HCCA Compliance 101 - Compliance
Glossary Exam Q&A 100% Solved |
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔The Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on
disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to people with
disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on
race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal, and later
included discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) - ✔✔Prohibits solicitating, receiving, offering, or
paying any remuneration directly or indirectly in cash or in kind in exchange.
attestation - ✔✔The affirmation by signature, usually on a printed form, that
the action outlined has been accomplished by the individual signing; e.g., the
individual has read the code of conduct and agreed to adhere to its principles.
attorney-client privilege - ✔✔A legally accepted policy that communication
between a client and attorney is confidential in the course of the professional
relationship and that such communication cannot be disclosed without the
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, consent of the client. Its purpose is to encourage full and frank communication
between attorneys and their clients.
audit, baseline - ✔✔A systematic inspection of records, policies, and procedures
with the goal to establish a set of benchmarks for comparison for future
inspections.
audit, concurrent - ✔✔An ongoing inspection of records, policies, and
procedures at a given point in time in which identified potential problems are
investigated as they arise (e.g., prepublished financial statements).
audit, retrospective - ✔✔A comprehensive inspection of records, policies, and
procedures done usually in anticipation of launching a compliance program. All
potential problems are identified and then investigated (e.g., published financial
statements, historical audit).
benchmarking - ✔✔The measurement of performance against "best practice"
standards.
best practices - ✔✔Generally recognized superior performance by organizations
in operational and/or financial processes.
business associate - ✔✔A person or entity, other than a member of the
workforce of a covered entity, who performs functions or activities on behalf of
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Glossary Exam Q&A 100% Solved |
Graded A+
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔The Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on
disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to people with
disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on
race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal, and later
included discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) - ✔✔Prohibits solicitating, receiving, offering, or
paying any remuneration directly or indirectly in cash or in kind in exchange.
attestation - ✔✔The affirmation by signature, usually on a printed form, that
the action outlined has been accomplished by the individual signing; e.g., the
individual has read the code of conduct and agreed to adhere to its principles.
attorney-client privilege - ✔✔A legally accepted policy that communication
between a client and attorney is confidential in the course of the professional
relationship and that such communication cannot be disclosed without the
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, consent of the client. Its purpose is to encourage full and frank communication
between attorneys and their clients.
audit, baseline - ✔✔A systematic inspection of records, policies, and procedures
with the goal to establish a set of benchmarks for comparison for future
inspections.
audit, concurrent - ✔✔An ongoing inspection of records, policies, and
procedures at a given point in time in which identified potential problems are
investigated as they arise (e.g., prepublished financial statements).
audit, retrospective - ✔✔A comprehensive inspection of records, policies, and
procedures done usually in anticipation of launching a compliance program. All
potential problems are identified and then investigated (e.g., published financial
statements, historical audit).
benchmarking - ✔✔The measurement of performance against "best practice"
standards.
best practices - ✔✔Generally recognized superior performance by organizations
in operational and/or financial processes.
business associate - ✔✔A person or entity, other than a member of the
workforce of a covered entity, who performs functions or activities on behalf of
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