Confidentiality Must Be Breached and Information Must Be Reported by Practitioners

question 17

Multiple Choice

Confidentiality must be breached and information must be reported by practitioners when:

• A)clients pose a danger to others.
• B)a child under the age of 16 is the victim of incest,rape,or child abuse.
• C)an older adult is being abused.
• D)the therapist determines that the client needs immediate,involuntary hospitalization.
• E)all of these

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Definitions:

Balance Due

The amount of money owed on an account or invoice after payments have been applied.

Billing System

A combination of software and procedures that is used to issue and manage invoices and financial transactions for goods or services.

Cycle Billing

A system that sends invoices to groups of patients every few days, spreading the work of billing all patients over the month while billing each patient only once.

Patient

An individual who receives care or treatment from healthcare professionals, often within a clinical setting.