Reference no: EM131414071
Weekly Vocabulary Exercise: Health Care Reporting, Compliance, and Reform
Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:
In the space provided, write each term's definition as used in health care. You must define the term in your own words; do not simply copy the definition from a textbook.
In the space provided after each term's definition, provide an explanation that illustrates the importance of the skill, concept, procedure, organization, or tool the term refers to. In your explanation, you may wish to consider the following:
- How has it influenced health care?
- Why is it important to understand the appropriate application of the term or concept?
Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft Word document with your name in the file name. Submit the file to your facilitator.
Note. You must define 25 terms involved in health care reporting, compliance, and reform in this worksheet. Therefore, in addition to the terms already provided for you below, finish the additional spaces on the worksheet with terms from your reading or discussion you were not previously familiar with and had to research.
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Definition in your own words
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Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
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Autopsy rate
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Mortality rate
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Institute of Medicine
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Occupancy rate
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Service lines
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Daily census
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Epidemiology
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Compliance
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Compliance officer
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Addendum
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Audit trail
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Protected health information
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Release of information
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HIPAA
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Affordable Care Act
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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HITECH Act
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Preexisting medical condition
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Legislation
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