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Carnegie Insurance R
workers compensation MA Fall 2014 11-10-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| purpose of workers compensation | to provide medical care to injured employees provide income to injured employees while they are unable to work pay providers for medical services |
| compensation benefits include | medical treatment income replacement rahabilitation treatments |
| Types of claims | non-disability temporary disability, permanent disability |
| Physicians must do the following regarding Workers compensation: | document the date of injury, how, and where the injury occurred |
| To verify insurance benefits, should you request a letter of eligibility? | No |
| When a new patient arrives for an appointment you should: | photocopy driver's licnse and both sides of the patients insurance ID card |
| How should you verify the patient's eligibility? | call carrier or go to website |
| How are paper claims submitted? | manually sent by U.S. Post Office |
| disadvantge of paper claims | greater chance for rejection |
| What is any claim that has a mistake called? | dirty claim |
| What is it called when we examine claims for completenesss before submitting? | audit |
| in a workmans compensation claim what must the physician do? | Document the date of injury how and where the injury occurred |