The End-Stage Renal Disease Composite Payment Rate System Was Established

question 35

Multiple Choice

The End-Stage Renal Disease Composite Payment Rate System was established by the _____.

• A) Balanced Budget Act of 1997
• B) Deficit Reduction Act of 1984
• C) Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
• D) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1980

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Definitions:

Richter Magnitude

A scale historically used to quantify the size of earthquakes based on the amplitude of seismic waves, replaced by the more accurate moment magnitude scale for large events.

Nomograph

A type of graph used in seismology to determine the local magnitude of an earthquake.

S-Wave Amplitude

The measure of the height of the secondary or shear waves, which are one type of seismic wave produced by earthquakes.

Strike-Slip Faults

Faults where two blocks of crust slide past each other horizontally, with little vertical motion.