Healthcare Terms

Question 1

PCP

Answer 1

Primary Care Physician

Question 2

Meaningful use

Answer 2

Federal program to promote EHRs and make sure they improve quality of care

Question 3

HIPAA

Answer 3

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Question 4

PHI

Answer 4

Protected health information

Question 5

Ambulatory

Answer 5

Aka outpatient
Patient schedules an appt
In an exam room
Less than 24 hrs of care
Self care (responsibility on the patient for care)

Question 6

MSA

Answer 6

Medical Savings Account

Question 7

SNF

Answer 7

Skilled Nursing Facility

Question 8

DME

Answer 8

Durable Medical Equipment

Question 9

ABN

Answer 9

ADvanced beneficiary notice of non coverage

Question 10

MSPQ

Answer 10

Medicare Secondary Payor Questionnaire

Question 11

LMR

Answer 11

Legal Medical Record

Question 12

DRS

Answer 12

Designated Record Set

All medical information on a patient including access/billing/revenue

Question 13

HIE

Answer 13

Health Information Exchange

Question 14

IHE

Answer 14

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise

Question 15

CDA

Answer 15

Clínica Data Architecture

Question 16

FHIR

Answer 16

Fast Heathcare Interoperability Resources

Question 17

HIMSS

Answer 17

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Question 18

EMRAM

Answer 18

EMR Adoption Model

Question 19

CHIME

Answer 19

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

Question 20

ACO

Answer 20

Accountable Care Organizations

Groups of providers who come together to coordinate medical care

Question 21

PCMH

Answer 21

Patient centered medical home
A way of organizing primary care that emphasizes care coordination and communication to help healthcare be what patients want it to be

Question 22

CM

Answer 22

Care management

Practice based strategy for managing the health of populations

Question 23

CINs

Answer 23

Clinically integrated networks

A legal structure that allows organizations to coordinate without violating antitrust laws

Question 24

P4P

Answer 24

Pay for performance:

Healthcare payment system that offers financial rewards for quality and reduced costs