Blesi-Medical Assisting Chapter 1 Intro to Healthcare Exam with Questions and
Answers
A system where patients pay an added fee in exchange for more personalized care and better
access to their providers for medical services is referred to as which type of service?
a. PCMH
b. ACO
c. boutique
d. managed care - ✔✔✔-ANS: c-Correct. A boutique system is where patients pay an added fee
in exchange for more personalized care and better access to their providers for medical services.
Accreditation - ✔✔✔-A process in which an educational institution or program establishes
credibility or legitimacy by complying with predetermined standards.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) - ✔✔✔-An accrediting body that
provides programmatic accreditation for medical assisting and other health care programs.
Acupuncture - ✔✔✔-Involves the insertion of needles at various points in the body to treat
disease or relieve pain.
Administrative skills - ✔✔✔-Skills that help to manage the business affairs of a medical practice
and include two categories—administrative procedures and practice finances.
Advocate - ✔✔✔-One who assists the patient or acts on the patient's behalf.
All of the following are clinical skills EXCEPT:
a. Filing patient records
b. Phlebotomy
c. Administering medications
d. Wrapping instruments - ✔✔✔-ANS: a-Correct. The filing of patient records is an
administrative skill.
, Blesi-Medical Assisting Chapter 1 Intro to Healthcare Exam with Questions and
Answers
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) - ✔✔✔-An organization that promotes
professionalism and encourages and supports education, networking, and certification in the
medical billing and coding areas.
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) - ✔✔✔-A professional organization for
medical assistants that certifies medical assistants and provides continuing education
opportunities.
American Medical Technologists (AMT) - ✔✔✔-A professional organization that provides
credentialing opportunities for medical assistants and continuing education opportunities
Ayurvedic medicine - ✔✔✔-Traditional healing system of India that addresses mental and
spiritual well-being and physical health. Ayurveda identifies three types of energies that are
present in all things: vata, pitta, and kapha and believes that imbalances in any of these areas
can cause disease.
Biofeedback - ✔✔✔-A method that enables a person, usually with the help of electronic
equipment, to learn to control otherwise involuntary bodily functions.
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) - ✔✔✔-Credential given by the National Healthcare
Association (NHA) after eligible candidates pass the certification exam
Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) - ✔✔✔-Credential given by the National
Healthcareer Association (NHA) after eligible candidates pass the certification exam.
Certified Medical Assistant, CMA (AAMA) - ✔✔✔-The credential given by the American
Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) to eligible candidates who pass the CMA (AAMA)
examination.
Answers
A system where patients pay an added fee in exchange for more personalized care and better
access to their providers for medical services is referred to as which type of service?
a. PCMH
b. ACO
c. boutique
d. managed care - ✔✔✔-ANS: c-Correct. A boutique system is where patients pay an added fee
in exchange for more personalized care and better access to their providers for medical services.
Accreditation - ✔✔✔-A process in which an educational institution or program establishes
credibility or legitimacy by complying with predetermined standards.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) - ✔✔✔-An accrediting body that
provides programmatic accreditation for medical assisting and other health care programs.
Acupuncture - ✔✔✔-Involves the insertion of needles at various points in the body to treat
disease or relieve pain.
Administrative skills - ✔✔✔-Skills that help to manage the business affairs of a medical practice
and include two categories—administrative procedures and practice finances.
Advocate - ✔✔✔-One who assists the patient or acts on the patient's behalf.
All of the following are clinical skills EXCEPT:
a. Filing patient records
b. Phlebotomy
c. Administering medications
d. Wrapping instruments - ✔✔✔-ANS: a-Correct. The filing of patient records is an
administrative skill.
, Blesi-Medical Assisting Chapter 1 Intro to Healthcare Exam with Questions and
Answers
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) - ✔✔✔-An organization that promotes
professionalism and encourages and supports education, networking, and certification in the
medical billing and coding areas.
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) - ✔✔✔-A professional organization for
medical assistants that certifies medical assistants and provides continuing education
opportunities.
American Medical Technologists (AMT) - ✔✔✔-A professional organization that provides
credentialing opportunities for medical assistants and continuing education opportunities
Ayurvedic medicine - ✔✔✔-Traditional healing system of India that addresses mental and
spiritual well-being and physical health. Ayurveda identifies three types of energies that are
present in all things: vata, pitta, and kapha and believes that imbalances in any of these areas
can cause disease.
Biofeedback - ✔✔✔-A method that enables a person, usually with the help of electronic
equipment, to learn to control otherwise involuntary bodily functions.
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) - ✔✔✔-Credential given by the National Healthcare
Association (NHA) after eligible candidates pass the certification exam
Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) - ✔✔✔-Credential given by the National
Healthcareer Association (NHA) after eligible candidates pass the certification exam.
Certified Medical Assistant, CMA (AAMA) - ✔✔✔-The credential given by the American
Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) to eligible candidates who pass the CMA (AAMA)
examination.
