The MMA of 2003 Mandated Implementation of A(n) __________ Payment

question 19

Multiple Choice

The MMA of 2003 mandated implementation of a(n) __________ payment amount as a substitute for the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) standard overhead amount for surgical procedures performed at an ASC.

• A) fee schedule
• B) inpatient prospective payment system
• C) outpatient prospective payment system
• D) resource-based relative value scale system

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Definitions:

Existential Instantiation

A logical operation that infers the existence of at least one individual satisfying a particular property from a general statement.

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule of inference that allows one to deduce a particular instance from a universal statement, essentially moving from a general statement to a specific example.

Existential Generalization

A logical inference rule stating that if something is true for some member of a domain, then it is true that there exists something in that domain for which the proposition holds.

Quantifier Negation

The process of changing the quantifier in a statement, such as from "all" to "not all," to negate its original meaning.