CCT - Certified Compliance Technician Key Federal Regulations Questions and Answers

Question 1

A hospital's emergency department provides a medical screening exam to an individual who complains of severe abdominal pain but then refuses to provide further treatment after discovering the individual is uninsured.
Which of the following federal regulations has the hospital most likely violated?

Accepted Answer

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

Answer

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Stark Law (Physician Self-Referral Law)

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False Claims Act (FCA)

Question 2

A medical device company offers a physician a lavish, all-expenses-paid vacation in exchange for the physician agreeing to exclusively use their company's brand of pacemakers for all Medicare patients. This arrangement would most likely be a violation of which federal statute?

Accepted Answer

Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)

Answer

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

Question 3

Under the False Claims Act, a private individual with knowledge of fraud against the government can file a lawsuit on behalf of the United States. What is this provision commonly called?

Accepted Answer

Qui Tam Provision

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Safe Harbor Provision

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Relator Exemption

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Stark Exception

Question 4

A physician owns a local imaging center and refers all of her Medicare patients needing MRI scans to her own facility. This practice is most directly addressed by which of the following regulations?

Accepted Answer

Stark Law (Physician Self-Referral Law)

Answer

Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)

Answer

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act

Answer

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a patient right granted under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?

Accepted Answer

The right to demand deletion of their entire medical record for any reason.

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The right to access and obtain a copy of their protected health information (PHI).

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The right to request an amendment to their PHI if they believe it is inaccurate.

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The right to receive an accounting of disclosures of their PHI.

Question 6

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) categorize laboratory tests based on their complexity. Which of the following is the category for the simplest tests with a low risk of incorrect results?

Accepted Answer

Waived

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High complexity

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Moderate complexity

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Provider-performed microscopy

A hospital's emergency department provides a medical screening exam to an individual who complains of severe abdominal pain but then refuses to provide further treatment after discovering the individual is uninsured.Which of the following federal regulations has the hospital most likely violated?

A hospital's emergency department provides a medical screening exam to an individual who complains of severe abdominal pain but then refuses to provide further treatment after discovering the individual is uninsured.
Which of the following federal regulations has the hospital most likely violated?