federal regulations administered by the Health
Care Financing Administration {HCFA} and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention {CDC}.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs {CAAHEP} -
correct answer ✔✔A voluntary organization that accredits allied health education
programs.
continuing education - correct answer ✔✔Systematic professional learning
experiences designed to augment knowledge and skills of healthcare
professionals; education completed after the initial educational program; required
for relicensure in some fields.
cross-training - correct answer ✔✔The acquisition of training in a variety of tasks
and skills
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act {HIPPA} - correct answer ✔✔A
set of regulations whose goals include the following:
1. Improving the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage in group and
individual markets.
2. Combating waste, fraud, and abuse in healthcare insurance and healthcare
delivery.
3. Promoting the use of a medical savings account.
4. Improving access to long-term care services and coverage
5. Simplifying the administration of health insurance.
questions well answered to pass
accreditation (1) - correct answer ✔✔The documentation of official authorization
or approval of a program.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools {ABHES} - correct answer ✔✔An
accrediting body that accredits private post-secondary institutions and programs
that prepare individuals for entry into the medical assisting profession.
American Association of Medical Assistants {AAMA} - correct answer ✔✔The
professional organization that certifies medical assistants and works to maintain
professional standards in the medical assisting profession.
American Medical Technologists {AMT} - correct answer ✔✔The registering
organization for medical assistants that provides online continuing education,
certification information, and member news.
certification - correct answer ✔✔The attainment of board approval and
credentialing in a specialty.
Certified Medical Assistant {CMA} - correct answer ✔✔A medical assistant whose
knowledge about the skills of medical assistants, as summarized by the 2003
AAMA Role Delineation Study areas of competence, has been certified by the
Certifying Board if the American Association of Medical Assistants {AAMA}.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 {CLIA '88} - correct answer
✔✔A law enacted by Congress in 1988 that placed all laboratory facilities that
, conduct tests for diagnosing, preventing, or treating human disease or for
assessing human health under federal regulations administered by the Health
Care Financing Administration {HCFA} and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention {CDC}.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs {CAAHEP} -
correct answer ✔✔A voluntary organization that accredits allied health education
programs.
continuing education - correct answer ✔✔Systematic professional learning
experiences designed to augment knowledge and skills of healthcare
professionals; education completed after the initial educational program; required
for relicensure in some fields.
cross-training - correct answer ✔✔The acquisition of training in a variety of tasks
and skills
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act {HIPPA} - correct answer ✔✔A
set of regulations whose goals include the following:
1. Improving the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage in group and
individual markets.
2. Combating waste, fraud, and abuse in healthcare insurance and healthcare
delivery.
3. Promoting the use of a medical savings account.
4. Improving access to long-term care services and coverage
5. Simplifying the administration of health insurance.
