WorksheetsCCMA 2023 - Megan Kelley
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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
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
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
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
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
A medical assistant is administering an intramuscular injection into the gluteus medius of an adult patient. At which of the following angles should the assistant insert the needle?
15 degrees
45 degrees
30 degrees
90 degrees
An adolescent is covered by two insurance policies under her divorced parents who has birthdays in May and August and have joint custody. Which policy is the primary policy for the adolescent?
The policy of their favorite parent
The policy of the parent with the earliest birth month
The policy of the parent they live with
The policy of the parent with a higher income
A medical assistant is performing an ear irrigation for an adult patient who has cerumen impaction. Which of the following steps should the assistant complete prior to administering the irrigation solution?
Tilt the head and shake
Rinse the ear with water
Perform hearing test
Pull the pinna of the ear up and back
