What federal law requires every health plan and provider to maintain reasonable and appropriate safeguards to ensure the confidentiality of health information?
a. HITECH
b. FMLA
c. ACA
d. HIPAA
d
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When patients fail to pay their monthly billing statements by the due date, medical assistants should first:
A) call a collection agency to obtain the payments. B) try to contact the patient regarding the payment. C) inform the patient she can no longer be seen in the office. D) notify the physician.
Who developed surgery and surgical pathology into a science (i.e., "Founder of Scientific Surgery")?
a. John Hunter b. Galileo c. Hippocrates d. William Harvey
On scene at a school cafeteria, you are presented with a 9-year-old boy who attempted to eat a small plum whole. He is conscious with stridorous respirations and unable to cough when instructed to do so. His skin color is gray and cyanotic. Your immediate action would be to:
A) deliver five abdominal thrusts. B) provide positive pressure ventilation. C) place an oral pharyngeal airway. D) check for a radial and carotid pulse.
Discuss the difference between an opthalmologist and an optician
What will be an ideal response?