Third-party claims administrators are classified as
A. a managing company for IHPs.
B. a separate company, often a managed care organization or insurance carrier.
C. a participating member of an insurance plan.
D. a component of a medical practice tasked with handling collections and claims processing.
Answer: B
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a. Inventory is managed. b. Customers are lining up. c. They are not in stock. d. There are no pharmacy technicians.
Your patient is a 27-year-old male complaining of difficulty breathing. He states that he has just returned from a month-long backpacking trip across Arizona. He describes a two-week history of fatigue, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. He started experiencing difficulty breathing yesterday. He has no significant medical history and takes no medications. Physical examination reveals hot, moist skin; bilateral lower-lobe rales on auscultation of the lungs; and the abdomen is soft and nontender. Which of the following is most likely?
A) Legionnaire's disease B) Hantavirus infection C) Anthrax D) Scorpion bite
Which of the following would suggest that a patient's abdominal pain was secondary to mittelschmerz?
A) Purulent vaginal discharge B) History of sexual intercourse without contraception C) Acute onset of pain 14 days after the onset of her last menstrual period D) Moderate vaginal bleeding of bright red blood
List three things a covered entity must do in order to comply with the provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
What will be an ideal response?