This law prohibits a physician from referring Medicare patients to clinical laboratory services
where the doctor or a member of his family has a financial interest.
A. the False Claims Act
B. the Civil Monetary Penalties Act
C. the Federal Antikickback Statute
D. the Stark I Law
Question 2
CPT defines counseling as it relates to evaluation and management coding as a(n) __________ concerning areas that involve diagnostic results, impressions, recommended diagnostic studies, and so on.
a. assessment that impacts patient care
b. discussion with a patient and/or family
c. order for further ancillary testing
d. way to guarantee quality patient care
Brain Cells of a laboratory mouse
The medical assistant spends many hours on the telephone assisting patients.
Medicare submission deadlines.
Example of a Medicare Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA).
Patients unable to stand may be weighed using a chair scale.
Example of a Physician’s Prescription