In the billing process of a hospital, why are medical records a critical department? The DRG system of Medicare requires proper coding of clinical information in order to achieve accurate and prompt payment and to avoid fines and penalties. which department is a critical entity in order to carry out the billing process of a hospital?

Question 5 options:

	Information Technology (IT) department
	Finance department
	Health Information Management (HIM) department
	Patient Accounts department

Which of the following measures is not used directly as one of the means of determining the reasonableness of a hospitals charges?

Question 7 options:

A)	return on investment (ROI)

B)

costs

C)	investment level

D)	prices of peer hospitals