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| 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 Practice Management Software | software used to schedule patients, sumit electronic claims to the insurance company and perform simlified accounting procedure |
| Medisoft | a medical practice management software system for use in medical office |
| Provider | a general term referring 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 transactins for a particular patient's condition |
| Health Insurance | provide protection for patients againist the financial consequences of illness, accident, injuries, and disablities |
| Managed Care | prepaid health plans that provide healthcare 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 groups similar procedures together at the same time of the week |
| Consultatiom Appointments | appointmentsin which the patient seeks the advice of another provider |
| Double Booking | scheduling two appointments at the same time |
| Emergency Appointments | appointments that require a quick response, these can be life threatening |
| Individual Scheduling | each patient is given a predetermined time slot |
| Modified Wave Scheduling | patients are schduled every 15 mins. |
| New Patient Appointment | a new patients 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 thr medical office |