State Governments Are Often Called the "Laboratories of Democracy" Because

question 110

Multiple Choice

State governments are often called the "laboratories of democracy" because they

• A)employ more scientists and medical researchers than the federal government.
• B)allow governments to experiment with many different approaches in order to find the policies that best meet the needs of their citizens.
• C)invest more money in basic scientific research than the private sector and federal government combined.
• D)are given the constitutional responsibility of regulating the health care industry.

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Definitions:

Diagnosis Code

Diagnosis Code refers to a code assigned to a diagnosis based on a standardized system, such as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), used for healthcare billing and statistics.

Upcoding

Reporting a higher-level code than is appropriate for the service that was rendered, resulting in higher reimbursement; when a facility coder assigns a diagnosis code that does not match patient documentation, with the intention of increasing reimbursement to the facility through the DRG system, serious penalties and fines will be levied against the facility for submitting fraudulent claims.

DRG System

Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) system is a way of categorizing hospital cases into groups for the purposes of payment, reflecting typical resource usage for a stay.

External Causes Of Injuries

Factors outside the body that can cause physical harm, such as accidents, violence, or environmental exposure.