Sterilization Destroys

question 37

Multiple Choice

Sterilization destroys:

• A)all microbial forms, including bacterial spores.
• B)all microbial forms, except bacterial spores.
• C)bacteria, including bacterial spores and viruses, but not fungi.
• D)bacteria, including bacterial spores and fungi, but not viruses.

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Definitions:

Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA)

Identifies limited situations where paper claim forms may be submitted for payment (rather than electronic submission); signed into law on December 27, 2001, as Public Law 107-105.

CMS-1500

A standard form used in the United States to submit healthcare claims to Medicare and Medicaid, as well as many private insurers and managed care organizations.

Third-Party Reimbursers

Entities that provide payment for healthcare services on behalf of beneficiaries, such as insurance companies.

Third-Party Reimbursement

A payment system where an outside entity (the third party), not the patient nor the healthcare provider, pays for healthcare services.