Question | Answer |
encounter form | a form that contains most common procedures and diagnosis including patient name,address,and billing information |
guarantor | person responsible for paying the bill |
medical practiv management software | software used to schedule patients, submit elctoronic claims to the insurance company and perform simplified accounting procedure |
medisoft | a medical practice management software system for use in the medical office |
provider | a general term reffering to physician, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner |
sidebar | a feature in medisoft that allows you to access many features quickly |
superbill | another name for encounter form |
cases | a group of transactions for a particular patients condition |
health insurance | provide protection for patients against the finiancial consequences of illness, accidents, injuries, and disabilities |
managed care | prepaid health plans that provide health care services at a low cost |
third party payers | someone other than the patient who is responsible for paying the medical bill. typically the insurance company |
appointment books | books that list all providers in the practice and their scheduled appointments |
cluster scheduling | scheduling that groups similar procedures together at the same time of the week |
consultation appointments | appointments in which the patient seeks the advice of another provider |
double booking | scheduling two appointments at the same time |
emergency appointments | appointments that require quick response, these can be life threatning |
individual scheduling | each patient is givin a predetermined time slot |
modified wave scheduling | patients are scheduled every 15 minutes |
new patient appointments | a new patient first arrival at the medical office |
physical appointments | examinations for checking growth |
preoperative appointments | scheduled appointments for patients having surgery |
resource | a provider, room, nurse, technician, or machine that can be created in Medisoft hours |
routine appointments | follow up visits and acute diagnostic visits |
scheduling matrix | a pattern of working and non working hours, for the medical office |