Overall Grade (Highest Attempt) - 86.67 %
Question 1 point
Which Medicare Fee Schedule uses a five-year transition period to switch from a reasonable
cost/reasonable charge based system to a PPS?
Question options:
RBRVS
Laboratory
Ambulance
Ambulatory Surgical Center
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2 point
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 mandated the creation of a new PPS for ASC services
because:
Question options:
Physicians do not like the ASC List
ASC facilities requested one
There is disparity between ambulatory surgical center and hospital outpatient facility payments for the same services
CMS believes that there should be more disparity between ambulatory surgical center and hospital outpatient facility
payments for the same services
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3 point
Medicare inpatient reimbursement levels are based on:
Question options:
CPT codes reported during the encounter
MS-DRG calculated for the encounter
, Charges accumulated during the episode of care
Usual and customary charges reported during the encounter
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4 point
In the IPPS, what is the term for each hospital's unique standardized amount based on its costs per
Medicare discharge?
Question options:
Base payment rate
Diagnosis related group
Carrier amount
Cost outlier
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5 point
The Ambulance Fee Schedule was implemented on:
Question options:
October 1, 2001
January 1, 2002
April 1, 2002
July 1, 2002
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6 point
The MS-DRG payment includes reimbursement for all of the following inpatient services except:
Question options:
Medications
Progress notes
Laboratory tests