Define the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.

What will be an ideal response?


The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The reason for creating the VICP system was to relieve vaccine manufacturers and providers from having to pay judgments for vaccine injuries that, in turn, could lead to a shortage of vaccines due to the disincentive of legal liability.

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________ is the act of intentionally billing for services that were never provided or billing for a service that has a higher reimbursement than the services actually provided

a. Fraud b. Medical coding c. Symbols d. Compliance plan

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In the Global Initiative for COPD, which category of COPD is considered severe COPD?

A. Stage III B. Stage IV C. Stage II D. Stage I

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Cherri D. Hobgood, MD, and Debbie Weir, MSW, have created a mnemonic, ____, for medical residents that is also useful for Paramedics who are tasked with death notification following termination of resuscitation.

A. GRIEVE_R B. GRIEVING_ C. GRIEV_ING D. GRIEVE_S

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The provider who is ethnocentric tends to antagonize and alienate patients from other cultures

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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