CMA duties
A specific set of standards that a medical professional may perform within the limits of the medical license, registration, and/or certification
What is scope of practice?
This injection is given on skin of the upper chest, forearms, upper back
What is Intradermal?
Diagnoses and treats internal reproductive system and fertility disorders
Gynecologist
A network of physicians, other healthcare practitioners, and hospitals that have joined together to contract with insurance companies, employers, or other organizations to provide health care to subscribers for a discounted fee.
PPO Preferred Provider Organization
A patient who goes to a hospice facility for end of life care is receiving this type of care.
What is impatient care?
Who determines scope of medical assistants?
Subcutaneous (SQ or Sub-Q)
Diagnoses and treats hormonal and glandular conditions; often works with patients who have diabetes
What is an Endocrinologist?
Insurance coverage that changes the amount of reimbursement based on health outcomes of patients and the quality of the service they recieved
value-based plan
Non-parenteral routes of medication administration
Oral
Giving injections, measuring vital signs and EKGs are clinical duties of what healthcare provider?
A Certified Medical Assistant
The correct angle of insertion of an intradermal injection
What is 10-15 degrees?
Studies and treats diseases related to the liver, biliary tree, gallbladder, and pancreas.
What is a Hepatologist?
What is an HMO?
This must be done to every time a medication is given to ensure no medication errors are made
What are the five rights? right pt, med, dose , time and route.
-can add techniques and documentation
Scheduling pt appointments, updating pt records and sending claims to insurance can be an administrative duties of this healthcare worker
What is a Certified Medical Assistant ?
Injections given on deltoid, vastus lateralis, ventrogluteal muscles
What is Intramuscular (IM
Treats diseases and conditions of the ear, nose, and throat
Otolaryngologist
A managed care method of monthly payments to the provider based on the number of enrolled patients, regardless of how many encounters a patient may have during a month
What is capitation ?
The healthcare technician uses imaging equipment?
Who is a Radiology technician?
Who is in charge of the medical assistants
Healthcare providers
The correct angle for Sub-Q injection
What is 45 degrees
Diagnoses and treats blood and blood-producing organs, patients who have anemia, leukemia, and lymphoma
What is a Hematologist?
A type of managed care health insurance plan that is based on lower medical costs in exchange for more limited choice
What is Point of Service or POS ?
Parenteral Routes of medication administration
Intradermal, intramuscular, sub q, vaginal, rectal, topical