Define treatment, payment, and health care operations (TPO) as stated in the HIPAA regulation
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Treatment means the provision, coordination, or management of health care and related services among health care providers or by a health care provider with a third party; consultation between health care providers regarding a patient; or the referral of a patient from one health care provider to another. Payment encompasses the various activities of health care providers to obtain payment or be reimbursed for their services, and of a health plan to obtain premiums, fulfill their coverage responsibilities and provide benefits under the plan, and obtain or provide reimbursement for the provision of health care. Health care operations are administrative, financial, legal, and quality improvement activities of a covered entity that are necessary for the entity to run its business and to support the core functions of treatment and payment.
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A) Incorrect name. B) Incorrect birthdate. C) Incorrect days' supply. D) Incorrect provider.
You are dispatched to a female with altered mental status. Once inside the home, you find a female who appears to have been beaten unconscious. A man, who smells of alcohol, says that she is his wife and that he does not know what happened: "I just found her this way!" The husband is behaving suspiciously, appears paranoid, and is pacing erratically around the room. What would be the safest
course of action? A) Have your partner call for help while you stay with the patient. B) Evacuate the patient and begin treatment. C) Leave the house and call for law enforcement. D) Continue to question the man and begin treating the patient.
Which of the following determines the ability of a water system to deliver a sufficient quantity of water at an adequate pressure?
A. Piping B. Storage tanks C. Isolation valves D. Fire hydrant locations
Convection causes the body to lose heat by:
A) direct contact with another surface. B) transferring heat to moving air molecules. C) radiation of heat to the environment. D) evaporation of moisture from the skin.