If a Medicaid Patient Is on Restricted Status When Eligibility

question 86

Multiple Choice

If a Medicaid patient is on restricted status when eligibility is verified, the patient is required to:

• A) receive only certain services.
• B) receive services only from a specific provider.
• C) obtain authorization for all services.
• D) obtain services only in cases of an emergency.

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Definitions:

U.S. Population

The total number of residents living in the United States, as measured by census and population estimates.

Defensive Medicine

The practice by healthcare providers of ordering tests, treatments, or procedures primarily to protect themselves from litigation, rather than to benefit the patient's health.

Health Care

The maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

Insurance

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