Directions: Please provide detailed and elaborate responses to the following questions. Your responses should include examples from the reading assignments, if possible. You may also utilize LIRN for your research. For concise APA formatting guidelines and LIRN guidelines, please visit the Academic Resource Center (ARC). Your answer to each question should be at least one page in length and utilize APA guidelines.

1. Discuss the significance of the American College of Surgeons' standardization movement to the development of the health information profession.

2. Describe the role of the health information professional as a patient advocate.

3. Interpret the effect of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1983 on the health information profession.

4. Explain what is meant by the statement "AHIMA is a membership organization."

5. Why might a managed care organization (like an HMO or PPO) require patients to see a primary care physician before seeing a specialist?

6. Robbie is a Certified Coding Associate. Ever since he started working at the facility, it has been his job to assign diagnosis and procedure codes to clinical data based on his review of the documentation in the patients' records. How might Robbie's accuracy affect the reimbursements the facility receives from Medicare and Medicaid?