A common billing system that bills each patient only once a month but spreads the work of billing over the month is ________.
A. employing collection agencies
B. open-book accounting
C. cycle billing
D. independent billing services
E. using superbills
Answer: C
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Family members report that their 62-year-old mother complained of dizziness and right leg weakness just before falling down a flight of stairs. Your assessment indicates that the patient is responsive, but confused and talking with garbled speech. Her breathing is adequate and her radial pulse is strong. Vital signs are pulse 84 beats/min, respirations 18 breaths/min, blood pressure 188/110 mmHg, and SpO2 96%. There is an open fracture to her right forearm. When instructed to do so, the patient does not move the fingers of her right hand. When caring for this patient, which sequence of actions seems most appropriate?
A) Provide spine motion restriction precautions to include securing her on a long spine board, and then place a splint on her right arm prior to beginning a lights and sirens transport B) Provide spine motion restriction precautions to include a cervical collar, long spine board, and straps before extricating her to the ambulance for immediate transport C) Make sure that a radial pulse is present, and splint the right arm prior to moving the patient to the stretcher and then the ambulance, where she can be placed on a long spine board and provided with other spine motion restriction interventions D) Splint the right arm in the position found and transfer the patient to the stretcher for immediate transport to the hospital without taking spinal motion restriction precautions
Which of the following tests would help differentiate ET from other causes of thrombocytosis?
a. Coagulation screening b. Platelet function c. Liver enzymes d. D-dimer
Examples of terminally ill patients with short life expectancies who can receive ventilatory sup-port in the home setting include which of the following?
1. Patients with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2. Patients with kyphoscoliosis 3. Patients with lung cancer a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2, and 3
The tension that occurs in a peripheral nerve when it loses extensibility along one area and tension increases in another area to equalize tension along the nerve
What will be an ideal response?