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The abbreviation PHI stands for? [BLANK-1]

Match the key terms with their definitions.

Name one of the health insurance claim forms that providers submit to the insurance companies

Shadowing means following a physician during a patient encounter and offering suggestions on how documentation can be improved.

Coders and billers should strive for the appropriate coding levels to ensure optimum payments?

What are some basic things that should not be documented in medical records? (List at least 6 basic items.)

Case 3: Your patient is a premature infant born at 34 weeks gestation with a cleft lip and palate who is having difficulty feeding effectively and maintaining weight.  c). What are some recommendations you could make to your hospital environment to promote healthy feeding/swallowing and reduce sensory overload in this pre-term infant (1 point)?

Case 1: A 65 year-old male with a 15 year history of Parkinson’s disease presents to your clinic with complaints of gradually progressive swallowing difficulty for the past 5 years. b). What are two compensations that you may attempt during the swallowing evaluation to augment airway compromise?

Case 4: At a family reunion, you see an uncle with a history of COPD, GERD, and a L MCA CVA 4 years ago who is reporting difficulty swallowing. He reports coughing and choking with solids and liquids, a globus sensation at the level of the throat, and waking in the morning with a sour taste in his mouth. As the family’s resident ‘swallow-ologist’ he comes to you for advice.  a). He attributes his lingering symptoms to his stroke. Do you think he is correct? (Yes/No). Why or why not?. 

What is the normal respiratory-swallowing coordination pattern in healthy adults? What is a sign of abnormal respiratory swallow coordination?