When the Cost of Treating a Patient Exceeds the Payment

question 15

True/False

When the cost of treating a patient exceeds the payment for the MS-DRG by a certain amount, Medicare will increase the payment.

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Definitions:

Extinction Procedure

A process in conditioning where a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral becomes capable of triggering a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Experimental Chamber

is a controlled environment used in behavioral research to study the responses of subjects under specific conditions.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after conditioning, as seen in classical conditioning paradigms.