Several States Have Adopted Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treating Workers

question 33

Multiple Choice

Several states have adopted clinical practice guidelines for treating workers' compensation injuries. Clinical practice guidelines can best be described as

• A) Fee schedules that specify the maximum amount providers may charge for treating workers' compensation patients
• B) A utilization management and quality management mechanism designed to aid providers in making decisions about the most appropriate course of treatment for a specific case
• C) Detailed plans of medical treatment designed to facilitate a patient's return to the workplace
• D) Payment practices that might technically violate the provisions of the anti-kickback statute but that will not be considered illegal and for which providers and health plans will not be subject to penalties

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Definitions:

UAA

A stop codon in genetic code signaling the end of a protein synthesis.

UUU

In genetic code, a triplet nucleotide sequence (uracil-uracil-uracil) in RNA that codes for the amino acid phenylalanine, playing a role in protein synthesis.

DNA Sequences

The order of nucleotides in a DNA molecule, which determines genetic information and characteristics of living organisms.

Proteins

Large molecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order, determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the DNA encoding for the protein.