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# BAS PTA #6-Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| collection | Process of billing accounts receivable 1. fee for service 2. Cycle billing 3. Monthly itemized statement 4. credit card billing |
| confidentiality | HIPAA requirement regarding patient PHI. To keep secret from... Prevent others from seeing |
| Credit | 1. Trust that another will pay. 2. An adjustment, payment, or professional courtesy to an account. |
| Cycle billing | Employs billing patients at different times in the month. A-L from the 1st to 15. M-z from 16th to 31st. |
| Debits | Amounts an individual owes to the clinic. Amounts the clinic owes for expenses. |
| Double-entry | Accounts for an up to date balance with every transaction. Tracks both debits and payment. |
| Fees | Charges for medical services. |
| Fees for services | A method of collection at the time of service. |
| HIPAA | A law that protects PHI from being used improperly and allows keeping insurance after quitting a job. |
| Indexing | Grouping names by first letter of last name |
| Medical Record | Patient personal information (demographics) and medical information. * registrations * lab reports, xrays * Medical history * Progress notes |
| Medical Report | Statement of how a patient is progressing during treatment |
| Medicolegal | Factors that involve both legal requirements and medical requirements. HIPAA |
| Monthly Itemized Statement | Statement sent to unpaid accounts individually |
| Pegboard | A system that is a one-write system. Allows doing double-entry accounts and has patient "next appointment" and "receipt" |
| Recordkeeping | Maintaining records for the required amount of time. Checking charts for errors and omissions. |
| Registration form | Patient form that is used to obtain name, address, employer, insurance company, age, etc. |
| Single-entry | A system that records only debit or credit part of a financial records. |
| Superbill | An all inclusive form that has patient medical, personal, insurance information. codes for diagnosis and diseases are included. |