2026 NHA CMAA CORE MAIN EXAMS ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Active files - ✔✔Section of medical charts for patients currently receiving treatment.
✔✔Inactive files - ✔✔Section of medical charts for patients the provider has not seen for
6 months or longer.
✔✔closed files - ✔✔Section of medical charts for patients who have died, moved away,
or terminated their relationship with the physician.
✔✔Purging - ✔✔The process of moving a file from active to inactive status.
✔✔perpetual transfer method - ✔✔Identifying files for purging by marking the outside of
the file.
✔✔provisional diagnosis - ✔✔A temporary or working diagnosis.
✔✔Differential Diagnosis (DDx) - ✔✔The process of weighing the probability that other
diseases are the cause of the problem.
✔✔direct filing system - ✔✔System in which the only information needed for filing and
retrieval is a patient's name.
, ✔✔cross-reference - ✔✔Reference to corresponding information in a separate location.
✔✔What are two advantages of a numeric filing system? - ✔✔A numeric filing system
allows unlimited expansion without periodic shifting of folders and provides additional
confidentiality to the chart.
✔✔Privacy rule of HIPAA - ✔✔A HIPAA rule that establishes protections for the privacy
of individual's health information.
✔✔Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) - ✔✔Documents or bits of
information that identify the person or provide enough information so that the person
could be identified.
✔✔bookkeeping - ✔✔Part of the office's accounting functions, to include recording,
classifying, and summarizing financial transactions.
✔✔Copayment (copay) - ✔✔A fixed fee for a service or medication, usually collected at
the time of service or purchase.
✔✔encounter form - ✔✔A document used to collect data about elements of a patient
visit that can become part of a patient record or be used for management purposes.
✔✔Deductible - ✔✔The amount a patient must pay before insurance pays anything.
✔✔Coinsurance - ✔✔A form of cost-sharing that kicks in after the deductible has been
met.
✔✔statement - ✔✔A request for payment.
✔✔Explanation of Benefits (EOB) - ✔✔A record of a patient's fees.
✔✔accounts receivable ledger - ✔✔Document that provides detailed information about
charges, payments, and remaining amounts owed to a provider.
✔✔Fee-for-service (FFS) - ✔✔Model in which providers set the fees for procedures and
services.
✔✔Allowable Amount - ✔✔The limit that most insurance plans put on the amount that
will be allowed for reimbursement for a service or procedure.
✔✔Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) - ✔✔System that provides national
uniform payments after adjustments across all practices throughout the country.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Active files - ✔✔Section of medical charts for patients currently receiving treatment.
✔✔Inactive files - ✔✔Section of medical charts for patients the provider has not seen for
6 months or longer.
✔✔closed files - ✔✔Section of medical charts for patients who have died, moved away,
or terminated their relationship with the physician.
✔✔Purging - ✔✔The process of moving a file from active to inactive status.
✔✔perpetual transfer method - ✔✔Identifying files for purging by marking the outside of
the file.
✔✔provisional diagnosis - ✔✔A temporary or working diagnosis.
✔✔Differential Diagnosis (DDx) - ✔✔The process of weighing the probability that other
diseases are the cause of the problem.
✔✔direct filing system - ✔✔System in which the only information needed for filing and
retrieval is a patient's name.
, ✔✔cross-reference - ✔✔Reference to corresponding information in a separate location.
✔✔What are two advantages of a numeric filing system? - ✔✔A numeric filing system
allows unlimited expansion without periodic shifting of folders and provides additional
confidentiality to the chart.
✔✔Privacy rule of HIPAA - ✔✔A HIPAA rule that establishes protections for the privacy
of individual's health information.
✔✔Individually Identifiable Health Information (IIHI) - ✔✔Documents or bits of
information that identify the person or provide enough information so that the person
could be identified.
✔✔bookkeeping - ✔✔Part of the office's accounting functions, to include recording,
classifying, and summarizing financial transactions.
✔✔Copayment (copay) - ✔✔A fixed fee for a service or medication, usually collected at
the time of service or purchase.
✔✔encounter form - ✔✔A document used to collect data about elements of a patient
visit that can become part of a patient record or be used for management purposes.
✔✔Deductible - ✔✔The amount a patient must pay before insurance pays anything.
✔✔Coinsurance - ✔✔A form of cost-sharing that kicks in after the deductible has been
met.
✔✔statement - ✔✔A request for payment.
✔✔Explanation of Benefits (EOB) - ✔✔A record of a patient's fees.
✔✔accounts receivable ledger - ✔✔Document that provides detailed information about
charges, payments, and remaining amounts owed to a provider.
✔✔Fee-for-service (FFS) - ✔✔Model in which providers set the fees for procedures and
services.
✔✔Allowable Amount - ✔✔The limit that most insurance plans put on the amount that
will be allowed for reimbursement for a service or procedure.
✔✔Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) - ✔✔System that provides national
uniform payments after adjustments across all practices throughout the country.
