Describe the financial effects to a medical facility of missed appointments.
What will be an ideal response?
Missed appointments result in reductions in revenues without corresponding reductions in costs. Employee salaries, facility rent or mortgage, maintenance, loan interest, utilities, equipment depreciation, etc. must be paid for with fewer patient visits to provide revenue. This drives up the medical facility's average cost per patient.
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Describe the major policy and procedure manuals of a medical office
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The 34-year-old patient receives an administration of tetanus toxoid by IM injection. The correct code is 90460, 90703 2. The physician performs chiropractic manipulation treatment of three spinal regions. The correct code assignment is 98941. 3. The 35-year-old patient undergoes an incisional hernia repair (lower abdomen) and the anesthesia code is 00830. 4. Anesthesia is provided for a patient that is having a reverse shoulder replacement. The correct code assignment is 01634. 5. True or False. The patient receives anesthesia for repair of cleft palate. CPT code 00172 is reported.
What problem exists when using the Harris-Benedict equation to calculate resting energy expenditure among patients with the same disease? I. This equation tends to overestimate resting energy expenditure (REE). II. The mean measured REE for mechanically ventilated patients can range from 70% to 140%. III. The equation was developed among healthy volunteers. IV. Multiple calculations must be
performed before a valid determination is made. A. I, III only B. II, IV only C. I, II, III only D. II, III, IV only
The Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program was created by
A. FERA. B. FCA. C. HIPAA. D. HITECH.