CMAA Practice Exam #1 Questions
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Legally, a physician:
A. May not refuse to accept a patient if he or she chooses
B. May refuse to provide follow-up care after treatment is initiated
C. Must provide a medical history to the patient's insurance company if the
insurance company so requests
D. None of the above - ✔✔None of the above
In order to release medical information to another source:
A. The patient must deliver the records to the requestor
B. The patient must sign a release form
C. The insurance company must request the records in writing
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,D. The physician must sign a release - ✔✔The patient must sign a release
form
In order for a contract to be enforceable, the contract must include:
A.an offer
B.a consideration
C. an acceptance
D. all of the above - ✔✔all of the above
The medical record of a patient who is a minor should be kept:
A. indefinatley-no medical records should ever be destroyed
B. until the patient becomes 18 years of age
C. until the patient becomes 21 years of age
D. until the patient reaches the age of majority
plus the number of years for the statue of limitations in that particular state
- ✔✔until the patient reaches the age of majority plus the number of years
for the statue of limitations in that particular state
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,The medical record is owned by:
A. the state
B.the federal government
C.the patient
D. the doctor - ✔✔the doctor
Establishing and maintaining policies and procedures that protect the
medical office and staff from lawsuits is called:
A. prioritizing
B. risk management
C. liability protection
D.policies and procedures - ✔✔risk management
Statue of limitations refers to:
A. the limits of a particular practice
B.the limits of a particular doctor
C. the time period allowed for beginning a lawsuit for malpractice
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, D. the statue which allows patients to bring a lawsuit - ✔✔the time period
allowed for beginning a lawsuit for malpractice
It is important for patients to understand their responsibility in relation to
their medical record. The patient needs to understand all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. how the record is accessed
B. the medical terminology used in the record
C. ownership of the record
D. purpose of the medical record - ✔✔the medical terminology used in the
record
Confidentiality of the patient record means that;
A.the information of the record is disscused only among the office staff
B. patients may read their own records anytime they wish
C. records should not be left hanging around the office
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Legally, a physician:
A. May not refuse to accept a patient if he or she chooses
B. May refuse to provide follow-up care after treatment is initiated
C. Must provide a medical history to the patient's insurance company if the
insurance company so requests
D. None of the above - ✔✔None of the above
In order to release medical information to another source:
A. The patient must deliver the records to the requestor
B. The patient must sign a release form
C. The insurance company must request the records in writing
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,D. The physician must sign a release - ✔✔The patient must sign a release
form
In order for a contract to be enforceable, the contract must include:
A.an offer
B.a consideration
C. an acceptance
D. all of the above - ✔✔all of the above
The medical record of a patient who is a minor should be kept:
A. indefinatley-no medical records should ever be destroyed
B. until the patient becomes 18 years of age
C. until the patient becomes 21 years of age
D. until the patient reaches the age of majority
plus the number of years for the statue of limitations in that particular state
- ✔✔until the patient reaches the age of majority plus the number of years
for the statue of limitations in that particular state
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,The medical record is owned by:
A. the state
B.the federal government
C.the patient
D. the doctor - ✔✔the doctor
Establishing and maintaining policies and procedures that protect the
medical office and staff from lawsuits is called:
A. prioritizing
B. risk management
C. liability protection
D.policies and procedures - ✔✔risk management
Statue of limitations refers to:
A. the limits of a particular practice
B.the limits of a particular doctor
C. the time period allowed for beginning a lawsuit for malpractice
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, D. the statue which allows patients to bring a lawsuit - ✔✔the time period
allowed for beginning a lawsuit for malpractice
It is important for patients to understand their responsibility in relation to
their medical record. The patient needs to understand all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. how the record is accessed
B. the medical terminology used in the record
C. ownership of the record
D. purpose of the medical record - ✔✔the medical terminology used in the
record
Confidentiality of the patient record means that;
A.the information of the record is disscused only among the office staff
B. patients may read their own records anytime they wish
C. records should not be left hanging around the office
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