ANCC IQ domain 5 2022 Questions And Answers

1. You see a patient for a routine medication visit. At the end of the session, the patient asks questions and the session ends up 50 minutes in length. You normally charge for the 30-minute appointment, but instead you charge for the 1-hour appointment. The 1-hour appointment includes a full body assessment that you did not perform. This violation is known as: - Over-coding - Super-coding - Down-coding - Up-coding Correct Ans:- - Up-coding Rationale: Up-coding is a fraudulent practice in which the provider services are billed at higher procedure codes than were actually performed, resulting in a higher payment by Medicare or other third-party payers. 1. During a session, your patient asks to be able to contact you via your Facebook page on the internet. You reply: - I cannot do that because I have a concealed Facebook identity; and I cannot reveal that to my patients - I would be happy to communicate with you. It makes it easier for me to reach you this way. - I would be happy to use Facebook but you will have to use a private message so that you can be anonymous - I cannot do that because Facebook does not protect your Private Health Information Correct Ans:- - I cannot do that because Facebook does not protect your Private Health Information Rationale: Using Facebook breaks patient-provider confidentiality, in addition to blurring ethical boundaries of the therapeutic relationship. Facebook does not protect private health information. Information on the site is available for anyone to see or hack into even if private messaged.