Acronyms

Question 1

HIPAA

Answer 1

-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
-regulations that afford people who leave their employment the ability to keep their insurance or obtain new health insurance even if they have a pre-existing medical condition. Also sets standards for storing, maintaining, and sharing electronic health information while ensuring its privacy and security.

Question 2

EHR and meaning

Answer 2

• Electronic Health Record
• record of all health records shared within a health system and with other providers.

Question 3

EMR and meaning

Answer 3

• Electronic Medical Record
• legal patient record created within healthcare facility, and the data source for the EHR.

Question 4

ICD-10-CM and Use

Answer 4

• Internal Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Clinical modification
• convert narrative diagnoses into alpha-numerical codes in all healthcare settings.

Question 5

ECD-10-PCS and Use

Answer 5

• Internal Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, and Procedure Coding System
• convert narrative procedures into alpha-numerical codes in hospital settings.

Question 6

ARRA

Answer 6

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• 2009, by Obama. includes HITECH Act.

Question 7

CCHIT

Answer 7

• Certification Commission for Health Information Tech
• nonprofit, non gov agency whose purpose was to certify EHR for function, interoperability, and security.

Question 8

HIE

Answer 8

• Health information exchange

Question 9

HITECH

Answer 9

• Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
  -increases use of EHR through monetary incentive program,

Question 10

IOM

Answer 10

• Institute of Medicine
  -independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental org that provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decisions makers and public.
• begins in 2016, the IOM is the Health and Medicine Division (HDM) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies).

Question 11

MU and meaning

Answer 11

-Meaningful Use AKA Promoting Interoperability
- use of certified EHR to improve quality, safety, and efficiency, while reducing health disparities within healthcare.

Question 12

MIPS and use

Answer 12

• Merit-based Incentive Payment Systems
• reimbursement system that replaces Sustainable Growth Rate formula previously used by Medicare Part B with a value based system called Quality Payment Program (QPP).

Question 13

ONC

Answer 13

-Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
- principal federal entity charged with coordination, implementation, and use of health information tech and the electronic exchange of health information.

Question 14

PHR

Answer 14

• Personal health record
• record kept by patients

Question 15

PIP

Answer 15

-Promoting Interoperability Programs
- formerly Meaningful Use, and now known as Promoting Interoperability. Goal continues to be the use of certified EHR tech to improve quality, safety, and efficiency while reducing disparities within Medicare.

Question 16

PHI

Answer 16

-Protected Health Information
- Used in HIPAA

Question 18

ACO

Answer 18

-Accountable Care Organization
-reimbursement modle for hospitals, physicians, & other Healthcare, pay-for-performance