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A coding supervisor audits coded records to ensure the codes reflect the actual documentation in the health record. This coding auditing process addresses the data quality element of: a. Granularit... y b. Reliability c. Timeliness d. Accuracy - ✔✔Correct Answer: D The quality of coded clinical data depends on a number of factors, including accuracy. Accuracy is ensuring that the coded data is free from error and a correct representation of the patient's diagnosis and procedures (Sharp and Madlock-Brown 2016, 197). . A researcher mined the Medicare Provider Analysis Review (MEDPAR) file. The analysis revealed trends in lengths of stay for rural hospitals. What type of investigation was the researcher conducting? a. Content analysis b. Effect size review c. Psychometric assay d. Secondary analysis - ✔✔Secondary analysis is the analysis of the original work of others. In secondary analysis, researchers reanalyze original data by combining data sets to answer new questions or by using more sophisticated statistical techniques. The work of others created the MEDPAR file (Forrestal 2016, 586). . If a patient has health insurance but pays in full for a healthcare service and asks that the information be kept private, under HIPAA the covered entity must: a. Release the information to the health insurance provider b. Get special patient consent to release the information c. Comply with the patient's request and keep the information private d. Request permission from HHS to release the information - ✔✔Correct Answer: C The 2013 HIPAA Omnibus Rule finalized regulations give patients the right to request that their PHI not be disclosed to a health plan if they pay out of pocket in full for the services or items. A provider who accepts the payment and provides the service is compelled to abide by this request (Rinehart-Thompson 2017d, 220-221). . The Health Information Services department at Medical Center Hospital has identified problems with its work processes. Too much time is spent on unimportant tasks, there is duplication of effort, and task assignment is uneven in quality and volume among employees. The manager has each employee complete a form identifying the amount of time he or she spends each day on various tasks. What is this tool called? a. Serial work distribution tool b. Work distribution chart c. Check sheet d. Flow process chart - ✔✔Correct Answer: BBasic work distribution data can be collected in a work distribution chart, which is initially filled out by each employee and includes all responsible task content. Task content should come directly from the employee's current job description. In addition to task content, each employee tracks each task's start time, end time, and volume or productivity within a typical workweek. The results of a work distribution analysis can lead a department to redefine the job descriptions of some employees, redesign the office layout, or establish new or revised procedures for some department functions in order to gain improvements in staff productivity or service quality (Oachs 2016, 792). . The process of conducting a thorough review of the internal and external conditions in which a healthcare entity operates is called: [Show More]

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