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Question | Answer |
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Employer Identification Number (EIN) | Unique identifier issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for employers as required by HIPAA Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets |
First Party | The insured |
Guarantor | The party responsible for payment of services provided |
HIPAA Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets | HIPAA standardization of electronic transactions of health care data, including data elements, standard code sets, unique health identifiers, security safeguards, and privacy standards |
HIPAA National Identifiers | Required identification systems for health care organizations and health care providers |
HIPAA Privacy Rule | HIPAA national standards that protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information; covers the use and disclosure of PHI |
HIPAA Security Rule | Requires health care providers to establish safeguards ensuring the protection of PHI whenever transmitting any type of patient information via electronic transmission |
HIPAA X12 837 (Health Care Claim or Equivalent Encounter Information) | HIPAA mandated electronic transaction standard for claims, usually called the 837 claim or the HIPPA claim |
Incomplete Claim Status | Claim status indicating a claim is missing required information |
Insurance Carrier | the company that issues and assumes the risk of an insurance policy |
Invalid Claim Status | Claim status indicating a claim contains complete information, but the information may be incorrect and cannot be processed by the carrier |
Manual Billing | CMS-1500 is completed by hand and submitted for processing |
Minimum necessary | The HIPAA Privacy Rule stipulates that covered entities limit the amount of information disclosed to the minimum necessary to achieve the specified goal |
National Provider Identifier (NPI) | Unique identifier issued by the CMS as the standard of identification for health care providers |
National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) | Led by the American Medical Association (AMA) and determines the content of CMS-1500 claim forms |