Which type of insurance does not require a referral for patient care and specialists?
A) indemnity-type insurance
B) health maintenance organization
C) preferred provider organization
D) all require a referral to see a specialist or another provider
Question 2
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
A) When a patient is covered by an indemnity-type plan, most practices will file the claim with the insurance company on the patient's behalf.
B) When a patient is covered by an HMO, the provider's office files the claim with the insurance company on the patient's behalf.
C) Providers and suppliers are not required to file the Medicare claim if the service is not covered by Medicare unless the service is provided on an assigned basis and the beneficiary requests the provider to submit the claim
D) All of the above
Patient Teaching
The skullcap from Trinil, Java is the type specimen for H. erectus and is about 900,000 years old.
A physician uses a portable electronic tablet to enter patient data while in the examination room.
(a) Chicken pox vesicles. (b) Chicken pox on back of young patient.
Koplik spots in the mouth of a patient with measles.
Emergency Care