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Medical Doctors (MDs) - ✔✔ANS allopathic providers , most widely recognized
type of doctor, they diagnose illness, provide treatments, perform procedures
such as surgical interventions, and write prescriptions
Osteopathic Providers (DOs) - ✔✔ANS they complete requirements similar to
those of MDs to graduate and practice medicine, in addition to using modern
medicine and surgical procedures, DOs use osteopathic manipulative therapy
(OMT) in treating their patients
Nurse Practitioners - ✔✔ANS provide basic patient care services, including
diagnosing and prescribing medications for common illnesses, NPs have
extensive amount of clinical experience, generally NPs focus on preventative
care and disease prevention
Physicians Assistants - ✔✔ANS practice medicine under direct supervision o
licensed MD or DO, Pas are able to make clinical decisions and be responsible
for a variety of services
Medical Laboratory Technicians - ✔✔ANS perform diagnostic testing on blood
body fluids, and other specimens under the supervision of a medica
technologist
, Occupational Therapist - ✔✔ANS assist patients who have developed
conditions that disable them developmentally, emotionally, mentally, o
physically
Allopathic - ✔✔ANS homeopathic medicine, categorized by an effort to
counteract the symptoms of disease by administration of treatments tha
produce the effects opposite to the symptoms
Osteopathic - ✔✔ANS type of medicine based on the concept that disturbances
in the musculoskeletal system affect other bodily parts, causing many
disorders that can be improved by various manipulative methods in
combination with conventional medical, surgical, pharmacologic, and othe
therapeutic procedures
Work Ethic - ✔✔ANS a set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work
and diligence
Standard of Care - ✔✔ANS the degree of care competence expected in a
particular circumstance or role
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) - ✔✔ANS these groups of physicians
hospitals, and other health care providers come together voluntarily to
provide coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients, when an ACO
succeeds in delivering high-quality care and spending health care dollars
wisely, it will share the savings it achieves for the Medicare program
Capitation (partial of full) - ✔✔ANS in this payment model patients are assigned
a per-member, per-month payment based on their age, race, sex, lifestyle
medical history, and benefit design, payment rates are tied to expected usage