Which Medicare Plan offers the Prescription Drug Program?

What is an ICD 10 code?

A 65-year-old patient had Total Hip Surgery. What type of Medicare is covering the cost of their hospital stay and OT Services?

This Medicare plan is an optional program paid by monthly premiums to cover physician services, outpatient OT services, durable medical equipment, X-rays and lab tests, and preventive screenings.

A patient is discharging from the hospital and going to a Skilled Nursing Facility.  Which of the following is true to have their stay covered by Medicare?

Do all Medicare beneficiaries automatically receive the drug benefit when their Medicare coverage begins?

An Occupational therapist assistant has been working with an 89-year-old patient recovering from a stroke.  The patient refused services in the morning and again in the afternoon.  

Choose the best answer in regards to steps taken after the patient's second refusal

You are seeing a Medicare patient in an outpatient setting. Which of the following should be included in the documentation note for this treatment session?

Can OTA students provide services to Medicare B (Outpatient therapy and Skilled Nursing Home) patients AND bill Medicare for those services?

When OT services are provided to a Medicare patient, and additional visits and or treatments are expected (beyond normal criteria), what would the qualified provider (OT) need to do to receive payment for—both /more visits and treatment codes?

What are the two types of CPT codes?

An Occupational Therapist Assistant explains the purpose and inherited risks of a testing session as outlined in an informed consent form to an 11-year-old girl and her parents. After asking several additional questions the girl and her parents indicate that they would like to move forward with the session. The most appropriate therapist action is: 

Who/what can consent to receive treatment in a therapy clinic?

Identify the ethical principle that addresses the idea that an OTA's actions should promote good. 

A form that a patient receives in an outpatient clinic, that describes possible treatment, risk factors, and possible alternatives, is an example of what kind of document?

The informed consent agreement is made to the parameters of treatment to which the client agreed. Which of the following factor(s) will determine if updating the patient's informed consent agreement is necessary? 

All of the following are examples of why quality within healthcare is important EXCEPT:

Reviewing patient outcomes, review returned customer surveys (assessing results), and quarterly review of physician referrals (increase/decrease), are all possible examples of:

In long term care, quality is officially assessed by what?

What is the cost of poor Quality?

The wife of a patient, who is nearing the end of his life, tells the healthcare professional that she is worried because her husband is not getting enough fluids. The healthcare professional responds by saying:

A patient is having difficulty grasping the gravity of their terminal situation. They are very willing to talk to you as you have a good rapport with this patient.  What should you do?

Which of these is not one of the stages of grieving?

How do you respond to a patient that has a terminal illness and as you walk into the room, he yells in a hostile tone "Why in the hell are you in here, get out of my room"?

This type of care focuses on providing comfort to patients going through treatment. It is considered comfort care with or without curative intent.