Some services are performed by a nonphysician practitioner (such as a Physician Assistant)
These services are an integral yet incidental component of a physician's treatment. A physician
must have personally performed an initial visit and must remain actively involved in the
continuing care. Medicare requires direct supervision for these services to be billed. This is called
A. "Technical component" billing.
B. "Assignment" billing.
C. "Incident to" billing.
D. "Assistant" billing.
C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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What will be an ideal response?
A contingency backup plan is necessary when using computers to ____
A) maintain confidentiality of patient information B) communicate with other computers in a health care facility C) prevent loss of information in case of a power failure D) document care on a patient's record
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false