Some services are performed by a nonphysician practitioner (such as a Physician Assistant)
These services are an integral yet incidental component of a physician's treatment. A physician
must have personally performed an initial visit and must remain actively involved in the
continuing care. Medicare requires direct supervision for these services to be billed. This is called
A. "Technical component" billing.
B. "Assignment" billing.
C. "Incident to" billing.
D. "Assistant" billing.
C
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A patient has called 911 for chest pain that he describes as "tearing" and radiating between his shoulders. His airway is patent, breathing accelerated but adequate, and radial pulse intact. Your partner reports the following vital signs: pulse 120, respirations 22, blood pressure 88/64, and SpO2 at 96% on room air. At this time, you should:
A) assist the patient with his nitroglycerin. B) provide the patient with 325 mg of aspirin. C) encourage the patient to take an antacid such as Maalox. D) recheck the blood pressure in the other arm.
Which of the following is an example of an Asian expression of pain?
a. General terms of relating the imbalance of the body b. Descriptive words such as piercing or throbbing c. Description of disturbances of the mind d. Describing pain on a scale of 1 to 10