Quizzes 5-8

Question 1

Which type of insurance encourages the employer to use progressive discipline?

Answer 1

Unemployment insurance

Question 2

The Fair Labor Standards Act includes:

Answer 2

Minimum wage requirements, Designation of exempt and on-exempt employees, and designation of employee vs. contractor

Question 3

True or False: the existence of “at-will” employment in a particular state eliminates employment protections for legal “classes” of people such as religious or ethnic minorities

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which law becomes effective after 52 weeks or 1250 hours on the job?

Answer 4

FMLA (Family medical leave act)

Question 5

Telehealth is provided by a physical therapist from their outpatient clinic to a homebound patient. What is considered the distant site?

Answer 5

The physical therapists clinic

Question 6

Are physical therapists covered as telehealth providers by Medicare?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

What is an example of minimum standard of competence, “focusing on the tail”, with more narrow aims?

Answer 7

Quality Assurance

Question 8

True or False: Healthcare organizations that achieve accreditation through a Joint Commission “deemed status” survey are determined to meet or exceed Medicare requirements.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Title I of the ADA applies to:

Answer 9

Private employers, Labor unions, State governments, employment agencies, and local governments

Question 10

Do reasonable accommodations apply to people who get injured outside of work?

Answer 10

No

Question 11

Are companies required to provide reasonable accommodations to a job applicant who uses a wheelchair in the hiring process?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

A shopping mall failed to include an elevator or other method to reach the 2nd floor other than a staircase in construction. What Title of the ADA does this violate?

Answer 12

Title III

Question 13

The courthouse does not have a ramp or elevator to enter. Which title of the ADA does this violate?

Answer 13

Title II

Question 14

What services can’t be delegated to a PTA?

Answer 14

Sharp debridement and Joint Manipulation

Question 15

Can a PTA do reevaluation, Evaluation, or change plan of care?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

Can a PTA do reassessment?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Define Direct Supervision

Answer 17

PT physically present in the same physical building

Question 18

What kind of supervision does a PTA require?

Answer 18

General Supervision

Question 19

What does PTA stand for?

Answer 19

Physical TheraPIST Assistant

Question 20

How many assisting care providers can a PT supervise at one time?

Answer 20

4

Question 21

Who is excluded from the number of individuals a PT can supervise at one time?

Answer 21

PTA and PT student

Question 22

Who administratively regulates PTAs?

Answer 22

DORA

Question 23

Who is the accrediting body for PTA programs?

Answer 23

CAPTE

Question 24

Who is allowed to provide support to a PT under Medicare part b?

Answer 24

PTAs only

Question 25

Can you learn dry needling from another therapist and start needling?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

Felony conviction for sexual assault will likely result in

Answer 26

license revocation

Question 27

A physical therapist consistently uses CPT codes that they know are inappropriate because the reimbursement is higher. This is an example of ______

Answer 27

Fraud

Question 28

Define Medicare Fraud

Answer 28

Intentionally deceiving or misrepresenting the truth, knowing it could result in some unauthorized benefit to yourself or some other individual.

Question 29

Practices that are not consistent with the goals of providing patient with services that are medically necessary, not meeting professionally recognized standards, are not fairly priced, or either directly or indirectly resulting in unnecessary costs is are examples of what?

Answer 29

Waste

Question 30

Which statute prohibits a physician from making a referral for certain designated health services to an entity in which the physician (or member of their family) has ownership/investment interest or with which they have a compensation arrangement?

Answer 30

Physician Self-Referral (Stark) Statute

Question 31

Which statute was violated in the Power Wheelchair Scam?

Answer 31

False Claims Act

Question 32

Which of the following is least likely to allow direct access by its employed PTs? Private practice, corporate practice, or hospital based outpatient?

Answer 32

Hospital based OP

Question 33

True or False: Unrestricted Direct Access in CO occurred when entry level education increased to the DPT

Answer 33

False

Question 34

When a patient is referred to a PT by a physician, what happen to the PTs liability risk?

Answer 34

It doesn't change.