The act that provides healthcare coverage for eligible children through the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs administered by the states based on federal requirements is:

The benefits of an outpatient CDI program are far reaching and include more accurate reimbursement and procedure code and APC assignment as well as decreased denials, decreased AR days, and __________.

A patient taking phenytoin for seizure management reports gingival hyperplasia and unsteady gait. What should the nurse do next?

The OIG has developed a series of guidance documents for voluntary compliance programs in hospitals, small group physician practices, and third-party medical billing companies. This guidance recommends that organizations self-audit claims to ensure which of the following standards is met?

A nurse is implementing seizure precautions for a patient admitted with epilepsy. Which intervention is most appropriate?

The skill sets and qualifications of the outpatient clinical documentation specialist include knowledge of the vast array of disease and procedure classifications, technology solutions, quality measurement programs in the ambulatory healthcare industry today, and what other subject area?

A nurse is explaining how levodopa/carbidopa works in Parkinsons disease. What is the primary function of carbidopa in this medication combination?

If you wanted to determine the population-based incidence of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) in Wisconsin.  JRA is a rare chronic disease. What type of study would you conduct (select best response)?

A nurse is explaining the mechanism of action of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). How do AEDs primarily work?

The Nurses’ Health Study in USA (n=120,000), which began by examining the relationship of oral contraceptive use with breast cancer, ovarian cancer, malignant melanoma and myocardial infarction, is what kind of study design?