Question 15 Which of the following highlights a key difference between direct and non-direct care settings?Taylor is a medical billing consultant for various groups of clinicians throughout the Bronx. Her business depends on relationships that she has with the doctors who run independent practices. Taylor’s consultancy business is considered a direct care setting whereas the doctors’ offices are non-direct care settings.Tom works in a medical supply center. His business depends on contracts that he has with health care practices that specialize in orthotics. Tom’s organization is considered a non-direct care setting whereas the orthopedic specialists’ offices are considered direct care settings.Samantha works in radiology for a major hospital system. She is principally responsible for performing mammograms and CT scans on the patients that are referred to her unit by practicing physicians. Samantha’s department is considered a non-direct care setting whereas the cancer specialists’ offices are considered direct care settings.James was tired of working in a large hospital system where all of his talents were being wasted. He decided to open a marketing company to increase patient volume at major hospital organizations throughout the Bronx. His work has increased visits by in the first quarter of this year. Patients have emailed and called James to thank him for providing this vital service. James’s business is considered a direct care setting because he is working for organizations that provide care directly to patients.
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