MA500 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the HIPAA privacy rule? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-protects individuals' medical records and
other personal health information, including transfer of electronic records
-sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures allowed without patient authorization - only
necessary information is disclosed
-gives patients rights concerning the examination and copying of their health records and to request
corrections
What is the primary purpose of the HIPAA privacy rule? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to rectrict the
circumstances in which an individual's protected health info may be used.
What is the acronym for the progress note charting in the problem oriented record
(POR)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Problem Oriented Record
What are the four categories of the SOAP progress note? Name them and what they
each contain. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Subject data, objective data, assessment, plan
What does it mean for a medical assistant to witness a signature? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅only
that the medical assistant verified the patient's identity and watched the patient sign the form; it does
not mean that the medical assistant is attesting to the accuracy of the information provided.
What is a health history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A collection of subjective data that provides a
detailed profile of the patient's health status
Before there is enough health history information, what terms might the physician use? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅medical impression, provisional diagnosis, preliminary diagnosis, or tentative
diagnosis
Lab reports contain what type of information? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅specific problems are to be
filed with other reports related to the problem
, What is a consultation report? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A narrative report of a clinical opinion
about a patient's condition by a practitioner other than the primary physician, known as a consultant.
The consultant is usually a specialist in a certain field of medicine
What type of services are offered through home health care? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅•Observations and evaluations
• Type of care or service provided
• Instructions given to the patient on medications
• Safety measures recommended for the home
• Diet
• Activities permitted
Phvsical therapv involves what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅involves the use of therapeutic exercise,
thermal modalities, cold, hydrotherapy, electrical stimulation, massage, and other physical agents to
restore function and promote healing after an illness or injury
Occupational therapy helps with what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅helps a patient learn new skills to
adapt to a physically, developmentally, emotionally, or mentally disabling condition. This enables the
patient to perform activities of daily living and to achieve as much independence as possible.
Speech therapy refers to what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅refers to treatment for the correction of a
speech impairment resulting from birth, disease, injury, or previous medical treatment.
define inpatient - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inpatient is a person who is admitted to the hospital and
stays overnight or for an indeterminate amount of time, usually several days or weeks.
What is an operative report? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅must be completed for all patients who have
undergone a surgical procedure. This report describes the surgical procedure and must be completed
and signed by the surgeon who performed the operation
What is a pathology report? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅report containing a description of tissue
samples removed from the body
What is the HIPAA privacy rule? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-protects individuals' medical records and
other personal health information, including transfer of electronic records
-sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures allowed without patient authorization - only
necessary information is disclosed
-gives patients rights concerning the examination and copying of their health records and to request
corrections
What is the primary purpose of the HIPAA privacy rule? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to rectrict the
circumstances in which an individual's protected health info may be used.
What is the acronym for the progress note charting in the problem oriented record
(POR)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Problem Oriented Record
What are the four categories of the SOAP progress note? Name them and what they
each contain. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Subject data, objective data, assessment, plan
What does it mean for a medical assistant to witness a signature? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅only
that the medical assistant verified the patient's identity and watched the patient sign the form; it does
not mean that the medical assistant is attesting to the accuracy of the information provided.
What is a health history? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A collection of subjective data that provides a
detailed profile of the patient's health status
Before there is enough health history information, what terms might the physician use? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅medical impression, provisional diagnosis, preliminary diagnosis, or tentative
diagnosis
Lab reports contain what type of information? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅specific problems are to be
filed with other reports related to the problem
, What is a consultation report? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A narrative report of a clinical opinion
about a patient's condition by a practitioner other than the primary physician, known as a consultant.
The consultant is usually a specialist in a certain field of medicine
What type of services are offered through home health care? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅•Observations and evaluations
• Type of care or service provided
• Instructions given to the patient on medications
• Safety measures recommended for the home
• Diet
• Activities permitted
Phvsical therapv involves what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅involves the use of therapeutic exercise,
thermal modalities, cold, hydrotherapy, electrical stimulation, massage, and other physical agents to
restore function and promote healing after an illness or injury
Occupational therapy helps with what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅helps a patient learn new skills to
adapt to a physically, developmentally, emotionally, or mentally disabling condition. This enables the
patient to perform activities of daily living and to achieve as much independence as possible.
Speech therapy refers to what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅refers to treatment for the correction of a
speech impairment resulting from birth, disease, injury, or previous medical treatment.
define inpatient - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inpatient is a person who is admitted to the hospital and
stays overnight or for an indeterminate amount of time, usually several days or weeks.
What is an operative report? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅must be completed for all patients who have
undergone a surgical procedure. This report describes the surgical procedure and must be completed
and signed by the surgeon who performed the operation
What is a pathology report? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅report containing a description of tissue
samples removed from the body
