Clinical Services
These visits are recommended at regular intervals for children to track growth, development, and preventive care needs
What are Well Child Visits?
This law protects the privacy and security of patient health information
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
This program provides free or low-cost health coverage for low-income Californians.
What is Medi-Cal?
A 4-year-old with Medi-Cal comes in for routine vaccines. The parent asks if there will be a charge. How should the vaccines be billed?
What is through the VFC program (no cost to the patient)?
This vital sign measures how fast the heart beats per minute.
What is pulse (or heart rate)?
At many well child visits, children receive these preventive services to protect them from serious diseases.
What are immunizations (or vaccines)?
This term refers to any information that can identify a patient, such as name, address, or medical record number.
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
This program provides preventive health assessments and services for children and youth in California.
What is CHDP (Child Health and Disability Prevention Program)?
A 15-year-old has private insurance, but their plan doesn’t cover vaccines. Which program supplies vaccines for them?
What is the VFC program (underinsured eligibility)?
This is the very first thing an MA should verify at the start of every patient encounter.
What is patient identity (name + DOB)?
This hands-on treatment, performed by Doctors of Osteopathy (DOs), uses stretching, gentle pressure, and resistance to improve health.
What is Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)?
HIPAA’s “minimum necessary” standard means staff should only access this much patient information to do their job.
What is the information they need to know (or minimum necessary)?
This program offers family planning, reproductive health services, and contraception to eligible low-income Californians.
What is Family PACT (Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment)?
A 72-year-old with Medicare Part B only needs a shingles vaccine. Which program helps adults like this get vaccines at no cost?
What is the VFA (Vaccines for Adults) program?
This instrument is used to measure oxygen saturation in a patient’s blood.
What is a pulse oximeter?
These licensed eye care professionals diagnose and manage vision problems and can prescribe corrective lenses
Who are optometrists?
Leaving a patient chart open on a desk or computer screen is an example of this type of violation.
What is a Privacy Breach?
This program offers breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services at no cost to eligible women
What is Every Woman Counts?
A patient with Medicare Part D comes in requesting a Tdap booster. Does patient receive this vaccine in clinic?
What is no, they get the vaccine at a pharmacy (that can bill Part D)?
This schedule is followed to ensure children receive vaccines at recommended ages.
What is the CDC immunization schedule?
This vision screening, often part of school exams or well child checks, measures clarity of sight at different distances.
What is a visual acuity test?
Under HIPAA, this person at SCCH is responsible for ensuring the organization complies with privacy and security rules.
What is the Director of Compliance?
This program helps people with disabilities remain at home by paying for personal care services like bathing, cooking, and cleaning.
What is IHSS (In-Home Supportive Services)?
A patient with Kaiser insurance requests a flu shot at your community clinic. Can they receive a VFC vaccine?
What is yes if a Kaiser managed care patient. If patient has Kaiser private insurance, they get vaccines from private stock.
This document, required before giving any vaccine, explains risks, benefits, and possible side effects to the patient or parent.
What is the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)?