Required for any person or resource that meets the CARS criteria: Credentials, Authorizations, Referrals, Schedules.

• A. User records
• B. Provider records
• C. Rooms
• D. Revenue Locations

Answer: (B)

This question checks where information that satisfies Credentials, Authorizations, Referrals, and Schedules is stored. Those elements describe the qualifications, permissions, care coordination, and availability of the person delivering care, so they belong on the provider’s record. Credentials and authorizations verify what the provider is allowed to do, referrals track how patients are routed through the system, and schedules manage when the provider is available. None of these are about patients, physical rooms, or billing locations, so the other options don’t fit. Therefore, provider records are the correct place to meet the CARS criteria.