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EMTALA
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act: Mandates patients receive screening exam and stabilizing treatment when seeking emergency medical care or is in active labor.
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HEAT
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JCAHO
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
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OIG
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Office of the Inspector General
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MPI
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Master Patient Index
Identifies the health system's entire patient population and used to store key identifying data on each patient. |
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When can you discuss financial information or accept a payment from a patient seeking emergency medical care or in active labor?
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After the patient has received a screening exam and has been stabilized.Only allowed to take a copy of an insurance cards prior.
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Medicare Part A
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Hospital InsuranceCovers: Inpatient, Skilled Nursing Facility services, Home Health, and Hospice
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Medicare Part B
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Outpatient InsuranceCovers: Doctor services, outpatient hospital services, medical equipment and supplies, ambulance transportation, diagnostic tests, lab services and some preventative care like pap's and mammo's.
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Benefit Period
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Begins on the first day of services as a patient in a hospital of skilled nursing facility and ends 60 days after discharge, provided that the 60 days has not been interrupted by skilled care in any other facility.
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Wayfinding
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Refers to a signage system that directs patients, family and visitors to their destination. Also includes: directions and alternate means of transportation to the facility, location of parking, patient drop off points, and campus maps
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ABN
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Advanced Beneficiary Notice: Notice that a patient must sign if Medicare deems a service 'not medically necessary'. It must be signed prior to the service being rendered. If it is not signed, the provider cannot bill the patient for that service.
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Concierge Services
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Services geared towards the needs of patients and families, to make their experience as comfortable as possible. Includes: comfort lounges, baggage storage and delivery, complimentary meals, reduced hotel rate, cabs.
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What are the 3 steps to communication?
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Encoding, Transmission and Decoding
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Encoding
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Message translated from an idea into symbols. Like words, facial expressions, gestures and actions that represent the intended meaning.
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Transmission
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Encoded message is sent through some medium to the receiver. (face to face)
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