CHAM Definitions 2025/2026 Exam
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Bad Debt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an accounts receivable that is regarded as
uncollectable and is charged as a credit loss, even thought the patient has the
ability to pay
Appropriate care - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A diagnostic or treatment measure whose
expected health benefit exceeds its expected health risk by a wide enough margin
to justify the measure
Access - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the patients ability to obtain medical care
Components that determine access - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Availability of medical
services
• Acceptability to the patient
, • Location of the facility
• Transportation
• Hours
• Cost of care
Attending Physician - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the physician who writes outpatient orders
for tests or supervises the patients care during an inpatient stay
Authorization - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Approval obtained from an insurance carrier for a
service that represents an agreement for payment
Admission Date - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the first date the patient entered the hospital for
a specific visit
Adjustor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Insurance company representative
Acute inpatient care - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a level of care delivered to patients
experiencing acute illness or trauma. Acute care generally short term.
Admission authorization - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the process of third party payer
notification of an urgent/emergent inpatient admission within a specified time
determined by payers
Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
Bad Debt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an accounts receivable that is regarded as
uncollectable and is charged as a credit loss, even thought the patient has the
ability to pay
Appropriate care - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A diagnostic or treatment measure whose
expected health benefit exceeds its expected health risk by a wide enough margin
to justify the measure
Access - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the patients ability to obtain medical care
Components that determine access - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Availability of medical
services
• Acceptability to the patient
, • Location of the facility
• Transportation
• Hours
• Cost of care
Attending Physician - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the physician who writes outpatient orders
for tests or supervises the patients care during an inpatient stay
Authorization - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Approval obtained from an insurance carrier for a
service that represents an agreement for payment
Admission Date - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the first date the patient entered the hospital for
a specific visit
Adjustor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Insurance company representative
Acute inpatient care - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a level of care delivered to patients
experiencing acute illness or trauma. Acute care generally short term.
Admission authorization - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the process of third party payer
notification of an urgent/emergent inpatient admission within a specified time
determined by payers
