What is a value based system? - correct answer ✔Value-based healthcare is a
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delivery framework that incentivizes providers to focus on the quality of
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services rendered as opposed to quantity. It reduces cost by improving
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outcomes.
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Medicare Part A - correct answer ✔Inpatient coverage, SNF, nursing home care,
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home health, hospice. Also defines limits of Medicare usage
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Medicare Part B - correct answer ✔B covers medically necessary services,
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preventative services, clinical research, ambulance services, DME, mental
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health, and a limited number of preventative or maintenance drugs.
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- Medically necessary services are those needed to diagnose or treat a
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|condition and that meets accepted standards of medical practice.
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- Preventative services are those that prevent illness or detect it at an early
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|stage.
Medicare Part C - correct answer ✔Medicare Advantage plan is a program
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through which Medicare beneficiaries may have their benefits administered by
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managed healthcare organizations (MCOs), similar to a HMO or PPO. MA
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covers vision, hearing, dental, and/or health and wellness programs.
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,Medicare Part D - correct answer ✔Medicare prescription drug reimbursement
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plans that cover at least two drugs in the most commonly prescribed
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categories and classes.
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Who qualifies for Medicare? - correct answer ✔People who are 65 years old &
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have paid in to Social Security, and patients younger than 65 with a disability,
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ESRD, and ALS.
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Who qualifies for Medicaid? - correct answer ✔Children, pregnant women,
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parents, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. Those with insufficient
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income up to 133% of the federal poverty level, and those who are indigent,
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blind, mentally or physically handicapped
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What would you see on XRs in a 40yo woman with rheumatoid symptoms? -
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correct answer ✔* Periarticular erosions
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Decreased bone density | |
Soft tissue swelling
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Narrowing of the joint spaces | | | |
In the elderly, a febrile response is more likely to indicate and viral or a
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|bacterial infection? - correct answer ✔Bacterial
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What type of rewarming is most beneficial to elderly experience hypothermia?
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- correct answer ✔Pulmonary and peritoneal
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What is the first line treatment for ankylosing spondylitis? - correct answer
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✔NSAIDS
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,T/F: Patients with lupus can often have psychological issues. - correct answer
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✔True
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Neuropsychiatric conditions include headaches, seizures, psychosis, and mood
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disorders like depression
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MMSE Scoring in dementia - correct answer ✔Intact > 25
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Mild 21 - 24| | |
Moderate 10-20 |
Severe < 10 | |
What are the side effects of cholinesterase medications used for dementia? -
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correct answer ✔Nausea and diarrhea
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Anorexia and weight loss | | |
Bradycardia and hypotension | |
Sleep disturbances
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Syncope and cardiac dysrhythmia
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* donepazil, rivastigmine, galantamine
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What are the adverse effects of aducanumab for dementia? - correct answer
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✔Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities
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Headaches
Falls
, Diarrhea
Confusion
What are the side effects of levodopa for Parkinson's? - correct answer
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✔Nausea and vomiting
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Hypotension
Dyskinesia
Cardiac dysrhythmias
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What are the side effects of dopamine agonists for Parkinson's? - correct
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answer ✔Nausea vomiting
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Somnolence
Fatigue
Peripheral edema |
Postural hypotension
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Confusion
Dyskinesias
*rotifotine, pramipexole, ropinirole
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What are the side effects of MAOIs for Parkinson's? - correct answer ✔Nausea
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Headache
Confusion
Hallucinations
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delivery framework that incentivizes providers to focus on the quality of
| | | | | | | | | | |
services rendered as opposed to quantity. It reduces cost by improving
| | | | | | | | | | |
outcomes.
|
Medicare Part A - correct answer ✔Inpatient coverage, SNF, nursing home care,
| | | | | | | | | | |
home health, hospice. Also defines limits of Medicare usage
| | | | | | | | |
Medicare Part B - correct answer ✔B covers medically necessary services,
| | | | | | | | | |
preventative services, clinical research, ambulance services, DME, mental
| | | | | | | |
health, and a limited number of preventative or maintenance drugs.
| | | | | | | | | | |
- Medically necessary services are those needed to diagnose or treat a
| | | | | | | | | | |
|condition and that meets accepted standards of medical practice.
| | | | | | | |
- Preventative services are those that prevent illness or detect it at an early
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|stage.
Medicare Part C - correct answer ✔Medicare Advantage plan is a program
| | | | | | | | | | |
through which Medicare beneficiaries may have their benefits administered by
| | | | | | | | | |
managed healthcare organizations (MCOs), similar to a HMO or PPO. MA
| | | | | | | | | | |
covers vision, hearing, dental, and/or health and wellness programs.
| | | | | | | | |
,Medicare Part D - correct answer ✔Medicare prescription drug reimbursement
| | | | | | | | |
plans that cover at least two drugs in the most commonly prescribed
| | | | | | | | | | | |
categories and classes.
| | |
Who qualifies for Medicare? - correct answer ✔People who are 65 years old &
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
have paid in to Social Security, and patients younger than 65 with a disability,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ESRD, and ALS.
| | |
Who qualifies for Medicaid? - correct answer ✔Children, pregnant women,
| | | | | | | | |
parents, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. Those with insufficient
| | | | | | | | |
income up to 133% of the federal poverty level, and those who are indigent,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
blind, mentally or physically handicapped
| | | | |
What would you see on XRs in a 40yo woman with rheumatoid symptoms? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
correct answer ✔* Periarticular erosions
| | | | |
Decreased bone density | |
Soft tissue swelling
| |
Narrowing of the joint spaces | | | |
In the elderly, a febrile response is more likely to indicate and viral or a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|bacterial infection? - correct answer ✔Bacterial
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What type of rewarming is most beneficial to elderly experience hypothermia?
| | | | | | | | | |
- correct answer ✔Pulmonary and peritoneal
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What is the first line treatment for ankylosing spondylitis? - correct answer
| | | | | | | | | | |
✔NSAIDS
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,T/F: Patients with lupus can often have psychological issues. - correct answer
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✔True
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Neuropsychiatric conditions include headaches, seizures, psychosis, and mood
| | | | | | |
disorders like depression
| | |
MMSE Scoring in dementia - correct answer ✔Intact > 25
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Mild 21 - 24| | |
Moderate 10-20 |
Severe < 10 | |
What are the side effects of cholinesterase medications used for dementia? -
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correct answer ✔Nausea and diarrhea
| | | | |
Anorexia and weight loss | | |
Bradycardia and hypotension | |
Sleep disturbances
|
Syncope and cardiac dysrhythmia
| | | |
* donepazil, rivastigmine, galantamine
| | |
What are the adverse effects of aducanumab for dementia? - correct answer
| | | | | | | | | | |
✔Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities
| | |
Headaches
Falls
, Diarrhea
Confusion
What are the side effects of levodopa for Parkinson's? - correct answer
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✔Nausea and vomiting
| | |
Hypotension
Dyskinesia
Cardiac dysrhythmias
|
What are the side effects of dopamine agonists for Parkinson's? - correct
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answer ✔Nausea vomiting
| | |
Somnolence
Fatigue
Peripheral edema |
Postural hypotension
|
Confusion
Dyskinesias
*rotifotine, pramipexole, ropinirole
| |
What are the side effects of MAOIs for Parkinson's? - correct answer ✔Nausea
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Headache
Confusion
Hallucinations
