Medical billers who destroy a medical record to avoid an investigator from finding fraud can be held liable under which section of the HIPAA statutes?

a. False Statements to Health Care Matters
b. Embezzlement
c. Obstructing a Criminal Investigation of a Health Care Offense
d. Health Care Fraud

Answer: c

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A) Don the suitable PPE B) Stabilize the patient's head and neck C) Determine how to manage surrounding hazards D) Order mode of transport

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Any therapeutic movement that takes the client in a direction that stretches the tissues and pulls them out of their shortened position

What will be an ideal response?

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