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32 Cards in this Set
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ACA |
Affordable Care Act |
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ACO |
Accountable Care Organization |
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AHCCCS |
Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System |
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Case Manager |
The person who coordinates medical services on behalf of a patient |
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Certification |
Evidence that an individual has mastered competencies in a particular technical area. |
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CLIA'88 |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 |
Make positive changes to the lab |
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CMS |
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
Should be CMMS but it's not |
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Communication Barriers |
Biases or personalized filters that are major obstructions to verbal communication. |
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CPT |
Current Procedural Terminology |
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Exsanguinate |
To remove all blood. |
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HIPAA |
Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
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ICD-10-PCS |
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedural Coding System. |
In cla di pro Cod sys |
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Kinesis |
The study of nonverbal communication. |
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Kinesic Slip |
When the verbal and nonverbal messages do not match. |
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MCOs |
Managed Care Organizations |
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Medicaid |
A federal and state program that provides medical assistance for low-income Americans. |
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Medicare |
Federally funded program that provides Health Care to people over the age of 65 and to the disabled. |
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MLS |
Medical Laboratory Scientist |
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PCP |
Primary Care Physician |
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HMOs |
Health Maintenance Organizations |
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PHI |
Protected Health Information |
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PHS |
Public Health Services |
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Phlebotomy |
Incision into the vein for the purpose of drawing blood. |
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Polycythemia |
A disorder involving overproduction of red blood cells. |
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Primary Care |
Care by a general physician who assumes ongoing responsibility for his or her Patients health. |
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Proxemics |
The study of an individual's concept and use of space. |
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Secondary Care |
Care by a physician (specialist) who can perform out-of-the-ordinary procedures in outpatient facilities. |
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Tertiary Care |
Highly complex care and therapy services from practitioners in a hospital or overnight facility. |
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Third-party Payer |
An insurance company or government program that pays for health care services on behalf of a patient. |
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Reference Laboratories |
Large independent Laboratories that received test specimens from many different facilities. |
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PM |
Personalized Medicine |
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IDNs |
Integrated Delivery Networks |
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