Your job description includes working with agents who have been charged with detecting and
correcting overpayments made to your hospital in the Medicare Fee for Service program. You will
need to develop a professional relationship with
A. the OIG. C. QIO physicians.
B. MEDPAR representatives. D. recovery audit contractors.
D The RAC program is mandated to find and correct improper Medicare payments paid to
health care providers participating in the Medicare reimbursement program. OIG
(Office of Inspector General); MEDPAR (Medicare Provider Analysis and Review); QIO
(Quality Improvement Organization).
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In people with Huntington's disease, brain changes and degeneration occur in the
a. Prefrontal cortex b. Striatum c. Anterior cingulate cortex d. All of the above
You are first to arrive at the side of a pond where a boy playing hockey has fallen through the ice. He is holding onto the ice at the edge of the break and has a distressed look on his face. Your immediate action would be to:
A) carefully slide on your abdomen out to the patient. B) instruct the patient to remain still until the rescue team arrives. C) tell the patient to keep moving to keep warm. D) place tarps on the ice and carefully walk out to the patient.