A new physician has applied for medical staff privileges at your hospital. What database would you research to determine if he has been denied medical staff privileges at another hospital?

What is the law called that limits the period of time during which an action may be brought against another party?

Quantitative analysis involves reviewing the health record for completeness and identifying deficiencies in the record. Qualitative analysis :

MS-DRGs are calculated on all of the following variables EXCEPT:

Which of the following is a standards development organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) that addresses issues of healthcare systems interconnections?

The Joint Commission requires that medical record review is performed to evaluate adequacy, accuracy, completeness, and quality of documentation

To determine the reimbursement for a specific patient’s hospital stay, the fiscal intermediary multiplies the hospital’s established payment rate by

The HIM Director conducted productivity studies on the coders and found that 15% of their time is spent answering coding/medical necessity questions from the outpatient schedulers. The coders work an 8 hour day. How many minutes do they spend per day answering these questions?

When designing a clinical study, which sampling method is most appropriate for ensuring each participant has an equal chance of selection?

HIPAA Code Set regulations require use of three of the listed code sets,  Which code set is NOT required by HIPAA?