MEAC 1336 Final Exam Review

This type of question can be answered with a yes or a no:

A medical assistant obtains from insurance company to ensure services will be covered by the patient's health care plan

_________ is sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues:

__________ is the threat of bodily harm to another:

A medical assistant who tells a patient that another physician is incompetent is an example of:

When editing medical reports, you cannot change this part of the report or alter the meaning in any way:

The __________ claim form must be used to submit paper claims to Medicare for a physician's services:

__________ is a wrongful act that is committed against another person or property that results in harm:

International laws are made to protect the public from the harmful acts of others:

The medical assistant can find codes for "Poisoning, Accidental" in the?

Which law or agency helps protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable health information:

These facilities streamline patient healthcare needs providing a cooperative team specialties in one location:

Which is NOT a use of ICD-10-CM coding:

All of the following are attributes of a good leader EXCEPT:

__________ cash must be tracked and recorded in a daily financial log:

Antiseptic systems that are still used in surgery today are attributed to the work of:

Civil concerns relationships between individuals or between individuals and the government:

The __________ were developed to define knowledge and specific skills healthcare workers expected to possess

When performing touch as a form of nonverbal communication, which gesture may be considered rude:

A team that has failed to work together successfully should do all the following EXCEPT:

When a patient asks a question that is beyond your scope and training, you should:

Each patient's medical record will contain _________ categories of material, information within unique to each patient.

The purpose of this type of scheduling is to begin and end each hour on time

A patient problem with low risk of causing the patient's death, and full recovery is expected, is known as?

Patient-centered education begins with:

Which of the following is NOT one of the four Ds of negligence:

This report is filled out whenever any accident, injury, or unusual occurrence takes place:

Ethical decisions pertaining to life issues are referred to as:

Which of the following is NOT considered an adjustment:

Which of the following tasks would NOT be done when opening the medical office:

Insurance company require this from primary care physician before patient sees a specialist.

Patients without appointments and seen in the order of arrival:

With all telephone calls, the first thing you will need to find out is __________ in case you become disconnected:

The instruction manual should list regularly scheduled maintenance which includes:

The ___________ has released a list of unapproved medical abbreviations

To obtain a referral authorization from a managed care company, the medical assistant must first:

Many decisions a medical assistant makes on a daily basis will involve:

When stocking supply cabinets with newly received supplies, place the newer supplies:

Which of the following is an example of being proactive, also referred to as a "self-starter:

The medical record is legal and this type of document:

__________ asserts physicians must provide same knowledge, care, and skill a similarly trained physician would provide

__________ refers to whether a patient is a new or an established patient for the office:

Giving demonstrations, videos, and providing instructional brochures are all examples of this:

A(n) __________ is granted for each measured increment of training or education:

All of the following are the basic units of the communication process, EXCEPT:

__________ are organizations that pay for health care services on behalf of the patient:

E/M codes are found in the ___________ and begin with_____.

A __________ is a carryover from the days of manual billing:

A __________ letter-style format flush with the left margin.

Procedure coding is the act of assigning this to the procedures and services that physicians provide to patients:

The medical assistant acts as the physician’s __________ when performing the banking procedures for the medical office:

E/M in the coding world stands for:

Cultural beliefs that can impact a patient's health include all of these, EXCEPT:

Many offices have computers in examination rooms, which allow medical personnel to __________ during the patient visit.

To ensure security when accepting a credit card payment, the assistant should do all the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is a characteristic of active listening:

When does a medical assistant represent the office?

__________ is a comprehensive software program that manages administrative and business functions of a medical practice:

During the Civil War, she established the American Red Cross and the Federal Bureau of Records:

Every office correspondence should have a current: