HCM 435 INFORMATION SYSTEMS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
What is the maximum amount an eligible provider can receive through the
Medicare EHR Incentive Program?
$44,000
What is the maximum amount an eligible provider can receive through the
Medicaid EHR Incentive Program?
$63,500
Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program
enable eligible practitioners and hospitals to qualify for incentive payments for adopting,
implementing, upgrading, or demonstrating meaningful use of certified EHR technology
meaningful use
using certified EHR technology in significant ways that can be measured in both quality
and quantity to achieve health and efficiency goals
What would happen if an organization could not demonstrate MU within a
designated time frame?
They do not receive the incentive payments
What percentage of Medicare patients must the eligible professionals have in
order to participate in the Medicare Incentive Program?
none
What percentage of Medicaid patients must the eligible professionals have in
order to participate in the Medicaid Incentive Program?
,30%
How much can an eligible hospital earn through the Medicare EHR incentive
program?
$2 million
Health information technology for economic and clinical health (HITECH) Act
established programs and authorized funding to support the widespread, rapid adoption
and meaningful use of EHR by hospitals, physicians, and other health care practitioners
regional extension centers
provide advice and technical assistance to primary care providers
How many RECs were created and funded?
62
health IT workforce training programs
support the education of HIT professionals
strategic HIT avance research project (SHARP)
funded to develop breakthrough research in areas such as the security of health IT,
patient-centered cognitive support, health care application and network platform
architectures, and secondary use of EHR data
health information exchange
electronic movement of health related information among organizations according to
nationally recognized standards
nationwide health information network (NwHIN)
a set of standards, services and policies that enable secure health information
exchange over the internet
, EHR certification program
provides assurance to EHR purchasers and other users that their EHR system has the
technological capability, functionality, and security needed to assist them in meeting
meaningful use criteria
If a privacy or security breach occurred, how many individuals must it have
affected before it being reported to the Office of Civil Rights and the media?
more than 500
What are the three main components of MU?
the use of a certified EHR: 1) in a meaningful manner, 2) technology for electronic
exchange of health information to improve quality of health care, and 3) technology to
submit clinical quality and other measures to CMS
How many stages are anticipated with MU?
3
office of the national coordinator for health information technology (ONC)
Develops policies that implement the overall HITECH Act; Specifies standards,
implementation specifications and EHR certification
center for medicare and medicaid services (CMS)
Promulgates policy related to Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive payment for
meaningful use
Why was the Innovation Center established by CMS?
to test, evaluate, and expand different payment structure to reduce expenditures while
maintaining or improving quality of care
accountable care organization (ACO)
ANSWERS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
What is the maximum amount an eligible provider can receive through the
Medicare EHR Incentive Program?
$44,000
What is the maximum amount an eligible provider can receive through the
Medicaid EHR Incentive Program?
$63,500
Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program
enable eligible practitioners and hospitals to qualify for incentive payments for adopting,
implementing, upgrading, or demonstrating meaningful use of certified EHR technology
meaningful use
using certified EHR technology in significant ways that can be measured in both quality
and quantity to achieve health and efficiency goals
What would happen if an organization could not demonstrate MU within a
designated time frame?
They do not receive the incentive payments
What percentage of Medicare patients must the eligible professionals have in
order to participate in the Medicare Incentive Program?
none
What percentage of Medicaid patients must the eligible professionals have in
order to participate in the Medicaid Incentive Program?
,30%
How much can an eligible hospital earn through the Medicare EHR incentive
program?
$2 million
Health information technology for economic and clinical health (HITECH) Act
established programs and authorized funding to support the widespread, rapid adoption
and meaningful use of EHR by hospitals, physicians, and other health care practitioners
regional extension centers
provide advice and technical assistance to primary care providers
How many RECs were created and funded?
62
health IT workforce training programs
support the education of HIT professionals
strategic HIT avance research project (SHARP)
funded to develop breakthrough research in areas such as the security of health IT,
patient-centered cognitive support, health care application and network platform
architectures, and secondary use of EHR data
health information exchange
electronic movement of health related information among organizations according to
nationally recognized standards
nationwide health information network (NwHIN)
a set of standards, services and policies that enable secure health information
exchange over the internet
, EHR certification program
provides assurance to EHR purchasers and other users that their EHR system has the
technological capability, functionality, and security needed to assist them in meeting
meaningful use criteria
If a privacy or security breach occurred, how many individuals must it have
affected before it being reported to the Office of Civil Rights and the media?
more than 500
What are the three main components of MU?
the use of a certified EHR: 1) in a meaningful manner, 2) technology for electronic
exchange of health information to improve quality of health care, and 3) technology to
submit clinical quality and other measures to CMS
How many stages are anticipated with MU?
3
office of the national coordinator for health information technology (ONC)
Develops policies that implement the overall HITECH Act; Specifies standards,
implementation specifications and EHR certification
center for medicare and medicaid services (CMS)
Promulgates policy related to Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive payment for
meaningful use
Why was the Innovation Center established by CMS?
to test, evaluate, and expand different payment structure to reduce expenditures while
maintaining or improving quality of care
accountable care organization (ACO)
