Across
- 2. principles or right or wrong
- 7. An agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable in court
- 8. The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession
- 9. a document in which a person states his or her wishes about life support and other treatments
- 13. the crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact with them
- 15. failure to take proper care in doing something
- 16. 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
- 18. legal document in which one person appoints another person to act as an agent on his or her behalf
- 20. a failure to perform, as promised, at the time the performance was due
Down
- 1. illness existing before new insurance coverage
- 3. The payer has denied this claim because the patient is no longer covered by the insurance policy
- 4. the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
- 5. Result of any action or series of actions that prevents any part of an information system from functioning
- 6. A law that defines crimes against public order
- 10. A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights
- 11. revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent
- 12. act of harming or ruining another's reputation
- 14. A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.
- 17. document signed by the patient or legal guardian giving permission for medical or surgical care
- 19. physical or emotional harm to someone
- 21. 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
- 22. wrongful acts that do not involve contracts