Insurance/ Basic Knowledge Flashcards
Define Scope of Practice
Describes the procedure, actions, and process that a healthcare practitioner is permitted to undertake in keeping with the terms of their professional training, licensure, or certificate
What is within the Medical Assistants Scope of Practice?
- Educating patients on how to take their medication
- Health promotion of the patient
- Performing an EKG
- Taking a patient’s vitals
- Performing a urinalysis and a throat culture
- Patient education
What is outside the Medical Assistants Scope of Practice?
- Diagnosing a patient
- Administering Narcotics
- Interpreting lab results
- Pathogenic identification
- Performing an Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
Assult
Open threat of bodily harm against another person
Battery
An action that causes bodily harm
Fraud
Deception with the intent to deprive another person of his/ her rights
Invasion of Privacy
Intruding on a patient’s private affairs, or disclosure of private information
Malpractice
The negligent delivery of professional services
Negligence
The failure to do something that a reasonably prudent individual would do under similar circumstances
Spousal Abuse/ Intimate Partner Abuse
Provide a list of organizations within the local community that can assist with the situation
Tort
A civil wrong committed against a person or property
Chain of Custody
In legal context, refers to the chronological documentation showing the paper trail, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or electronic evidence
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
Sets quality standards and issues certificates for human clinical laboratories
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The right to inspect, review, and receive a copy of your medical records and billing records that are held by health plans and health care providers covered by the privacy rule
Two main purposes of HIPAA
- To provide continuous health insurance coverage for workers who lose or change their job
- To reduce the administrative burdens and cost of healthcare by standardizing the electronic transmission of administrative and financial transactions and protecting the patient’s personal medical info and confidentiality
The Joint Commission
Regulates that correctly identifying patients is crucial to improving patient safety
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal agency that oversees and regulates safety in the workplace
Quality Control (QC)
Promotes accurate test results
True/ False: Always ask patients to confirm their full name and DOB
True
Implied Consent
Extending arm for phlebotomy
Informed Consent
Informing the patient of the risk, possible outcomes, and alternative therapies
Written Consent
Must have a patient’s signature to perform the procedure