HIMT 1250 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

HIMT 1250 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 2. What is it called when accrediting bodies such as the Joint Commission or AOA can survey facilities for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospitals instead of the government? - Answers A) Deemed status 7. Which of the following is a Joint Commission accreditation decision category? - Answers B) Denial of Accreditation 1. What is a piece of legislation written and approved by a state or federal legislature and then signed into law by the state's governor or the president? - Answers B) Statute 6. What is a systematic quality review process that evaluates the healthcare facility's performance against pre-established, written criteria, or standards? - Answers D) Accreditation 3. Which type of facility does not use the test results to determine the course of the patient's treatment? - Answers A) Diagnostic Imaging Center 4. Which type of provider tends to specialize in Primary Care? - Answers D) Internal Medicine 10. Which is not a best practice for the document imaging process? - Answers C) Use of highlighters is recommended to enhance any portion of the document that is difficult to read 1. Which of the following is not a driving force for the adoption of the electronic health record? - Answers B) Improved Joint Commission Scores 2. What best describes the principal diagnosis assigned at the LTCH? - Answers A) Reason for admission to the LTCH 6. Within what period of time after admission to a LTCH must the history a physical be completed and placed in the health record? - Answers C) 24 hours 4. LTCHs are the same as skilled nursing facilities? - Answers B) False 11. Long term care hospitals must meet state requirements for ____ and have an agreement with ____ in order to receive payments. - Answers A) Acute care hospitals, Medicare 3. What provides a wide range of services to include nursing care, 24-hour supervision, assistance with activities of daily living and rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy? - Answers B) Skilled nursing facilities 9. What are problem-orientated frameworks for additional assessment based on problem identification items that form a critical link to decisions about care planning? - Answers D) Resident assessment protocols 8. What is a set of screening, clinical, and functional status elements, including common definitions and coding categories, which forms the foundation of a comprehensive assessment for all residents of nursing homes that receive federal funding? - Answers C) Minimum data set 2. What is designed for people who want to live in a community setting and who need or expect to need help functioning, but who do not need as much care as a nursing home? - Answers C) Assisted living 7. What process helps clinicians focus on key issues identified during the assessment process so that decisions as to whether and how to intervene can be explored with the resident? - Answers A) Care area assessment 4. A face-to-face encounter has occurred no more than 30 days prior to the start of care (SOC) or within 30 days after the SOC, by the physician or an allowed Non-Physician Practitioner. - Answers B) False 8. Which of the following statements is correct regarding audits by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC)? - Answers A) The lack of a physician signature can result in denial of an entire episode 12. A patient's right to be informed about any financial liability is governed by the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 - Answers B) False 10. The goal of any quantitative medical review should be to find the problems prior to a surveyor and/or medical review so documentation inadequacies can be fixed. - Answers B) False 14. What is the accrediting body of correctional facilities called? - Answers C) National Conference on Correctional Healthcare 4. Who is licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted by the United States, or in a particular jurisdiction, to practice and dispense a controlled substance in the course of professional practice? - Answers C) Midlevel practitioners 11. _____ is the use of medical information transmitted from one site to another via electronic communication to improve a patient's health status. - Answers A) Telemedicine 5. What is the term for advanced practice nurses who provide healthcare services similar to a physician and diagnose and treat health problems focusing on caring and curing of disease? - Answers B) Nurse practitioners 3. What is a rule established by an administrative agency of government called? - Answers A) Regulation 4. General written guidelines that dictate behavior and/or direct and constrain decision making within the organization are known as what? - Answers B) Policies 5. Which Joint Commission survey methodology involves an evaluation that follows the hospital experiences for past or current patients? - Answers C) Tracer methodology 8. When is the timeframe for an unannounced survey after a full survey? - Answers D) 18-36 months 9. What does PHI stand for? - Answers D) Protected health information 10. What does The Joint Commission call a patient safety event that reaches a patient, but is not primarily related to the natural course of the patient's illness or underlying condition, and results in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm that requires intervention to sustain life? - Answers C) Sentinel event 11. What type of organization works under contract with the CMS to conduct Medicare/Medicaid certification surveys for hospitals? - Answers C) State agency 12. Written instructions that describe how functions and processes must be carried out are: - Answers A) Procedures 13. Which acute care accrediting body integrates the Medicare COP with the IOS 9001 Quality Management Program? - Answers A) DNV GL Healthcare 14. The purpose of this program is to identify and reduce improper Medicare payments and prevent future improper payments for healthcare services: - Answers B) Recovery audit contractors 15. The oldest anti-fraud law, which is to be addressed in a healthcare corporate compliance program, is the: - Answers C) False Claims Act 2. In which setting are surgical supplies required to be provided for the patient upon discharge? - Answers C) Ambulatory Surgery Center 5. Under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Comprehensive (CERT) program which of the following is a not common documentation error in the Ambulatory Care? - Answers D) History and physical within 30 days 6. What type of outpatient facility is operated by local governments? - Answers B) Community Health Center 7. What is one example of relevant data to include in a Transfer of Care Summary? - Answers C) Medication list 8. Which is not an accreditation organization that offers deem status to an office-based surgery practice? - Answers D) Community Health Accreditation Partner 9. Which organization developed the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set? - Answers B) National Committee for Quality Assurance 11. Ambulatory surgical centers only provide emergency surgery services - Answers B) False 12. CMS reimburses the office physician on a ____________ payment system. - Answers B) fee-for-service 13. What type of analysis compares omitted clinical information received from external providers with the needed clinical information to make a correct diagnosis? - Answers B) Gap Analysis 14. Ambulatory care facilities must obtain state licensure and should adopt a method to address credential verification and monitor compliances with continuing education requirements for all licensed and credentialed personnel. - Answers A) True 1. A problem list is used to capture what information? - Answers C) Relevant past and current problems 3. LTCH stand for ______? - Answers D) Long-term acute care hospital 5. Patients that require specialized care, including intensive therapies and nursing care are know as: - Answers B) Medically complex patients 7. The ____ is a snapshot of a patient's status and includes everything from social issues to disease processes, as well as critical paths and clinical pathways that focused on the specific disease process or pathway. - Answers B) Care plan 8. In the LTCH, family meetings or conferences are held to discuss the patient's condition. - Answers A) True