Entries by Linus

Legal And Ethical Issues In A Healthcare Situation

Analyze a healthcare situation from the news or a personal experience regarding the legal and ethical issues involved. An actual or hypothetical situation may be used as an example. Any actual situation should be presented as a hypothetical one, with any names and other identifying information changed to protect anonymity. Briefly and clearly summarize the […]

Proper Handling Of Environmental Hazards

The purpose of this assignment is to raise the awareness of a specific employee in a specific health care setting regarding a potentially critical aspect of his/her responsibilities. Target the right issue, the correct employee. As an example, the Human Resource VP or Director and Stark Law issues. In other words, the employee should be […]

medical coding

Login and Answer 15 medical coding questions These are all short one/two word answers and can be found online

Root operation codes

Joyce Morgan has just started working as a Medical Assistant for a group of Gastroenterologists. She is unsure why she needs to know and use root operation codes and asks you to explain what they mean and why there are so many to choose from, and why she needs to use them.

Scorecard in hospitals

Should hospitals be required to post a “Scorecard” indicating the number of days since a reportable error or other outcome statistics? Pros? Cons ? Would it improve outcomes by transparency? Is there value to comparing outcomes for a rural critical access hospital, an inner city safety net facility, and an affluent suburban medical center? 300-400 […]

General Principles of Exercise Prescription

Poster Design: General Principles of Exercise Prescription Before you can design an exercise regimen for a special population, you need to be cognizant of the general principles of an exercise prescription. After reviewing Chapter 6 of your course text, you now have the opportunity to design a poster entailing the general principles of exercise prescription. […]

Urinary Tract Infections

please use articles published within the last 5 years Men and women both can experience urologic concerns with aging. This week’s presentations and readings covered urologic concerns and common problems. Utilize the national guidelines and scholarly references to develop your responses. Urinary Tract Infections What risk factors contribute to the development of a UTI in […]

Impact of Customer Service

Create a memo for new Medical Assistants explaining how customer service impacts reimbursement of physician services and overall expense reimbursement for the medical facility. Also explain how and why customer service is the one thing that sets their organization apart from their competitors. When writing your memo, be sure to: Organize your thoughts and use […]

Operations Planning for Group Medical Practice

Imagine that a group of physicians who are planning to open a single-specialty group practice has hired you as a consultant. Your job is to advise the physicians in creating a business plan that includes management strategies that will help ensure their success. The physicians have stipulated that the plan must promote medical excellence and […]