ANCC Non-Clinical Questions

"Incident to" billing - Billing under a licensed physician; a way to bill Medicare for outpatient services rendered by a nonphysician health provider (NP) and receive 100% physician fee 1st visit must be completed by physician, evals the pt and writes a plan of care the np does the follow-up visits and can get 100% physician reimbursement for that health problem being addressed *if new health problem is addressed by the NP, reimbursement will be at 85% A 33-year-old man is applying for employment as a home healthcare aid and the employer is requiring testing for hepatitis and HIV. Three days later, the employer calls for the results. According to the Privacy Rule, the NP can provide information on: Hepatitis results only. Hepatitis and HIV results only if the employer paid for the testing. His current medications. The number of HIV tests performed each month at the clinic. Feedback D. The number of HIV tests performed each month at the clinic. - The Privacy Rule prevents the sharing of any individually identifiable health information by a covered entity without patient permission. Providers are allowed to share de-identified health information, such as the number of tests performed each month at the clinic, as this information cannot be used to identify a specific individual (D). A 55-year-old male patient who is Chinese has a follow-up appointment after cardiac bypass surgery. The patient brings his father with him into the examination room. How does the family nurse practitioner provide culturally sensitive care? A. Asks the patient's father first if he has any questions regarding his son's care B. Asks the patient's father to leave the room due to confidentiality issues C. Performs the examination without speaking to the patient's father D. Provides the patient's father an informational packet to read while performing the examination - A. Asks the patient's father first if he has any questions regarding his son's care A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to disease is the: A. confidentiality of the information within company records. B. inaccuracy of occupational disease reporting. C. long latency period between exposure and disease development.