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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If a child is covered by both of her parents’ insurances and the total medical charges come to $365—$280 of which is covered by the primary insurance—how are the rest of the charges handled? | A claim is submitted to secondary insurance for $85 |
| John Smith got an X-ray with Dr. Jones, a participating provider in Mr. Smith’s HMO. The allowed charge for an X-ray is $75, but Dr. Jones’s usual fee is $100. John Smith’s copayment due for each office visit is $15. How much can Dr. Jones get from Mr. S | $15 |
| Capitation is | fixed payment made for each enrolled patient rather than reimbursement based on the type and number of services provided. |
| In the staff model HMO | the HMO has capitation contracts with provider groups. |
| Which of the following terms describes a statement indicating that a patient has agreed to pay for a service that is likely to be rejected by Medicare? | advance beneficiary notice |
| terms best describes a part of an insurance plan in which a specified dollar amount is paid to physicians based on each patient served, rather than by services performed? | copayment |
| The reimbursement system for Medicare Part A payments to hospitals is based on which of the following? | patient’s disease |
| insurance program that provides for the medically indigent? | Medicaid |
| a prepaid health insurance plan? | health maintenance organization (HMO) |
| the following steps must be taken to ensure coverage by a patient’s insurance company before the patient undergoes surgery to repair a rotator cuff? | precertifying the surgical procedure |
| based on a database of charges for a service to other patients by the same type of provider? | fee splitting |
| ICD codes that refer to factors that influence health status | V-codes |
| AOB | assignment of benefits |
| CPT symbol indicating description has been revised | triangle |
| insurance company is known as | carrier |
| method of controlling health care delivery by reviewing the appropriations of care before and after the care is provided is called | utilization review |
| upon receiving checks in the mail, the MA should first | restrictively endorse them |