MA500 EXAM #2 2026 LATEST UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS SUCCESS
GUIDE.
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, 2. What is the HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA is a federal
Privacy Rule? law consisting of several components, one of which contains provisions to protect
a patient's privacy, known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
3. What is the pri- is to provide patients with better control over the use and disclosure of their health
mary purpose of information
the rule?
4. What is the (method of documentation) SOAP, and this method of creating progress notes is
acronym for the now widely used in all medical record formats.
progress note
charting in the
problem oriented
record (POR)?
5. What are the Subjective data: Subjective data obtained from the patient
4 categories • Objective data: Objective data obtained by observation, physical examination,
of the SOAP and laboratory and diagnostic tests
progress note? • Assessment: The physician's interpretation of the current condition based on
Name them and analysis of the subjective and objective data
what they each • Plan: Proposed treatment for the patient
contain
6. What does it only that the medical assistant verified the patient's identity and watched the
mean for a MA to patient sign the form; it does not mean that the medical assistant is attesting to
witness a signa- the accuracy of the information provided.
ture?
7. What is health is a collection of subjective data about the patient.
history?
8. Before there is medical impression, provisional diagnosis, preliminary diagnosis, or tentative di-
enough informa- agnosis.
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QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS SUCCESS
GUIDE.
1/8
, 2. What is the HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA is a federal
Privacy Rule? law consisting of several components, one of which contains provisions to protect
a patient's privacy, known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
3. What is the pri- is to provide patients with better control over the use and disclosure of their health
mary purpose of information
the rule?
4. What is the (method of documentation) SOAP, and this method of creating progress notes is
acronym for the now widely used in all medical record formats.
progress note
charting in the
problem oriented
record (POR)?
5. What are the Subjective data: Subjective data obtained from the patient
4 categories • Objective data: Objective data obtained by observation, physical examination,
of the SOAP and laboratory and diagnostic tests
progress note? • Assessment: The physician's interpretation of the current condition based on
Name them and analysis of the subjective and objective data
what they each • Plan: Proposed treatment for the patient
contain
6. What does it only that the medical assistant verified the patient's identity and watched the
mean for a MA to patient sign the form; it does not mean that the medical assistant is attesting to
witness a signa- the accuracy of the information provided.
ture?
7. What is health is a collection of subjective data about the patient.
history?
8. Before there is medical impression, provisional diagnosis, preliminary diagnosis, or tentative di-
enough informa- agnosis.
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