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Haya94

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Which of the following best defines Medicare?
 
  a. A partnership between federal and state agencies to provide for low-income children without parental support or caretaking relatives for individuals with disabilities, and low-income adults
  b. A federal program intended for Americans age 65 years of age or older
  c. The federal law enforcement agency responsible for the identification and control of drug use, abuse, and smuggling in the United States
  d. An initiative intended to reduce incorrect coding and improper overpayments and underpayments through the identification of codes that may or may not be utilized together, that are medically unlikely, or that are mutually exclusive of one another

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Which of the following best defines the National Correct Coding Initiative?
 
  a. A unique number that is required by Medicare to identify each individual qualified healthcare provider and each individual healthcare organization and that must be used when reporting any healthcare service performed by the individual qualified healthcare provider and/or individual healthcare organization
  b. A tool intended to reduce incorrect coding and improper overpayments and underpayments through the identification of codes that may or may not be utilized together, that are medically unlikely, or that are mutually exclusive of one another
  c. A billing mechanism defined by CMS to help identify, report, and appropriately bill incidental clinical, medical, or professional services performed by an NPP when those provided services are integral to the physician's overall care of the patient
  d. A federal program intended for Americans 65 years of age or older


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moormoney

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b) A federal program intended for Americans 65 years of age or older

Answer to Question 2

b) A tool intended to reduce incorrect coding and improper overpayments and underpayments through the identification of codes that may or may not be utilized together, that are medically unlikely, or that are mutually exclusive of one another


Haya94

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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