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Jramos095

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While performing routine quantitative analysis of a record, a medical record employee finds an
  incident report in the record. The employee brings this to the attention of her supervisor. Which
  best practice should the supervisor follow to deal with this situation?
 A. Remove the incident report and send it to the patient.
  B. Tell the employee to leave the report in the record.
  C. Remove the incident report and have nursing personnel transfer all documentation from the
  report to the medical record.
  D. Refer this record to the Risk Manager for further review and removal of the incident report.

Question 2

Which program assesses and measures improper Medicare fee-for-service payments (based on reviewing selected claims and associated medical record documentation)?
 a. CERT
  b. FATHOM
  c. HPMP
  d. PERM



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Answer to Question 1

D Incident reports are written accounts of unusual events that have an adverse effect on a
patient, employee, or facility visitor and should never be filed with the patient's record.

Answer to Question 2

a



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