Advancement of the Profession Flashcards
The largest federal third-party payer in the United States is
A. Medicare
B. Medicaid
C. Blue Cross/Blue Shield
D. State Farm Insurance
A. Medicare
The first major textbooks with the term “therapeutic recreation” in the titles were published in the
A.. 1890s
B. 1910s
C. 1940s
D. 1970s
D. 1970s
Current research has shown that the most common TR services billed for reimbursement include
A. client assessment, leisure education, and community re-entry
B. client assessment, social skills training, and ADLs
C. stress management, group activities, and outpatient services
D. values clarification, leisure education, and functional skills training
A. client assessment, leisure education, and community re-entry
For a service to be reimbursable, in mat instances insurance companies require the therapist to provide what information or evidence?
A. Assessment tools sanctioned by JCAHO, HCFA, or CARF
B. Source-oriented medical records
C. Physician’s orders
D. Risk management plan for the activity
C. Physician’s orders
A CTRS is looking for program ideas for adolescent chemical abusers. The BEST resource for the CTRS is
A. the TRJ
B. state recreation conferences
C. chemical dependence conference
D. other therapeutic recreation professionals who work in chemical dependency
D. other therapeutic recreation professionals who work in chemical dependency
The CTRS is asked to submit an annual budget that assumes she starts with no dollars and asks her to justify each dollar she then requests. This type of budgeting is called
A. zero-based budgeting
B. zero-sum score budgeting
C. revenue and expense budgeting
D. NIL (No Income and Losses) budgeting
A. zero-based budgeting
A clinical CTRS and community CTRS are conducting a marketing analysis to set-up a joint outpatient TR rehab program. Which statement identifies a factor that would be considered an opportunity to promote this joint venture?
A. PT and OT are currently contracting their services in the community.
B. A private health care company is providing in-home care in the area
C. Patient length of stay in inpatient rehabilitation is continuing to decrease
D. An ADA survey is presently being conducted in the community
C. Patient length of stay in inpatient rehabilitation is continuing to decrease
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes created by the AMA describes
A. reimbursable intervention units
B. recommendations for weekly physical activity
C. protocols for the tx of PTSD
D. risk management procedures used by most hospitals
A. reimbursable intervention units
Clinical supervision is different than managerial supervision in that it
A. can only come from CTRSs
B. involves mentoring about practice situations from professional experience
C. must be sanctioned by NCTRC and is awarded CEUs
D. can only occur in clinical facilities
B. involves mentoring about practice situations from professional experience
A CTRS has been hired as Director of TR services at the local rehabilitation center to start a new program of services and wants to provide the highest quality services available. She reviews which TR standards to assure program compliance?
A. ATRA Standards of Practice
B. Joint Commission standards
C. NCTRC certification standards
D. ATRA Code of Ethics
A. ATRA Standards of Practice
Which area is least important to a CTRS who is attempting to deliver culturally relevant programming?
A. Language comprehension
B. Specific behaviors
C. family values
D. Socioeconomic conditions
D. Socioeconomic conditions
