Question | Answer |
What is the terminolgy to describe Ambulatory Care Services are measured in | Encounters or Visits |
A patient who visited a clinic saw two physicians and had an x-ray and a blood test. This patient can be said to have had _____ visits and _____ encounters? | One Visit and Four Encounters |
The extracorporeal elimination of waste products from bodily fluids (e.g., blood) is most likely to be performed at what kind of facility? | Dialysis Center |
The prioritization of patients presenting for treatment in an emergency department is determined by? | Triage |
Triage is generally performed by a(n)? | Triage Nurse |
In a large physician group practice, appointment scheduling is usually handled by a? | Receptionist |
In an open access physician practice, patients do not need? | An appointment |
Ambulatory care accreditation is offered by JCAHO and what other organization? | AAAHC |
What type of stand-alone facility has an average length of stay of over 30 days? | Long Term Care facility |
The MDS is one component of a series of data collections called the RAI, which is used in what type of facility? | Long Term Care facility |
CMAT is a tool used by CMS for PPS in what health care area? | Behavioral Health |
Physical medicine and rehabilitation therapy occurs under the direction of a? | Physiatrist |
AAAHC | Accrediting agency unique to ambulatory care Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care |
Operation performed on an outpatient basis | Ambulatory surgery |
CARF | Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities , accrediting agency for rehabilitation |
CHAP | Community Health Accreditation Program |
JCAHO | Joint Commission Accredidation Health Organizations |
A facility-based ambulatory care department that provides general or specialized services such as those provided in a physician’s office | Clinic |
Minimum data set for emergency services | DEEDS Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems |
Extracorporeal elimination of waste products from bodily fluids (e.g., blood | Dialysis |
Multiple physicians who share facilities and resources and may also cooperate in rendering patient care | Group Practice |
Services rendered in the patient’s residence | Home Health care |
Palliative health care services rendered to the terminally ill, their families, and their friends | Hospice |
Physical location of the specialists who analyze body fluids | Laboratory |
NCIPC | National Center for Injury Prevention and Control |
Health care services that are intended to soothe, comfort, or reduce symptoms but are not intended to cure | Pallitive Care |
Ambulatory care setting in which the physician is the primary health care provider | Physician’s office |
The study of x-rays | Radiology |
In emergency services, the system of prioritizing patients by severity of illness | Triage |
UACDS | Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set, mandated minimum data set for ambulatory care patients |
Process of evaluating medical interventions against established criteria, based on the patient’s known or tentative diagnosis | Utilization Review |