If a patient seen in this department is sent home but is admitted as an inpatient in three days or less how does that affect the hospital's billing?
What will be an ideal response?
The emergency department cannot bill for the visit. If the patient is admitted to the hospital within 72 hours, the billing must be based on the inpatient stay.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Your patient is in four-point restraints and starts to spit at you during transport. You should:
A) put a nonrebreather mask on the patient but do not administer oxygen. B) place the patient prone, with his face turned away from you. C) place a surgical mask over the patient's mouth and nose. D) wear a HEPA respirator or an N-95 mask.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Uterine cancer is more common among women less than 30 years old. 2. Female infertility is often a result of PID and the resulting scaring of the uterine tubes. 3. Once a sperm has united with an egg, the egg releases enzymes that prevent other sperm from invading it. 4. The fetus does not need blood to flow to its lungs. 5. Fetal blood has hemoglobin that is about equal to adult hemoglobin.
Oftentimes, a patient who has recently had a heart attack will be instructed by their MD to avoid dental treatment for
two weeks. two months. six months. one year.