Ethics Case Study HCS/335 October 7, 2013 Linda Hagler-Reid, MBA Introduction Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a Licensed Practicing Nurse (LPN). He is handling all of the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in thirty
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hair and skin is a major factor in the cost of laser treatments. Because the energy from the laser is absorbed by the pigment in the hair, it's best if your hair is darker than your skin tone. Dark hair on light skin responds best to treatment. The procedure is least effective on blonde or red hair. Several sessions will be required and the results may not be consistent. 5. The color of your skin is another factor that will affect the cost. Very dark skin isn't a good candidate for laser hair removal
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is offered. In the 1800’s is when healthcare began to take a formal way of medical technology. Doctor’s started to form hospital structures and education became necessary. In the 1900’s America was the largest of population to have hospitals only to find a economic decline that made the stock market crash. I am sure everyone has heard of the Great Depression, which made it very hard for people to pay for the medical care. There were many hospitals that had fixed cost and were not very flexible
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physician’s practice would grow based on: both A & C (advertising and referrals) 2. The increased demand for medical billers, medical assistants, and medical coders can be attributed to: All of the above 3. As a result of managed care, it is rare today to find: privately owned hospitals 4. A centralized billing office (CBO) typically contracts with a physician’s office to perform which of the flowing functions? Handling claims and/or accounts receivable 5. A physician’s practice
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Survey after each day Questionnaire Introduction Check Your Knowledge Introduction Agenda – Day One • • • • • • • • Research roles and responsibilities Policies and Procedures overview Institutional Review Board Office (IRB) NUCATS NURAP Conflict of Interest (COI) Export Controls Innovation & New Ventures Office (INVO) Introduction Introduction Research Administration Training The need for research administration training exists because of the large dollar amounts in research
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need of review as many were updated in 2009 and 2010. All information on deficiencies would be found on the latest updated version of the Joint Commission Information Standards. This should be located within the Corporate Compliance/Risk Manager’s office. As this information is not currently available to this writer without a subscription and fee, I must use the information available to me. So expansion and explanation of policy details are limited. In 2010, the policy addressing terminology
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Partial-birth abortion is a non-medical term used to describe a type of an abortion procedure which is performed in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, with the goal of delivering a fetus that is not alive. Hotly Contested Right-to-Life Issue Partial-birth abortion is also one of the most hotly contested right-to-life political issues in America. Most legal battles over banning this late-term pregnancy-termination procedure relate to the inclusion of exemptions for certain circumstances
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CLINICS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AUSTINTATIOUS CONSULTING, LLC PREPARED FOR: DR. CHAU NGUYEN TABLE OF CONTENTS I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ENGAGEMENT ........................ 1 A. YOUR CLINIC ........................................................................... 1 B. OUR EVALUATION.................................................................... 2 II. THE EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STATE OF THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES
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was involved in what was thought to be a child abduction. After arriving at the hospital that morning, Tina’s mother checked Tina in with the registrar. The registrar collected Tina’s demographics and insurance information and entered it into the medical records. She made copies of ID’s and insurance cards and had Tina’s mother sign all necessary paperwork for Tina’s surgery. The registrar did not ask for any information regarding the custody of Tina because it was not a part of her job duties. Once
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has to record the following data regarding every patient every twelve months: if the facility is licensed the mother’s birth date, lineage, if they are married, where the patient resides, which kind of abortion was done, date of procedure, how patient is doing after procedure, how far along the patient was, last menstrual period, live births before the abortion, and previous abortions.
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