CEHRS CERTIFICATION PRACTICE TEST EXAM
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Autopsy Rates. Answer: The percent of autopsies performed on
patients who die in the hospital; reasons for not performing an autopsy
in the hospital may include legal inquiry or family preference.
◉ Average Length of Stay (ALOS). Answer: The total number of patient
days in a period divided by the number of patients; for example, the
ALOS for cardiology services in February was 6.1 days.
◉ Benchmarks. Answer: Goals or metrics a facility wants to meet; for
example, if the industry standard is 90% of patients should have advance
directives entered into their patient record within 24 hour of admission,
and a hospital was only meeting this for 45% of the patients, they would
use the external benchmark of 90% as a goal and track performance
toward that goal by month or quarter.
◉ Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC). Answer: A
division of the Department of Health and Human Services.
◉ Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Answer: Leader of a facility who
reports to the Board of Directors.
,◉ Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Answer: Leader who oversees all
financial and fiscal decisions and issues for a facility; generally reports
to the CEO.
◉ Commercial Insurers. Answer: Private, non-government insurers;
these are often the insurance options available through employers.
◉ Comorbidity. Answer: Disease that exists at the same time as a
primary disease that a patient is being treated for at the time; for
example, a patient who has cancer is receiving cancer specific treatment
and is also a diabetic - diabetes mellitus would be considered the
comorbid condition.
◉ Complications. Answer: Unexpected events or circumstances that
happen to a patient during the course of his care; hospital-acquired
infections, such as those involving MRSA, are considered to be
complications, as are reactions to medications or an adverse response to
any treatment.
◉ Copayment. Answer: Money the patient must pay toward the bill as
contracted between the insurer and provider; amounts range from $5 to
$50, and $75 for emergency room and specialist visits; provider's office
visits are often in the $10 to $35 range.
◉ Daily Census. Answer: The count of how many patients are in beds
by patient care unit for an inpatient facility.
, ◉ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Answer: Principle
agency for protecting Americans' Health
◉ Institute of Medicine (IOM). Answer: Non-governmental,
independent, and nonprofit organization that provides unbiased, expert
advice to governmental and private decision-makers, as well as the
public.
◉ Morbidity. Answer: Refers to disease
◉ Mortality (death) Rate. Answer: The percentage of all discharged
patients who are discharged due to death within a prescribed period; for
example, if a hospital has discharged 30 patients in a month, and of
those 5 were deaths, the mortality rate for the month would be expressed
as 5/30 or 16.7%.
◉ National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Answer:
Collects data on ambulatory medical care provided in the U.S.; the data
is collected from visits to office based providers who provide direct
patient care.
◉ National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Answer: Nation's
primary statistics organization; it works to compile, analyze, and
disseminate information on the nation's health to influence and guide
health policy and practice in a manner that best serves the population.
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Autopsy Rates. Answer: The percent of autopsies performed on
patients who die in the hospital; reasons for not performing an autopsy
in the hospital may include legal inquiry or family preference.
◉ Average Length of Stay (ALOS). Answer: The total number of patient
days in a period divided by the number of patients; for example, the
ALOS for cardiology services in February was 6.1 days.
◉ Benchmarks. Answer: Goals or metrics a facility wants to meet; for
example, if the industry standard is 90% of patients should have advance
directives entered into their patient record within 24 hour of admission,
and a hospital was only meeting this for 45% of the patients, they would
use the external benchmark of 90% as a goal and track performance
toward that goal by month or quarter.
◉ Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC). Answer: A
division of the Department of Health and Human Services.
◉ Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Answer: Leader of a facility who
reports to the Board of Directors.
,◉ Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Answer: Leader who oversees all
financial and fiscal decisions and issues for a facility; generally reports
to the CEO.
◉ Commercial Insurers. Answer: Private, non-government insurers;
these are often the insurance options available through employers.
◉ Comorbidity. Answer: Disease that exists at the same time as a
primary disease that a patient is being treated for at the time; for
example, a patient who has cancer is receiving cancer specific treatment
and is also a diabetic - diabetes mellitus would be considered the
comorbid condition.
◉ Complications. Answer: Unexpected events or circumstances that
happen to a patient during the course of his care; hospital-acquired
infections, such as those involving MRSA, are considered to be
complications, as are reactions to medications or an adverse response to
any treatment.
◉ Copayment. Answer: Money the patient must pay toward the bill as
contracted between the insurer and provider; amounts range from $5 to
$50, and $75 for emergency room and specialist visits; provider's office
visits are often in the $10 to $35 range.
◉ Daily Census. Answer: The count of how many patients are in beds
by patient care unit for an inpatient facility.
, ◉ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Answer: Principle
agency for protecting Americans' Health
◉ Institute of Medicine (IOM). Answer: Non-governmental,
independent, and nonprofit organization that provides unbiased, expert
advice to governmental and private decision-makers, as well as the
public.
◉ Morbidity. Answer: Refers to disease
◉ Mortality (death) Rate. Answer: The percentage of all discharged
patients who are discharged due to death within a prescribed period; for
example, if a hospital has discharged 30 patients in a month, and of
those 5 were deaths, the mortality rate for the month would be expressed
as 5/30 or 16.7%.
◉ National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Answer:
Collects data on ambulatory medical care provided in the U.S.; the data
is collected from visits to office based providers who provide direct
patient care.
◉ National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Answer: Nation's
primary statistics organization; it works to compile, analyze, and
disseminate information on the nation's health to influence and guide
health policy and practice in a manner that best serves the population.
