A provider submits a claim for $110 for an evaluation and management (E/M) service. The insurance pays $70 for this service to the provider. The provider is a participating provider with this insurance company. The amount of the write-off in this case is $20

Which of the following is NOT one of the five types of white blood cells?

a. Neutrophil b. Lymphocyte c. Monocyte d. Triocyte

You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical aid call in the rural West County area. The dispatcher advises that the caller is reporting the patient as having a history of "plegia." Why would it be beneficial to have the dispatcher clarify a prefix for the word plegia?

A) A patient with plegia is potentially contagious, and the EMTs need to know what precautions are required. B) Without a clarifying prefix, it is difficult for the EMTs to effectively prepare for the type of patient they may encounter. C) Because a dysplegiac patient generally requires an EMT-Paramedic level of care, and it may change the level of response. D) There is actually no need to clarify the word.