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Med Law and Ethics
Unit 3 Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| With increased health awareness and HIPAA, clients are not so concerned about what goes into their medical record. | False |
| Medical records are rarely used for clinical data in education and research. | False |
| E-mail of any kind should not be used in a health-care setting. | False |
| If an error is made in a paper medical record, a health-care professional should draw a line through the error using a red pen, write “correction” or “error,” sign his or her initials, indicate the date, and write in the correction. | True |
| DRG is a classification system grouping clients together who are similar in diagnosis, treatment, and their consumption of hospital resources. | True |
| In today’s health-care climate of managed care, clients do not expect and are not interested in cost estimates of their medical services. | False |
| The Equal Credit Opportunity Act allows clients 60 days to complain about any error in their billing. | False |
| The medical reimbursement system in the United States changed with the passage of the Healthcare Reform Bill of 2009. | False |
| Hiring and keeping employees are expensive and time-consuming tasks. | True |
| At regular employment intervals, managers should evaluate employees. | True |
| Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is part of the OSH Act. | True |
| Benefits and compensation are of concern only to the employees. | False |
| In Purnell and Paulanka’s book Transcultural Health Care, they state that the four stages of culturally sensitive care are continuous. | True |
| The way a person reacts to health and illness is an attitude and a perception that encompasses all the other cultural components. | True |
| Health-care professionals should encourage their clients to learn to speak English so that they can receive quality health care. | False |
| When a MA becomes aware of a culture difference in a client, he or she should mark the chart accordingly so that everyone knows that the client is different in some way. | False |
| The communication in a medical record is privileged, and the right of that privilege belongs to the: | Client |
| SOAPER methods of charting imply the following: | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan, Education, and Response |
| E-mail with clients: | should not be used without consent of clients. |
| The CCHIT announces new standards for EMRs every: | year |
| Who owns the medical record? | the provider |
| Weeding out inactive charts that are older than their retention time frame is called | purging |
| Good collection practices include all but one of the following: | bill for all co-payments, deductibles, or exclusions. |
| The collection of overdue accounts: | should be described in an appropriate collection policy. |
| Federal Wage Garnishing Law: | A. addresses payment of debts utilizing employee salaries. and C. can be used to collect fairly large delinquent accounts. |
| Which part of Medicare is mandatory for all individuals who receive Social Security? | Part A |
| The ______________ prohibits a provider from referring Medicare clients for services to a laboratory in which the provider has a financial interest. | Stark Laws |
| A CPT manual contains which of the following information? | Procedure codes |
| A policy manual is a working document that: | includes topics such as client confidentiality, smoking, work week and hours, and discipline. |
| A federal law states employers cannot discriminate on any form of application when the employer has how many employees? | 15 or more employee |
| The OSH Act is authorized to do which of the following? | Maintain record-keeping systems to monitor job-related injuries and illnesses |
| Employee evaluations | Establish a background for any necessary dismissal. |
| In an employment interview | Each candidate is asked the same questions. |
| Stage four, the last stage, in giving transcultural health care states that the individuals: | automatically provide culturally sensitive care. |
| Two pregnant women are entering the prenatal clinic. One has a PhD and works in the nursing department at the local college; the other woman is Amish and has three children. This is an example of what cultural component? | Educational preparation |
| Elderly persons who are classified as being hard of hearing, forgetful, and set in their ways is an example of: | ageism |
| What is one of the best qualities a MA can possess when it comes to dealing with diversity? | Respectful |
| The cultural congruent care levels | Is one diagram that illustrates how individuals may become culturally sensitive. |