Final Vocab
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| Defendant | The one being sued or charges against
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| Standard of Care | It establishes whether the plantiff can collect damages in the case of negligence
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| TRICARE | established to aid the depnedents of active duty service personnel, retired personnel and the dependents, and services personnel who died on active duty
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| Capitation | When a health care provider is paid a fixed amount per month for each pt. who is a member of a particular insurance whether or not services were provided
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| Courteous | Polite, respectful, or considerate in manner
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| Accurate | Correct in all detail; exact
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| Felony | A serious crime, punishable to life or possible death
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| Law | a systme or rules that a particular county or community recognizes the actions if its members
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| Medical Coder | An individual who uses a set of published codes such as HCPCS AND ICD-9 for reporting services and products provided by a health care provider to an insurer of the recipient of the care
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| Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) | is an entry-level patient care provider in the field of emergency medical services
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| Dependable | Trustworthy and reliable
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| Preponderance of evidence | the great weight of the evidence required in a civil lawsuit for the trier of fact to decide in favor of one side or the other
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| Medical biller | Responsible for the timely submission of technical or professional medical claims to insurance companies including physician offices, hospitals, nursing homes, or other health care facility
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| Misdemeanor | Punishable up to one year in a county or local pen
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| Copayment | fixed amount of money paid toward the charge for professional sercies renderred at the time of service
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| CHAMPVA | established for the spouses and dependent children of vets who have total, permanent service connected disability
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| Honest | Refers to the moral character and brings positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfullness and straighforwardness
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| Surgical Technologist | Allied health professionals, who are an intergal part of the team of medical practitioners providing surgical care to pt.'s in a veriety of settings
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| Case law | the laws as established by the outcome of former cases
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| Respiratory Therapist | Alled health field involved in the assessment and treatment of breathing disorders including chronic lung problems
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| Pharmacy Technician | A pharmacy staff member who works undre the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and performs many pharmacy-related functions
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| Supremacy Clause | A Supreme Court rulling to be binding on state courts if involving a constitutional issue
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| Assignment of benefits | authorization by the pt. to allow the Dr. to get paid directly from the insurance company
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| Group insurance | insurance offered to all employees by the employer
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| Patience | The capacity to accept ot tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset
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| Plantiff | initiantes a lawsuit
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| Dietitan | an expert on diet and nutrition
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| Respectful | Feeling or showing deference and respect
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| Confidential | Intended to be kept secret
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| Audiologist | are health care professionals who evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage the measurement of hearing
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| Beyond a reasonable doubt | Prosecution must prove that the defendant committed the act in a criminal/federal case
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| Coordination of benefits | Procedures used by insurers to avoid duplication of payments on claims when a pt. has more than one insurance company
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| Effictive date | date when the insurance policy goes into effect
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| Sonographer | Diagnostic medical professionals who operate ultrasonic imaging devices to produce diagnostic images, scans, videos, or 3d volumes of anatomy
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| Deductible | A predetermined amount that the insured must pay each year before the insurance company will pay for an accident or illness
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| Health Maintenance Organization | a group insurance that entitles members to services provided by participation hospitals, clinics, and physicians
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| Initiative | The ability to assess and initiate things independently
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| Workers Compensation | government program that provides insurance coverage for thise who are injured on the job or who have developed work related disorders, disabilites or illnesses
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| Medicare | Government funded insurance for the elderly and disabled and end of stage renal disease
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| Physical Therapist | Therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercise and other physical treatments or the disorder
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| Pre-Certification | Approval obtained before the pt. is admitted to the hospital or receives specified outpatient or in office procedures
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| Medicaid | joint funding program by federal and stated government for the medical care of low income pt.'s on public assistance
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