Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS) Practice Exam

• Conducting audits on patient records to ensure compliance
• Extracting clinical data for various reports
• Engaging in basic coding tasks to facilitate reimbursement claims submission
• Managing Release of Information (ROI) requests concerning medical records
• Verifying patient demographic details and insurance particulars
• Collaborating with physicians and insurance personnel on patient-related matters.

Eligibility for the CEHRS Exam:

• A high school diploma or GED/high school equivalency.
• Completion of an electronic health records specialist training or education program within the past 5 years.

• A high school diploma or GED/high school equivalency.
• One year of supervised work experience in an electronic health records specialist field within the last 3 years; or 2 years of supervised work experience in an electronic health records specialist field within the last 5 years.

Exam Details

• Exam Name: Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS)
• Exam Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes (110 minutes)
• Total Questions: 100 Questions (Plus 10 Pretest Questions)
• Exam Scoring: Scaled scores 200 - 500 
• Passing Score: 390 or higher scaled score

Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS) Exam Course Outline 

• Learn to Verify patient identifiers before documenting in the EHR to ensure information is recorded in the correct chart.
• Learn to Collect, record, and continuously update patient information 
• Learn to Generate encounter documentation 
• Learn to Retrieve patient information from internal databases to integrate into a patient's EHR.
• Learn to Acquire patient data from external sources 
• Learn to Import information into the EHR from integrated devices 
• Learn to Maintain inventory of EHR-related hardware 
• Learn to Coordinate patient flow within the facility
• Learn to Provide initial and ongoing end-user training of EHR software to maintain competency
• Learn to Share information about updates to EHR software and the implications for workflow.
• Learn to Identify data discrepancies within and among multiple EHRs, practice management systems, and other software systems.
• Learn to Report or reconcile data discrepancies within and among multiple EHRs, practice management systems, and other software systems.
• Learn to Provide support to patients regarding their use of patient portals 

• Learn to Develop clinical templates for data capture
• Learn to Securely transmit and exchange patient data internally and externally for research, analytics, and continuity of care.
• Learn to Review and monitor clinical documentation to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Learn to Provide point-of-care EHR support for clinical documentation.
• Learn to Input real-time clinical data into the EHR.
• Learn to Document patient historic clinical data in the EHR
• Learn to Provide support for computerized provider order entry (CPOE).
• Learn to Locate and provide patient education materials available within the EHR.
• Learn to Navigate the EHR system to retrieve requested patient data.

• Learn to Find codes in databases 
• Learn to Navigate the EHR to create a superbill, encounter forms, fee slips, or charge forms.
• Learn to Enter the diagnosis and procedure codes billing information into the EHR system for claims processing.
• Learn to Verify that all diagnoses and procedural descriptions for reimbursement are accurately documented in the EHR.
• Learn to Verify insurance and eligibility in the EHR.
• Learn to Obtain and document authorizations in the EHR.
• Learn to Provide estimated patient costs.
• Learn to Navigate the EHR to provide patient statements.
• Learn to Collect and post payments to a patient's account.

• Learn to Adhere to professional standards of care as they pertain to health records.
  
• Learn to Maintain confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, and facility policy.
• Learn to Educate others regarding compliance with best practices to safeguard electronic information and assist with enforcement of compliant behaviors.
• Learn to Identify non-compliant behaviors (e.g., sharing passwords, unlocked room) that represent threats to the security of electronic information.
• Learn to Allocate access controls within the EHR system based on user roles and predetermined privileges.
• Learn to Verify and assist with compliance of access controls (i.e., privileges) within the EHR system.
• Learn to De-identify protected health information (PHI).
• Release protected health information (PHI) in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule and facility policy.
• Learn to Participate in internal audits of the EHR (e.g., consent forms, release of information forms, signature on file).
• Learn to Comply with regulations regarding the use of abbreviations in the EHR system.
• Learn to Initiate down-time procedures related to the EHR (e.g., data recovery).
• Learn to Comply with the requirements of EHR incentive programs.

• Learn to Run and execute standardized financial reports
• Learn to Run and execute standardized clinical reports to track patient outcomes for the support of continuity of care.
• Learn to Generate ad hoc financial reports using fields in the EHR system.
• Learn to Generate ad hoc clinical reports using fields in the EHR system.
• Learn to Generate statistical reports for quality improvement (QI) measures, productivity, metrics, and research.
• Learn to Compile data from the EHR for external reporting
• Learn to Verify the accuracy of generated reports prior to distribution