AMCA Certification Exam: Updated A+ Guide
Solution
/. Empathy - Answer-Having an understanding and compassion for what the patient may
be experiencing
/.Established Patient - Answer-Has been seen by the physician within 3 years
/.New Patient - Answer-Hasn't been to the physician in 3 years
/.CMS - Answer-Center for Medicare and Medicaid services
/.HIPAA Title I - Answer-Healthcare Access, Portability and Renewability
/.HIPAA Title II - Answer-Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse
/.HIPAA Title III - Answer-Tax Related Health Provisions
/.HIPAA Title IV - Answer-Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan
Requirements
/.HIPAA Title V - Answer-Revenue Offsets
/.HIPAA - Answer-Health Insurance and Accountability Act
/.Expressed Consent - Answer-A patient acknowledges that they have received proper
direction regarding the nature of their medical treatment verbally or by signing a
comment form
/.Implied Consent - Answer-A patient uses body language top indicate that they agree to
receive a form of medical care
/.Respondeat Superior - Answer-"let the master answer"; physician is responsible for
medical staff mistakes
/.Coordination of Benefits - Answer-C.O.B; Indicates how a policy well pay when more
than one insurance plan is in effect
/.HITECH - Answer-Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
Act; Promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (EHR)
, /.ONCHIT - Answer-Office of National Coordination for Health Technology
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Health Information and data elements
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Results management
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Order management
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Decision support
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Electronic communications and connectivity
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Patient support
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Administrative processes
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Reporting and population management
/.Electronic Medical Records (EMR) - Answer-Computerized records of one physicians
encounter with a patient over time (intranet)
/.Electronic Health Records (EHR) - Answer-Reflects the data from ALL sources that
have treated the individual (interoperable to other facilities)
/.Acute Care - Answer-Most often refers to a hospital, treats patients with urgent
problems that cannot be handled
/.Personal Health Records (PHR) - Answer-Maintained and owned by the patient
/.Ambulatory Care - Answer-Refers to treatment without admission to hospital
/.Clinical Templates - Answer-Allows doctors to document patient encounters into an
EHR on a structured form
/.RADT - Answer-Registration, admissions, discharge, transfer
/.Unique Patient Identifier (UPI) - Answer-Links all clinical observations, tests,
procedures, villains, evaluations, and diagnoses to the patient
/.Clinical Vocabularies - Answer-Set a common definitions for medical terms that ease
communication by decreasing uncertainty
/.SNOMED-CT - Answer-Clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all trends used in
medicine
Solution
/. Empathy - Answer-Having an understanding and compassion for what the patient may
be experiencing
/.Established Patient - Answer-Has been seen by the physician within 3 years
/.New Patient - Answer-Hasn't been to the physician in 3 years
/.CMS - Answer-Center for Medicare and Medicaid services
/.HIPAA Title I - Answer-Healthcare Access, Portability and Renewability
/.HIPAA Title II - Answer-Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse
/.HIPAA Title III - Answer-Tax Related Health Provisions
/.HIPAA Title IV - Answer-Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan
Requirements
/.HIPAA Title V - Answer-Revenue Offsets
/.HIPAA - Answer-Health Insurance and Accountability Act
/.Expressed Consent - Answer-A patient acknowledges that they have received proper
direction regarding the nature of their medical treatment verbally or by signing a
comment form
/.Implied Consent - Answer-A patient uses body language top indicate that they agree to
receive a form of medical care
/.Respondeat Superior - Answer-"let the master answer"; physician is responsible for
medical staff mistakes
/.Coordination of Benefits - Answer-C.O.B; Indicates how a policy well pay when more
than one insurance plan is in effect
/.HITECH - Answer-Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
Act; Promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (EHR)
, /.ONCHIT - Answer-Office of National Coordination for Health Technology
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Health Information and data elements
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Results management
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Order management
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Decision support
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Electronic communications and connectivity
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Patient support
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Administrative processes
/.Core Function of EHR - Answer-Reporting and population management
/.Electronic Medical Records (EMR) - Answer-Computerized records of one physicians
encounter with a patient over time (intranet)
/.Electronic Health Records (EHR) - Answer-Reflects the data from ALL sources that
have treated the individual (interoperable to other facilities)
/.Acute Care - Answer-Most often refers to a hospital, treats patients with urgent
problems that cannot be handled
/.Personal Health Records (PHR) - Answer-Maintained and owned by the patient
/.Ambulatory Care - Answer-Refers to treatment without admission to hospital
/.Clinical Templates - Answer-Allows doctors to document patient encounters into an
EHR on a structured form
/.RADT - Answer-Registration, admissions, discharge, transfer
/.Unique Patient Identifier (UPI) - Answer-Links all clinical observations, tests,
procedures, villains, evaluations, and diagnoses to the patient
/.Clinical Vocabularies - Answer-Set a common definitions for medical terms that ease
communication by decreasing uncertainty
/.SNOMED-CT - Answer-Clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all trends used in
medicine
