Module one Flashcards
Abstracting
Data entry of codes and other pertinent information. (e.g., patient identification data, admission, discharge dates) utilizing computer software.
Accreditation
Voluntary process that a health care facility or organization undergoes to demonstrate that it has met standards beyond those required by law.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Professional organization responsible for accrediting medical training programs in the United States through a peer review process that’s based on established standards and guidelines.
Active
Medical staff member who delivers most hospital medical services and performs significant organizational and administrative medical staff duties.
Agenda
Listing of all items of business to be discussed at a committee meeting
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Legislation that authorized on expenditure of 1.5 billion in grants for construction, renovation and equipment and for the acquisition of health information technology systems. Health information technology for economic and clinical health act (Hitech Act) was included in American recovery and reinvestment of 2009 and amended the public health service act to establish an office of national coordinator for health information technology within HHS to improve health care quality, safety and efficiency.
Associate
Medical staff member who advancement to active category is being considered.
Biometrics
An identifier that measures a borrower’s unique physical characteristics or behaviors and compares it to a stored digital template to authenticate the identity of the borrower, such as a fingerprints hand or face geometry and retinal scan or handwritten signature.
Board of Directors
Board of Governors
Board of trustees
Membership serves without pay and is represented by professional from the business community; has ultimate legal authority and responsibility for the hospitals operation and is responsible for the quality of care administered to patients also called Board of Directors Board of Governors Board of trustees
By Laws
Rules that delineate medical staff responsibility
Chief Residents
Position held by Physician in the final year residency (e.g. surgery) or in the year after the residency has been completed (e.g. pediatrics) plays a significant administrative or teaching role in guiding new residents
Code Of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the federal register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government
Coding
Assigning numeric and alphanumeric codes to diagnoses, procedures, services this function is usually performed by credentialed individuals (e.g. certified coding specialists)
Consulting
Label used to describe highly qualified practitioner who is available as a consultant when needed.
Continuum of care
Complete range of programs and services, with the type of health care indicating the health care services provided.
Contract services
Arranging with outside agencies to perform certain functions, such as health information services, housekeeping, medical waste disposal, clinical services. the purpose of contracting out these services to improve quality while containing cost.
Courtesy
Medical staff member who admits and occasional patient to the hospital.
Current Procedural terminology (CPT)
Published annually by the American medical associations codes are five-digit numbers assigned to ambulatory procedures and services.
Deemed status
Hospital that are accredited by approve accreditation organizations (e.g. the joint commission) are determined to have met or exceeded conditions of participation to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Deeming Authority
When an accrediting organizations standards have met or exceeded CMS’s conditions of participation for Medicare certification.
Deficit reduction Act of 2005
Created the Medicaid integrating program (MIP) which is fraud and abuse detection program.
Digital Signature
Type of electronic signature that uses public key cryptography, created using public key cryptography to authenticate a document or message.
Disaster Recovery plan
Ensures an appropriate response to internal and external disasters (e.g. explosions) that may effect hospital staff, patients, visitors and community. the plan identifies responsibilities of individuals and departments during the management of a disaster situations.
Do not resuscitate (DNR)
An order documented in the patient’s medical records by the physician which instructs medical and nursing staff to not try to revive the patients if breathing or heart stops.
Electronic Health Record EHR
Automated record system that contains a collection of information documented by a number of providers at different facilities regarding one patient. has the ability to link patient information created at different locations according to unique patient identifier, provides access to complete and accurate health problems, status treatment data, contains alerts (e.g. Drug interactions) reminders (e.g. prescription renewal notice) for health care providers.
Electronic Signature
encompasses all technology options available that can be used to authenticate a document, Generic term that refers to the various methods on electronic documents can be authenticate. including name typed at the end of an email, message by sender, digitalized image of handwritten signature that is inserted or attached to electronic document, secret pin or code (personal identification number) to identify the sender to the recipient unique biometrics-based identifier or digital signature.
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Addressed the problem of hospitals failing to screen, treat, appropriately transfer patients, (patients dumping) by establishing criteria for the discharge and transfer of Medicare and Medicaid patients also called the anti-dumping statue.
Federal Register
Legal newspaper published every business day by the national archives and records administration (Nara) available paper on microfiche and online.
For Profit
Business in which excess income is distributed to shareholders and owners.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
Prohibits group health plans and health insurance companies from denying coverage to a healthy individual or charging higher premiums based solely on a generic preposition to development of a disease in the future also bars employers from using genetic information when making hiring and firing job replacement and promotion decisions.
Governing Board
Membership serves without pay and is represented by professionals from the business community, has ultimate legal authority and responsibility for the hospitals operations and is responsible for the quality of care administered to patients also called board of trustees, governors and directors.
Government Supported Hospitals
Not for profit supported by local, regional or federal taxes and operated by local state or federal government also called public hospital.
HCPCS level 2 (national)codes
Developed by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) and used to classify report procedures and services, codes are reported to third party payers (e.g. Insurance companies) for reimbursement purposes.
Health Care integrity and protection data bank (HIPDB)
Created as a part of HIPAA to combat fraud and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery by alerting users to conduct a comprehensive review of a practitioners, providers, or suppliers past actions.
Health Care Procedure coding system (HCPCS)
Comprised of level 1 (CPT) and Level 2 national codes.
Health care proxy
Legal document (recognized by the state of New York) in which the patient chooses another person to make treatment decisions in the event the patient becomes in capable of making those decisions.
Health Insurance Portability and accountability Act (HIPAA)
Mandated administrative simplifications regulations that govern privacy, security and electronic transactions standards for health care information. Also protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their job.
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
The national committee for quality assurance (NCQA) tool used by health plans to collect data about the quality of care and service they provide.
Hill-Burton Act
Provided federal agents to modernized hospitals that had become obsolete due to the lack of capital investment throughout the period of the great depression (1929-1945) in return for federal funds, facilities agreed to provide free or reduced medical services to persons unable to pay.