Non Physician Titles
DC
What is a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine?
CRNA
What is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist?
This facility treats severely ill or injured patients. It will have an emergency room, operating rooms, and delivery rooms for pregnant women.
What is an acute care hospital?
Admission and discharge of patients
Insurance verification
What is the Admitting Department?
One physician works alone and is on-call 24 hours a day or shares an on-call schedule with another practitioner.
What is a Solo Practitioner?
DMD
What is a Doctor of Medical Dentistry?
RD
What is a Registered Dietitian?
This facility serves patients with mental health and behavioral health concerns. The facility has an emergency room, has in-patient beds and and out-patient services.
What is a psychiatric hospital?
Manages critically ill patients
What is the Intensive Care Unit?
Two or more practitioners share office expenses, employees and the on-call schedule. They bill under separate tax identification numbers.
What is an Associate Practice?
PharmD
What is a Doctor of Pharmacy?
RN
What is a Registered Nurse?
Skilled nursing facilities, long-term-care facilities or nursing homes are examples of
What is a convalescent home?
Submits insurance claims
Collects accounts receivable
What is the Business Department?
Three or more physicians agree to practice using the same office space, share office expenses, employees, income and the on-call schedule.
What is a Group Practice?
DVM
What is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine?
PA-C
What is a Physician's Assistant - Certified?
This facility provides 24-hour care for patients who need acute and subacute rehabilitation
What is a rehabilitation hospital?
Supplies medication to patients in the hospital
What is the Pharmacy Department?
This employee organizes and manages health information data by ensuring that it maintains its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper files and electronic systems. They use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries, and to maintain patients’ medical and treatment histories.
What is a Medical Record and Health Information Technician?
DPM
What is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine?
EMT
What is an Emergency Medical Technician?
Burn centers, cancer institutes or eye foundations are examples of
What is a specialty hospital?
Provides patients with nutritional counseling and their meals in a hospital
What is the Dietetic/ Nutrition Department?
The primary responsibility of this employee is to plan, develop, organize, implement and validate Therapeutic Recreation programs designed to meet the social, cultural, recreational, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the residents in a Long-Term care facility.
What is a Recreation Coordinator?