Which of the following is a method a practice can use to avoid major problems with payers?
A. Routinely meet with payers to question the fee schedule.
B. Contact the employers to file complaint.
C. Use good communication skills in working with payers.
D. Use the patients as an intermediary in helping to communicate.
Answer: C
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a. Set the oxygen source regulator for 10 to 15 lpm. b. If the patient's tidal volume is shallow, place twice the normal amount of medication into the nebulizer. c. It is important for the patient to exhale completely before inhaling the medication. d. Attaching a nebulizer to an oxygen humidifier will enhance absorption of the medication.
You are called to assist a 25-year-old female patient who is in profound respiratory distress. The patient has a history of asthma and severe allergies to peanuts. She has a prescribed albuterol inhaler and an epinephrine auto-injector. The patient states she was working in her garden when she accidentally stirred up a hornets' nest and was stung multiple times. The patient has wheezing in all
fields, and is breathing at 28 times per minute. She states that she triggered her asthma by running across the yard to the safety of her home. As you apply oxygen, you notice that she is now speaking in two- to three-word sentences, her skin has splotches, and her tongue and neck appear to be swelling. Your next action is to call medical control and then do what? A) Do not request to give epinephrine. It was prescribed for a peanut reaction, not for asthma. B) Request to assist the patient with her epinephrine pen for anaphylaxis. C) Request to assist the patient with her Albuterol for anaphylaxis. D) Request to assist the patient with her Albuterol inhaler for her asthma.
Which molecular technique is useful in monitoring the amount of pathogen-specific nucleic acids in patients with an infectious disease?
a. ASO b. FISH c. DNA amplification and sequencing d. qPCR
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