Which of the following best describes a current trend related to healt

Which of the following best describes a current trend related to health care services?

a. Nonprofit organizations are assuming responsibilities for service from for-profit organizations.
b. Health care organizations are offering services low in cost and higher in reimbursement.
c. Ways to minimize reimbursement using current procedural terminology (CPT) codes have been created.
d. Postponing computerized medical record programs increases profitability.

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ANS: B
There is a national shift from nonprofit health care to for-profit health care as large for-profit organizations take over smaller community organizations. Because emphasis is on profit, mechanisms of achieving higher reimbursement have been developed. Coding of the patient’s illness from the CPT codes results in an increase in reimbursement. Use of computerized medical record programs almost ensures that service can be reimbursed at the highest rate possible. This has changed health care practices to the use of services that are low in cost and higher in reimbursement. High-cost services are limited or not offered.