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Stark Law - a physician is prohibited from making any referral to a provider of designated health services if the physician has a "financial relationship" with the provider. a healthcare provider is prohibited from submitting for services rendered to patients referred in violation of the statute

Formal referral - An authorization request (telephone, fax, or completed form) required by the managed care organization contract to determine medical necessity and grant permission before services are rendered or procedures performed.

Things that can effect therapy and can be used to justify continuing therapy when progress isn't being made - Medications (may be affecting alertness); Other therapy they're having (causing fatigue/pain); Mental Health (motivation, mood); Financial

To confirm the diagnosis of an acute myocardial infarction in a patient admitted with crushing chest pain, which ECG change is expected? - st elevation

A 17-year-old boy high school wrestler is brought into the emergency department after he collapsed at a wrestling match. He spent time fully clothed in a hot sauna prior to the match to try to "make weight." Labs are ordered, and results come back as follows: Which IV fluid regimen would most effectively treat this patient's hypernatremia? A quarter normal (hypotonic) saline B half-normal saline C isotonic (normal) saline D dextrose 5% in water E lactated Ringer's - *The Correct Answ...

What foods should be avoided in ulcers? - coffee, alcohol, smoking and milk because they increase gastric acid production 21. Reduced osmolality diets for diarrhea - range about 245mmol/kg but electrolyte supplementation may not be adequate

Hands must be washed thoroughly after - any activity in which the hands have become contaminated. For example, before starting work, after handling raw foods, coughing, sneezing, smoking, eating, drinking, scratching, etc. hands become contaminated - before starting work, after handling raw foods, coughing, sneezing, smoking, eating, drinking, scratching.

Ciguatera Intoxication occurs in what kind of environmental conditions - warm weather when toxic red algae in the water are eaten by small fish. The small fish are then eaten by certain predatory fish (barracuda, red snapper etc.,) Humans become sick from predatory fish with accumulated toxins from - red algae

It is illegal to handle ready-to-eat foods - with bare hands. Workers must use gloves, tongs, deli paper, spatula or other clean and sanitary utensils. Foods that will be cooked (e.g. raw beef for stew, raw dough for bread, etc.) may be handled with clean bare hands. To handle ready to eat foods workers must use - gloves, tongs, deli paper, spatula or other clean and sanitary utensils. Clean bare hands con only touch food - that will be cooked

A mechanically ventilated patient with a tracheostomy tube is on the following settings:PC, SIMV, PIP 30 cm H2O, f 20/min, FIO2 0.60, PEEP 5 cm H2O. The ventilator alarm suddenly begins to sound and on quick examination, the respiratory therapist notices a generalized decrease in breath sounds and a reduction in delivered tidal volume from 650 mL to 500 mL. Which of the following conditions is most likely? A. The patient has been disconnected. B. Complete obstruction of the tracheostomy t...