CCMA 2023 - Megan Kelley

What is Medicare?

• Authorizes military dependents to receive care

• Covers pts age 65+

• Provides care for pts who are low-income

• Protects workers against the loss of wages from being hurt at work

Answer explanation

Generally covers patients age 65+ by Part A (hospitalization) or Part B (routine medical office visits) benefits.

What is Medicaid?

• Generally covers pts aged 65+

• Provides care through a defined network of providers

• Provides care to those who are low-income with certain criteria

• Covers surviving spouses/children of veterans who died

Answer explanation

Provides health insurance to the medically indigent population through a cost-sharing program between federal and state governments for those who meet specific eligibility criteria.

What is "Explanation of Benefits?"

• Policyholder and insurance company share the cost of covered losses

• Statement from insurance detailing what was paid, denied, or reduced in payment

• Maximum amount a third-party payer will pay for a particular service

• Amount of money that is payed at the time of service

Answer explanation

A statement from the insurance carrier detailing what was paid, denied, or reduced in payment; also contains info about amounts applied to the deductible, coinsurance, and allowed amounts.

A provider has requested a dissecting instrument on a sterile tray that a medical assistant is preparing. Which of the following instruments should the assistant include on the tray?

• Clamp

• Saw

• Scissors

• Retractor

A medical assistant is preparing a patient who has bilateral below the knee amputations for an EKG. Which of the following sites should the assistant select for electrode placement?

• Arm

• Abdomen

• Neck

• Leg

Which of the following cell structures is the source of energy for a cell?

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Ribsomes

• Golgi body

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

A clinic schedules all cardiac patients on Mondays and Wednesdays and all oncology patients on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Which of the following types of scheduling is the clinic using?

• Wave scheduling

• Cluster scheduling

• Open booking

• First come first serve

A medical assistant is preparing to apply ointment to several abrasions on a patient's leg. Which of the following supplies should the medical assistant use to remove the medication from the jar?

• Forceps

• Scalpel

• A tongue blade

• Retractors

Which of the following routes of skin administration should a medical assistant use when performing a tuberculin skin test?

• Intradermal

• Subcutaneous

• Epidermis

• Hypodermis

A medical assistant has a blood pressure cuff inflated and partially opens the valve to deflate as he listens with a stethoscope. When should he read the diastolic pressure?

• When the sound starts

• When the patient asks

• When the sound disappears