Practice Quiz Flashcards
Is the role of a state licensing board is to protect the therapist and organization/institution?
False
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 reduced drug costs through which voluntary Medicare parts?
Part C & D
Which compensation and input methods corresponds with a civil case?
Fines to the individual only
What aspect of service is does not result fraud, abuse, or waste?
Underutilization of services
Texas Adult Protective Services (APS) investigates reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitations for which populations?
Adults who are elderly or have disabilities
What is the major distinction between fraud and abuse?
Fraud involves intentional deception or misrepresentation while abuse does not.
Fall Prevention Awareness Day, an example of public awareness relevant to Safety of Seniors
Act, occurs on what day of the year?
First day of Autumn (September 22)
This Act was signed into law in 1973 and was the first civil rights act to provide federal funding, grants, programs, and initiatives for the disabled.
The Rehabilitation Act
What are the eligibility criteria for Medicare?
Age > 65 years, disability, or end-stage renal disease
State licensing boards for health care providers have an obligation to protect whom?
The public
State a description scope that corresponds with a criminal case.
Offenses against society (People vs John Smith); established through statutory
laws (federal or state)
It is possible to be found not guilty of a criminal act but liable in a civil trial related to the same
event.
True
A patient falls while performing a wall slide exercise during a PT session. The patient was not
directly supervised in the PT gym. Emergency medical evaluation reveals no injury at that time. Two days later, the patient is admitted to the hospital for intractable back pain and diagnosed with
thoracic vertebral fracture. Choose the best interpretation of tort law for this case.
A claim for damages under negligent tort is relevant to this case.
This act signed into law in 1990, informed patients of their state medical rights.
Patient Self-Determination Act
A physical therapist may not collect out-of-pocket payment from a Medicare beneficiary for a
service that Medicare would cover.
True