WGU C810 2024 EDITION COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |GET IT
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What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external audit program
that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? - (correct answer) RACs
Which organization requires cancer statistics to be reported from central registries to the
national organization responsible for cancer statistics? - (correct answer) Centers
for disease control and prevention (CDC)
Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions - (correct
answer) National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
Which organization administers voluntary accreditation programs and provides deemed
status to certified hospitals and other healthcare organizations? - (correct answer)
THe Joint Commision
Which assessment do the conditions of participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - (correct answer) OASIS
To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - (correct answer) The
Joint Commision
Which health information exchange (HIE) architecture describes information that flows
to more than one regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent
from one regional authority? - (correct answer) Federated
Which HIE model supports uniformity of data, quick responses times to queries and
consistency in data accessibility - (correct answer) Centralized
A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate in
an HIE. The data is pushed from their facilities in to one repository where they all have
access to retrieve data when needed.
Which HIE model is used in this scenario? - (correct answer) Centralized
Which characteristic addresses the level of depth represented by data in a fact or
dimension table in a data warehouse? - (correct answer) Granularity
Which quality describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications and
systems? - (correct answer) Consistency
, An HIM analyst is charged with reviewing abstracted information on opioid-related
admissions from the hospital's disease index database. The analyst wants to make sure
that the correct ICD-10 codes have been abstracted and pulled from the database.
Which data quality characteristic does this situation involve? - (correct answer)
Accuracy
An HIM director is analyzing the results of a survey that was conducted to ask
physicians and nurses about their satisfaction with the HIM department. The following
table shows the satisfaction percentage scored for each question
98%
How often do HIM staff answer your call within 3 rings?
79%
How often are you able to receive the old paper records, on your current patients, in an
acceptable timeframe?
100%
How often are the reports provided by HIM staff correct and valid?
100%
How often do the trainings that HIM staff provide relate to the most recent regulations?
Which conclusion should the HIM Director make based on this data? - (correct
answer) The HIM staff needs additional training on the importance of accessibility of
old paper records and needs help in brainstorming a better process.
An HIM director is auditing physician documentation and finds that 3% of the discharge
summaries from the last 6 months were completed more than 30 days past patient
discharge.
Which data quality standard is an area of concern in this scenario? - (correct answer)
Timeliness
Once a year, members of the Disaster Planning Committee meet to conduct mock drills
that satisfy staff training requirements as outlined in the organization's disaster plan.
What is the best practice for training staff on disaster protocol? - (correct answer)
Arrange for continuous training through in-service programs and conducting mock drills
In the event that a disaster affects a facility, how should damage to off-site records be
prevented? - (correct answer) Off-site storage should be located at a distance far
enough away from the facility.
Which security feature should be enabled on backup tapes as a best practice to prevent
a data breach? - (correct answer) Encryption
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |GET IT
RIGHT| NEWEST UPDATE
What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) external audit program
that works to reduce Medicare improper payments? - (correct answer) RACs
Which organization requires cancer statistics to be reported from central registries to the
national organization responsible for cancer statistics? - (correct answer) Centers
for disease control and prevention (CDC)
Which organization requires reporting of medical malpractice payments, federal
licensure and certification actions, and adverse clinical privileges actions - (correct
answer) National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
Which organization administers voluntary accreditation programs and provides deemed
status to certified hospitals and other healthcare organizations? - (correct answer)
THe Joint Commision
Which assessment do the conditions of participation require all home health agencies to
electronically report? - (correct answer) OASIS
To which organization must a sentinel event be reported? - (correct answer) The
Joint Commision
Which health information exchange (HIE) architecture describes information that flows
to more than one regional clinical data repository (CDR) and requested records sent
from one regional authority? - (correct answer) Federated
Which HIE model supports uniformity of data, quick responses times to queries and
consistency in data accessibility - (correct answer) Centralized
A local skilled nursing facility (SNF), hospital, and public health agency all participate in
an HIE. The data is pushed from their facilities in to one repository where they all have
access to retrieve data when needed.
Which HIE model is used in this scenario? - (correct answer) Centralized
Which characteristic addresses the level of depth represented by data in a fact or
dimension table in a data warehouse? - (correct answer) Granularity
Which quality describes data that is unaffected when used across all applications and
systems? - (correct answer) Consistency
, An HIM analyst is charged with reviewing abstracted information on opioid-related
admissions from the hospital's disease index database. The analyst wants to make sure
that the correct ICD-10 codes have been abstracted and pulled from the database.
Which data quality characteristic does this situation involve? - (correct answer)
Accuracy
An HIM director is analyzing the results of a survey that was conducted to ask
physicians and nurses about their satisfaction with the HIM department. The following
table shows the satisfaction percentage scored for each question
98%
How often do HIM staff answer your call within 3 rings?
79%
How often are you able to receive the old paper records, on your current patients, in an
acceptable timeframe?
100%
How often are the reports provided by HIM staff correct and valid?
100%
How often do the trainings that HIM staff provide relate to the most recent regulations?
Which conclusion should the HIM Director make based on this data? - (correct
answer) The HIM staff needs additional training on the importance of accessibility of
old paper records and needs help in brainstorming a better process.
An HIM director is auditing physician documentation and finds that 3% of the discharge
summaries from the last 6 months were completed more than 30 days past patient
discharge.
Which data quality standard is an area of concern in this scenario? - (correct answer)
Timeliness
Once a year, members of the Disaster Planning Committee meet to conduct mock drills
that satisfy staff training requirements as outlined in the organization's disaster plan.
What is the best practice for training staff on disaster protocol? - (correct answer)
Arrange for continuous training through in-service programs and conducting mock drills
In the event that a disaster affects a facility, how should damage to off-site records be
prevented? - (correct answer) Off-site storage should be located at a distance far
enough away from the facility.
Which security feature should be enabled on backup tapes as a best practice to prevent
a data breach? - (correct answer) Encryption
