Ch. 05 Legal and Ethical Responsibility

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Across
  1. 2. revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent
  2. 8. When a payment for service is denied by the insurance company, an accounts receivable specialist needs to investigate the situation to determine why the payment was denied.
  3. 9. hour
  4. 10. pound
  5. 11. physical or emotional harm to someone
  6. 12. Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)-law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents
  7. 13. tablet
  8. 14. faliure by healthcare professionals to meet accepted standards
  9. 15. failure to take proper care in doing something
  10. 20. Divide
  11. 21. Both eyes
  12. 24. A law that defines crimes against the public order
  13. 26. ounce
  14. 28. intramuscular
  15. 29. Act of harming or ruining another's reputation
  16. 31. wrongful acts that do not involve contracts
  17. 32. document signed by the patient or legal guardian giving permission for medical or surgical care
  18. 35. The payer has denied this claim because the patient is no longer covered by the insurance policy.
  19. 41. unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
  20. 42. ointment
Down
  1. 1. A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights
  2. 3. Both ears
  3. 4. The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
  4. 5. An illness or disorder of a beneficiary that existed before the effective date of insurance coverage.
  5. 6. legal document in which one person appoints another person to act as an agent on his or her behalf
  6. 7. A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.
  7. 11. the crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact with them.
  8. 16. Every other day
  9. 17. a document in which a person states his or her wishes about life support and other treatments
  10. 18. The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession
  11. 19. Intravenous
  12. 22. A failure to perform, as promised, at the time the performance was due.
  13. 23. The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
  14. 25. An agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable in court
  15. 27. gallon
  16. 30. Around the Clock
  17. 33. pint
  18. 34. Result of any action or series of actions that prevents any part of an information system from functioning.
  19. 36. Water
  20. 37. twice a day
  21. 38. grain
  22. 39. drink
  23. 40. Immidately