A home care agency that opts to be surveyed for Medicare certification by The Joint Commission would be deemed to be in compliance with the Conditions of Participation upon accreditation by the commission
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Although not required in OEC 5th Edition, your local mountain protocol states that any time you use a backboard you should always treat the patient as having a neck/back injury and apply a cervical collar. You recognize that this mountain-specific requirement is called a:
a. standard of training. b. standard of care. c. medical standard. d. duty to act.
Which of the following are the hazards and complications of incentive spirometry? 1. Hyperventilation 2. Fatigue 3. Discomfort secondary to inadequate pain control 4. Barotrauma
a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1, 2, and 3 only d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Until now, your office has kept all of its inactive and closed files in plastic tubs in a large closet next to the physician's office, but the closet is now full. Retrieving a specific file from the closet has become difficult and time-consuming. The busy office manager has you to look at other storage options and make a recommendation. You have found the following possible storage locations. Which option should you recommend?
A. One-story local warehouse that has a huge open area with unlimited storage space ($24/month) B. 10 x 12 room in a neighboring medical office ($50/month) C. Commercial records center in a neighboring city ($96/month) D. 30 x 40 retail space in a local shopping center ($197/month) E. 5 x 12 storage unit on the ground floor of a local storage facility ($28/month)
Modifiers to CPT codes indicate
A. that additional codes are needed. B. that some special circumstance applies to the service. C. synonyms. D. exclusions.