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CAHIMS EXAM LATEST UPDATE -2026- 100+ QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALL THE BEST
Rehabilitative facilities or acute rehabilitation hospitals
provide care for patients needing comprehensive rehabilitation and medical
management often associated with stroke, joint replacement or other serious
injury. After surgery or acute illness, a patient may be too frail to return home and
may need to spend time in a rehabilitation center for specialized speech, physical,
and occupational therapy
Skilled nursing facility
provide full medical care after a hospitalization. Also provide assistance with
activities of daily living, such as meals, personal care, housekeeping, and laundry,
while the patient is recovering. Manage transition of acute illness or injury to
return home, Avg stay in a SNF is greater than 25 days. Provide long-term care for
patients needing residential nursing services for an extended period of time
Long-term acute care hospital
specialized hospitals designed for patients who need intensive, hospital-level care
for weeks or months
Adult day care
provides meals and activities during the day
Independent living
typically retirement communities consisting of condominiums or apartments.
Residents can usually purchase added services such as meals or housekeeping
Assisted living
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separate apartments or private rooms in a common building where a number of
services, such as personal care, medication administration, meals, and
housekeeping are provided
Hospice care
specialized healthcare designed to serve patients with a terminal illness. Focuses
on maximizing the quality of life and providing palliative care, including pain
control. Families are typically involved in the hospice care of their loved ones, and
services such as grief counseling and help with managing patient's final affairs are
often provided to them. Hospice care can be provided in a variety of settings.
Hospice programs can involve both inpatient care as well as hospice care provided
in ambulatory environments, including the home
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC)
60% US surgeries are outpatient. Equipped to handle surgery, pain management
and certain diagnostic procedures that do not require overnight hospitalization.
May be part of a hospital, specialty hospital, or own facility
ED
department of the hospital responsible for the provision of medical and surgical
care to patients arriving at the hospital in need of immediate care. ED personnel
may respond to certain situations in hospital, such as cardiac arrest. If the patient
is discharged directly from the ED then the episode is considered an outpatient
event. In ED considered observation patient
Outpatient specialty medicine
Such as sports medicine and rehabilitation, provided in outpatient settings-
hospital based clinics, physician offices, non-hospital clinic settings
Diagnostic services
clinical services such as pathology and laboratory medicine, radiology, and nuclear
medicine
Diagnostic imaging facilities
CAHIMS EXAM LATEST UPDATE -2026- 100+ QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALL THE BEST
Rehabilitative facilities or acute rehabilitation hospitals
provide care for patients needing comprehensive rehabilitation and medical
management often associated with stroke, joint replacement or other serious
injury. After surgery or acute illness, a patient may be too frail to return home and
may need to spend time in a rehabilitation center for specialized speech, physical,
and occupational therapy
Skilled nursing facility
provide full medical care after a hospitalization. Also provide assistance with
activities of daily living, such as meals, personal care, housekeeping, and laundry,
while the patient is recovering. Manage transition of acute illness or injury to
return home, Avg stay in a SNF is greater than 25 days. Provide long-term care for
patients needing residential nursing services for an extended period of time
Long-term acute care hospital
specialized hospitals designed for patients who need intensive, hospital-level care
for weeks or months
Adult day care
provides meals and activities during the day
Independent living
typically retirement communities consisting of condominiums or apartments.
Residents can usually purchase added services such as meals or housekeeping
Assisted living
, 2
separate apartments or private rooms in a common building where a number of
services, such as personal care, medication administration, meals, and
housekeeping are provided
Hospice care
specialized healthcare designed to serve patients with a terminal illness. Focuses
on maximizing the quality of life and providing palliative care, including pain
control. Families are typically involved in the hospice care of their loved ones, and
services such as grief counseling and help with managing patient's final affairs are
often provided to them. Hospice care can be provided in a variety of settings.
Hospice programs can involve both inpatient care as well as hospice care provided
in ambulatory environments, including the home
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC)
60% US surgeries are outpatient. Equipped to handle surgery, pain management
and certain diagnostic procedures that do not require overnight hospitalization.
May be part of a hospital, specialty hospital, or own facility
ED
department of the hospital responsible for the provision of medical and surgical
care to patients arriving at the hospital in need of immediate care. ED personnel
may respond to certain situations in hospital, such as cardiac arrest. If the patient
is discharged directly from the ED then the episode is considered an outpatient
event. In ED considered observation patient
Outpatient specialty medicine
Such as sports medicine and rehabilitation, provided in outpatient settings-
hospital based clinics, physician offices, non-hospital clinic settings
Diagnostic services
clinical services such as pathology and laboratory medicine, radiology, and nuclear
medicine
Diagnostic imaging facilities
