RHIT Exam Review Domain 3: Questions & Answers: Updated A+ Score Guide

Data elements collected on large populations of individuals and stored in databases are referred to as: a. Statistics b. Information c. Aggregate data d. Standard (Ans - c. Aggregate data Data about patients can be extracted from individual health records and combined as aggregate data. Aggregate data are used to develop information about groups of patients. For example, data about all patients who suffered an acute myocardial infarction during a specific time period could be collected in a database. Based on the payment percentages provided in this table, which payer contributes most to the hospital's overall payments? Payer/Charges/Payments/Adjustment/Charges/Payments BCBS/$450,000/$360,000/$90,000/23%/31%/12% Commercial/$250,000/$200,000/$50,000/13%/17%/6% Medicaid/$350,000/$75,000/$275,000/18%/6%/36% Medicare $750,000 $495,000 $255,000 39% 42% 33% TRICARE/$150,000/$50,000/$100,000/7%/4%/13% Total/$1,950,000/$1,180,000/$770,000/100%/100% a. BC/BS b. Commercial c. TRICARE d. Medicare (Ans - d. Medicare In the "Payments" column, Medicare has the highest payment percentage (42 percent) of any of the payers; therefore, Medicare contributes more to the hospital's overall payments Community Hospital wants to compare its hospital-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) rate for Medicare patients with the national average. The hospital is using the M