National Exam Review of Chapter 1-3

If Beth Ann graduated from an accredited medical assisting program. Who grants the accreditation?

The insurance plan called ______________ is designed to provide health insurance for low-income people.

When Beth Ann develops a plan to order supplies from a new supplier who has offered a better price. What attribute is

When does a physician participate in a residency program?

What is the name an individual’s own beliefs about right and wrong in our society?

When a patient initiates a legal suit, what role does the patient play in a lawsuit?

The physician Aida works for is board- certified in family medicine. What does this mean?

Which law or government agency is primarily responsible for the regulation of laboratories and laboratory tests?

Which medical assistant is likely to be most successful?

Why is Hippocrates often called the father of Western Medicine?

What character trait would Beth Ann consider most important to be an effective medical assistant?

Which of the following behaviors demonstrates that a medical assistant fails to work well with others?

What type of law refers to law arising from the actions of federal government agencies such as the Social Security Admin

What is the name for an insurance plan’s list of approved medications?

Informed consent is consent based on

What is required for expressed consent?

How many employees must a business have for them to be protected by Equal Opportunity Employment laws?

Which federal law regulates minimum wages?

What is the branch of law that deals with offenses against the public welfare that affect all people?

What is a key concept of the Hippocratic oath?

What is meant by the term “defensive medicine”?

What is the name for treatment that reduces symptoms of a disease, but does not cure the disease?

Once a medical facility has received notice that a pt has initiated a lawsuit, what type of statement must the pt sign?

When was the American Association of Medical Assistants organized?

Which of the following is not one of the four Ds?

What is a court summons ordering a recipient to appear before a court and produce documents?

What principle applies if a patient confides information about their health to a MA and then asks the MA not to tell MD

What type of medical care is provided in a patient-centered medical home (PCMH)?

What branch of civil law compensates individuals for injury?

Which law prevents discrimination against individuals who carry the trait for sickle cell anemia or cystic fibrosis ?

A drug that has a potential for addiction and/or abuse is called

What is the name for a minor who is allowed to choose or reject health care treatment without parental consent?

What is it called when a MA is expected to give the injection with the same expertise as any other health professional

What is it called when a physician receives one monthly fee from the insurance company for each subscriber in the plan

Which of the following is most likely to be a responsibility of the medical assistant in a medical office?

Vicki has the right to decide if she wants to go undergo surgery. What right is she using?

Because Aida Reyes works in a solo medical practice, what can we assume about her job responsibilities?

What is the name for the crime of billing an insurance company for tests and procedures that were never performed?

What ethical issue is over the use of fetal tissue and discarded fertilized embryos for scientific research?

Why should doorways in the medical office be at least three feet wide?

What is the name for the concept that a health professional should do the best possible?

If a new patient who is 76 years old calls for an appointment, what insurance would Aida expect the patient to have?

What is another name for the duty to meet reasonable expectations of patients?

To which kind of specialist would Aida’s physician employer refer a child with urinary problems?

Because Aida works for a primary care physician, what types of patients are seen in her office?

Which of the following facilities now functions primarily to provide acute care and diagnostic services?

What type of care do patients receive in the office where Aida works?

What is the name for legal testimony provided under oath before a trail?

Which of the following federal acts includes incentives to encourage adoption of electronic medical records by physician

What is the current name for the health insurance plan for dependent spouses and children of active-duty military person

What is the name for a serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment?

Early leaders of American gov. believed in natural rights and the duty of any gov. to preserve them. Which is not one?

Like all health professionals, Vicki knows that she has a duty to tell patients the truth. What is another name for this

Which agency should employees complain to if they have been discriminated against in their hiring, firing, or employment