Questão | Responda |
Audit Trail | A type of security control used to record system activities and detect security breaches of clinical systems |
Auditing | Reviewing to identify deviations from established guidelines, procedures, or baselines of a healthcare organization |
Law where definition of medical necessity can be found | Social Security Act, Section 1862 |
Medical necessity | Healthcare service that is reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and/or treatment of illness or injury of a patient |
Process of determining if healthcare services performed on a patient is necessary | Utilization review |
Utilization management provides information on ___________ and __________ ______________ of a healthcare organization. | efficiency, cost effectiveness |
Organization that requires implementation of a utilization management program in acute care hospitals to ensure accreditation | Joint Commission |
Three functions of utilization management are: | 1) Utilization review 2) Case management 3) Discharge planning |
Retrospective utilization review | Review conducted after the patient was discharged |
Admission review | Review conducted at the time of admission |
An __________ __________ can show which employee accessed an electronic health record (EHR) and what operations he/she performed on it. | audit trail |
Upcoding | Assigning a diagnosis or procedure for getting a higher level of payment |
Which agency defines the essential elements of a Corporate Compliance program? | Office of Inspector General (OIG) |
Unbundling | Using multiple codes to describe a procedure rather than using the appropriate single code |
True/False: Compliance programs are required to include complete and accurate coding. | True |
Three types of medically unnecessary services are: | 1) Upcoding 2) Unbundling 3) Billing for service not done |
False Claim Act (FCA) | Law which mandates prosecution of healthcare fraud |
This law authorizes investigations, audits, and evaluations of health care fraud | Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA) of 1996 |
This agency is authorized to conduct healthcare fraud and abuse investigations in Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs in Health and Human Services (HHS) | Office of Inspector General (OIG) |
True/False: Audit trails are not very important because they cannot assist with preserving data confidentiality and integrity. | False (Audit trails are very important because they are automatic checks to assist with data confidentiality and integrity). |
PEPPER | Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) It is a resource that provides data on discharges and helps to resolve non-compliance issues. |
Senior Medicare Patrol | Program that helps seniors to understand healthcare programs thus protecting them from fraud |
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