2025 WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
1. Who is responsible for designing and maintaining a compliance program
in healthcare?
general counsel
privacy officer
health information director
compliance officer
2. The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides protection for individually identifiable
health information and grants certain rights to ______ in regard to their
medical records.
Individuals
None of the above answers are correct
Health plan groups
Extended families
3. What year was the Voluntary Disclosure program introduced by the OIG?
1998
2000
2005
1995
4. If a healthcare provider receives a request for patient information from a
law enforcement agency, what should they consider regarding the
accounting of disclosures?
,They must document the disclosure as it falls under a required
accounting category.
, They should inform the patient before disclosing the information.
They can ignore the request as it is not necessary to document.
They do not need to keep any records of the disclosure.
5. Who is primarily responsible for addressing data stewardship issues in
healthcare organizations?
Patients
Insurance companies
HIM professionals
Government regulators
6. Why is it important to include medical staff in coding compliance
education?
Medical staff are responsible for coding errors.
Medical staff do not need to understand coding compliance.
Medical staff are only involved in patient care, not compliance.
Medical staff education is crucial for ensuring accurate
documentation, which supports compliance efforts.
7. Which legislation mandated the development of standards for electronic
medical records?
Balanced Budget Act of 1997
Medicare and Medicaid legislation of 1965
Prospective Payment Act of 1983
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of
1996
8. What is the primary use of the case-mix index?