What type of provider goes through approximately 26 1/2 months of education and is licensed to practice medicine with the oversight of a physician? - Physician Assistant (PA) The ____ describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment procedures, or technologies are considered medically necessary under Medicare - National Coverage Determinations LCD's only have jurisdiction in their ____ area. - Regional ABN stands for - Advance Beneficiary Notice HIPPA was made into law in what year? - 1996 What will the scope is a compliance program depend on? - Size and resources of the physician's practice According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means? - Periodic audits AAPC has what to determine current year's coder salaries? - Salary survey The ASPC offers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the Bahamas for the purpose of - Networking An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because - It is a weakness in a large artery and rupture could be deadly What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the lymph nodes? - A sentinel node is the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be reached by metastasizing cancer cells