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The compliance officer was made aware that a use accessed the PHI of a patient with the same last name through a computer alert.  This is an example of a(n): 

The MS-DRG weight in a particular case is 2.0671 and the hospital’s payment rate is $3,027. How much would the hospital receive as reimbursement in this case?

If you want to begin with the type of material that has the highest error rate, you will start by working on problems with

The difference between an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and a hospital’s Ethics Committee is that

Two coders have found the same abbreviation (CO) in two records.  One abbreviation means carbon monoxide in a patient with respiratory complaints.  The other means cardiac output in a heart patient’s record.  This indicates a problem with which data quality characteristic in these records?  

You are providing an educational session to new hires at your hospital. You tell the new employees that hospital records may be used as evidence in court even though hearsay laws bar the use of most evidence that does not represent personal knowledge of the witness. That is because the hospital record

An HIM Department Budget Report for May shows a payroll budget of $25,000 and an actual payroll expense of $22,345. The percentage of budget variance for the month is:

Where would you expect to find the following documentation in the health record: “BUN 14, Creatinine 0.9, H&H 8.8 and 25.4?”

Mary is 6 weeks postmastectomy for carcinoma of the breast. She is admitted for chemotherapy. What is the correct sequencing of the codes?

In reviewing the policies on release of information in respect to the privacy rules, you note that it is still acceptable to allow release of protected health information without patient permission to