CAHIMS EXAM REVIEW NEWEST UPDATE

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CAHIMS EXAM REVIEW NEWEST UPDATE

2025| COMPLETE QUESTION S AND

CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED

ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+

Which of the following is not a provision of the Affordable Care Act

(ACA):

• Requires all Americans to have a basic form of health insurance or

pay a federal tax penalty

• Allows a young adult to continue coverage on their parents' health

insurance up to the age of 26

• Requires all Americans to see only physicians assigned to them by the

federal government

• Ends preexisting condition exclusions so that insurance companies

cannot refuse to insure an applicant due to an existing medical condition

• Correct Answer - C. The ACA includes many provisions but attempts

to preserve patient choice of insurance plan and providers within the insurance plan's provision.

Which of the following are not insurance products commonly offered in the United States?

• Traditional/open-access health insurance plans
• Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Health Maintenance

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• Independent Practice Associations (IPAs) and Patient-Centered

Medical Homes (PCMHs)

• Consumer-Directed Health Plans (CDHPs) and Health Savings

Accounts (HSAs) - Correct Answer - C. IPAs are groups of individual physicians and medical practices that provide services to managed-care organizations. PCMHs are medical practices that have put in place the infrastructure needed to coordinate care. IPAs and PCMHs will often contract with managed-care organizations (in particular, PPOs and HMOs), but they do so to provide care (not to provide insurance).

Which of the following is true of the Medicare program?

• All Americans older than 64 must participate.
• The distribution of its beneficiaries across insurance products is very

different from private insurance.

• It has, since its inception, covered hospital care, ambulatory care, and

prescription drugs.

• All of the above. - Correct Answer - B. Traditional (open-access,

FFS) care dominates Medicare. That is very rare in the private sector.The distribution of its beneficiaries across insurance products is very different from private insurance.

Which of the following does not accurately describe the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology?

• Is responsible for setting policies and standards for, as well as

promoting the use of, health IT in the United States

• Charges fines to physicians or hospitals that do not comply with its

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• Is also known as "the Office of the National Coordinator" or "the

ONC" D. Is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Correct Answer - B.While the ONC defines many of the technological criteria and coordinates across federal and nonfederal partners, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as the largest payer of healthcare in the United States, has created incentives for providers to adopt (and penalties for providers who do not adopt) HIT under the Meaningful Use program of the ACA, and will continue to do so under MACRA.

Which of the following is a true statement about medical screening?

• Performs tests on patients who have no signs or symptoms of a

disease with the goal to identify treatable diseases in the very early stages in order to start treatment as quickly as possible and avoid disease progression or complications

• Cannot have "false positive" or "false negative" results
• Is performed when a physician is fairly certain a patient has a

particular disease

• Is typically performed on patients suspected of having a disease in

order to help the physician make an accurate diagnosis and begin treatment in a timely and cost-effective manner - Correct Answer - A. As part of preventive care, medical screening is one of the few healthcare activities targeted at healthy individuals rather than those with a disease.

Which of the following does not accurately describe Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)?

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• Healthcare organizations that receive enhanced reimbursement from

Medicare and Medicaid if they meet a number of requirements

• Include such examples as Community Health Centers that focus on

underserved populations, Migrant Health Centers that focus on workers who move frequently, and Health Care for the Homeless Centers that focus on homeless adults and children

• Target underserved populations, charge a sliding-scale fee based on

income, and have ongoing quality assessment programs

• Any health center that receives reimbursement from Medicare or

Medicaid - Correct Answer - D. FQHCs are established by a very specific federal program. There are many health centers that share many characteristics with FQHCs but do not meet all of the program requirements and, therefore, are not FQHCs.

Which of the following provides the fastest data transfer rate?

A. USB 3.0

• FireWire 800

C. IDE

• SATA 3.0 - Correct Answer - D. SATA 3.0 is rated at 750 MBps (6

Gbps), USB 3.0 at 625 MBps (5 Gbps), FireWire 800 at 100 MBps (800 Mbps), and IDE at 133 MBps.

You are asked to convert a patient paper chart to an EMR. What type of hardware should you use?

• Printer

B. NIC

• Scanner
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