You Should Do What?
Report to the provider right away and document that the provider was notified.
What federal law mandates strict protection of patient health information?
HIPPA
A consistent, set monthly payment from a specific insurance network for every patient enrolled in that plan regardless of how many times those patients visit the clinic.
Capitation
True or False: Scrubbing used surgical instruments with a specialized detergent and brush to remove all visible blood tissue is sufficient to destroying all microorganisms and spores.
False
The provider instructs the patient to raise their arm straight out to the side, away from the torso. What anatomical movement is the patient being asked to do?
Abduction
Which of the healthcare team members has similar clinical duties of an MA, but whose scope of practice excludes health insurance processing, scheduling, and administering medications?
Patient Care Technician
An MA accidentally administers the wrong dose of a medication after failing to check it three times. This falls below the acceptable standard and directly causes injury to your patient. What is this defined as?
Negligence
A fixed out-of-pocket fee that is needed to be paid a time of service.
Copayment
What artery should you apply pressure to if your patient has a massive hemorrhage to the distal upper arm?
Brachial artery
The directional term superior is used to describe an anatomical structure that is located where?
Higher or above another structure toward the head
Agreement or arrangement that allows resident licensees of one reciprocal state to obtain a license in another reciprocal state.
Reciprocity
An Ethical code governing clinic conduct and medical boards use this in order to formalize core values and guide moral decision-making.
The Hippocratic Oath
Federally funded health insurance program that provides coverage for individuals 65 and older.
Medicare
A patient suddenly begins gasping for air, clearing their throat, and is unable to speak or cough. What action should the MA take immediately?
An MA notices that a patient is completely unable to move their left arm and left leg, but is able to move the right side of the body normally. What terms describes this complete paralysis on one side of the body?
hemiplegia
When assisting a provider with a biopsy, what should an MA expect to perform?
What is within the scope of practice for MAs involving the informed consent process?
Witnessing the patient sign the consent form and validating the patient's identity.
Before a specialist procedure can be performed, the MA must contact the patient's insurance company to confirm coverage approval.
Preauthorization
When administering first aid to an individual with an intact partial-thickness burn, what should an MA do?
Saturating the intact skin with a clean, cool water soak or continuous low-pressure irrigation for at least 10-20 minutes.
Cessation or absence of breathing
apnea
Which of the following demonstrates the correct integration of accountability and professionalism by an MA?
A. Establishing a personal relationship with a patient outside of clinical hours
B. Accepting a valuable monetary gift from a geriatric patient as an expression of gratitude
C. Disclosing a personal medical history to a patient to build rapport
D. Refusing to provide subjective medical interpretations of lab results over the phone.
An MA is physically blocking the exit to prevent a patient from leaving even though the patient demands to leave before the doctor has cleared him. What is this called?
A. Assault
B. False imprisonment
C. Fraud
D. Invasion of privacy
Which administrative document should the MA review with the patient to explain exactly how the claim is processed, what the insurance paid, and what the patient is responsible for?
Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
You enter a patient's room and find the individual unresponsive. Which would be the sequence of initial assessments and actions the MA should do?
Verify scene safety, assess for responsiveness, simultaneously check for breathing and a carotid pulse, activate the emergency response system.
a word root combined with a vowel, usually an o, is called what?
combining form