Registered Health Information Technician — Information & Free Practice

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

• Data Content, Structure, and Information Governance — Official range: 19–25% (Practice allocation: 21.89%)

  • Apply health information guidelines
  • Apply healthcare standards
  • Designated record set
  • Health record integrity
  • Audit health record content and completion
  • Educate clinicians
  • Document control
  • Master Patient Index
  • Data workflow
  • EHR functionality
  • EHR data integrity reports
  • Patient portals
• Access, Disclosure, Privacy, and Security — Official range: 14–18% (Practice allocation: 15.92%)

  • PHI access, use, and disclosure
  • Right of access
  • Customer education
  • Record retention
  • Privacy and security risk
  • EHR identity issues
• Data Analytics and Use — Official range: 12–18% (Practice allocation: 14.93%)

  • Data sources
  • Extract data
  • Analyze data
  • Report patient data
  • Healthcare statistics and reports
  • Health Information metrics
• Revenue Cycle Management — Official range: 19–25% (Practice allocation: 21.89%)

  • Revenue cycle components
  • Clinical indicators
  • Code documentation
  • Clinician queries
  • Utilization review
  • Denials
  • Coding and documentation audits
  • Coding and documentation education
  • Discharged Not Final Billed
  • Case mix
  • Billing issues
  • Payer guidelines
  • CDI collaboration
  • Charge Description Master
  • Payment methodologies and insurance plans
• Compliance — Official range: 13–17% (Practice allocation: 14.93%)

  • Quality assessments
  • Health Information compliance
  • Function standards
  • Regulatory changes
• Leadership — Official range: 9–12% (Practice allocation: 10.45%)

  • Education on laws and regulations
  • Health Information processes
  • Policies and procedures
  • Function standards
  • Interdepartmental interoperability
  • Subject matter expertise
  • Project management