Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
(ABN) An agreement given to the patient to read and sign before rendering a service when the participating physician thinks that it may be denied for payment because of medical necessity or limitation of liability by Medicare. The patient agrees to pay for the service.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) Divides responsibility among three divisions: Center for Medicare Management, Center for Beneficiary Choices, and Center for Medicaid and State Operations.
Correct Coding Initiative
(CCI) Federal legislation that attempts to eliminate unbundling (fraud) and inappropriate reporting of procedural codes for professional medical services rendered to patients.
Reflective - rephrasing or summarizing...
active - is paying attention to...
empathizing - is feeling what other person feels
encouraging - is giving signals....
clarifying - is asking the other person questions...
John and Fiona are both nurses at the same hospital. When Fiona was talking to John, John was very short with her and visibly upset. To prevent any problems, Fiona asked the nurse practitioner for a meeting to work out any conflict. John was upset with the way Fiona had treated one of his patients. The statement which best describes the conflict is John had a professional conflict,and nurse practitioner was the mediator.
Answer: option (b) is correct
<u>Explanation:</u>
Professional conflict is one that occurs at a workplace between two or more persons. It arises due to the clash of interest or values between two or more persons. One person tries to exploit the other in his professional capacity either for his personal or professional benefit.
Here, in this case, there is a conflict between John and Fiona and the nurse practitioner is acting as a mediator between resolving the conflict. Organizations must try to resolve such conflicts as early as possible otherwise it might affect the workplace environment.
The theory of plate tectonics changed the way that scientists view Earth.
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