What type of physician will see children, adults and older person?
Primary care physician
What is the one area that you will find in almost EVERY medical office?
Exam room
What type of law defines a medical assistant's scope of practice?
State law
How does WHO define health?
Absence of illness or disease
State of being in which the individual feels well and is able to carry out the daily functions of life with no difficulties and no pain
Which insurance will you have if you are elderly, disabled, or end stage renal disease?
Medicare
What type of practice might you work in when you have clinical, administrative, and managerial responsibilities?
Solo practice
What is the process to determine whether health care is medically necessary called?
Utilization review
What is the name for an insurance plan’s list of approved medications?
Formulary
What is the term given to the type of treatment that cures a disease?
Curative
Which insurance is dedicated to low-income families?
Medicaid
What type of health care encourages regular checkups, immunizations, and well-child visits?
Routine care
Which law or government agency is primarily responsible for the regulation of laboratories and laboratory tests?
CLIA
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the disease?
Palliative
What type of care can a NP provide?
routine care
Which insurance is dedicated to Veterans and their familes?
CHAMPVA
Which type of office provides general medical care of children, adolescents, and adults?
Family medicine
What is the term that refers to medical treatments that patients use in addition to standard medical treatments for example acupuncture?
Complementary medicine
What organization requires doorways in the medical office be at least 3-feet wide for wheelchairs?
ADA Americans with disabilities ACT
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Which insurance is dedicated to active duty personnel and their families?
TRICARE
What type of medical care is provided in a patient-centered medical home (PCMH)?
coordinated primary care
Who is the person that believed that disease was caused by physical and environmental factors that could be studied? "The Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
What is Osteopathy and what does type of care does that doctor provide?
The type of primary care that seeks to balance the structure and function of the body through manipulation of muscles and joints
What type of doctor does the treatment of the foot and ankle?
Podiatrist
What is CHAMPUS now called?
Tricare