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Administrative final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the term used to describe money that is owed to the medical office? | Account receiable |
| What term is used to describe the bills that the practice has for office rent, equipment, rental and salaries? | Payables |
| What is the major disadvantage of the single entry bookkeeping system system? | its incomplete and may double on information |
| Which type of accounting system are most office computer billing programs based on? | Software |
| what is the name for the form printed in red that the medicare and most insurance companies use to file a claim medical office? | Cms- 1500 Health insurance claim form |
| Before leaving the office, the patient gives the medical assistant $20.00 on account. what type of entry does the medical assistant make to the computer billing program? | Payment |
| What is an example of debit adjustment? | changes patient payment, charge and adjustment billing |
| Payments for hospitals for claims under part A of medicare is based on what system that classifies patients according to the diagnosis, treatment, and length of hospital stay? | diagnosis related group |
| if the patients check is returned by the bank marked NSF, how does the medical assistant enter it to a patient account? | A call should be made to the patient and ask the patient to pay the NSF |
| what is the definition for meaningful use? | improve quality, safety, efficiency and reduce health disparities. |
| what is the system that establishes relative value units for each procedure that is based on amount of work involved, overhead expenses, and cost of malpractice insurance? | Assets |
| How are items recorded on a day sheet? | Charges, payment, previous balance, adjustment, new balance |
| When is income calculated in the cash basis of accounting? | when the payment is recieved |
| when a medical assistant prepares a deposit slip, which part of the patients check should be entered onto the deposit slip? | the account number in the back of checkbook |
| what determines the legal amount on a check? | based on the procedures |
| When you prepare to fill out a CMS 1500 what do you have to remember regarding punctuation and capital letters? | use only capital letters and do not use commas, dollar signs, or other puncuation |
| What is PCMH delivery model of healthcare? | delevey model where by patient treatment through their primary care physician to ensure they receive the necessary care when/ where they need it. |
| define third party billingas it relates to medical reimbursement? | where an intermediary handles the invoicing and payment between a purchaser and vendor |
| what are examples of third party billing? | tuition, class, fees, books, supplies....etc |
| Electronical medical record | a computerized record of the important health information regarding a patient including the care of that individual and the progress of the patients condition. |
| Practice management software | a category of health care software that deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice. |
| Backups | a way to protect the investment in data. |
| meaningful use | using certified electronic health technology to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduces the health disparities. |
| HCPCS | Healthcare common procedure coding system |
| HCPCS codes | Regulated by HIPAA and requires all healthcare organizations to use the standard codes for transactions involving healthcare information. |
| ICD-9 | Usually reffered to as diagnosis codes |
| NEC | Not elsewhere classifiable |
| NOS | Not otherwised specified |
| Blue | cannot be used as the primary diagnosis, describes a condition caused by another condidtion |
| Yellow | used when there is not enough information to choose a more specific code, ends in 8 9 or 0 |
| gray | refers to other codes that do not have a more specific code to describe a condition. |
| (CMS) centers for medicare & medicaid services | the division of the united states department of health and human services that administers medicare, medicaid, and the children's health insurance program |