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ERA   Electronic Remittance Advice  
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Level 1 of ERA   Receipt of Data/the information is printed  
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Level 2 of ERA   Electronic remittance is received, entered into computer, and viewed at terminal  
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Level 3 of ERA   Electronic remittance is received, entered into computer - remittance data are electronically posted by the patient accounting software, updating the patients account.  
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Level 4 of ERA   Total automation receipt, data entry, payment posting, adjustment processing  
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EFT   is the electronic transfer of funds from payer to payee thru the banking system (fasted way to move money)  
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SNF Services Covered (6)   Room and board, PT, OT, ST, Respiratory Carem Drugs, Blood transfusions, supplies and equipment  
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EDI   Electronic Data interchange  
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EDI used for?   translating, standardizing and sending transactions electronically (claims) 837. 270/271, etc...  
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835   Remittance  
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Violation of the DRG Window (3 day) causes   delay in billing, rejection of claim, additionaly sanctions, fines, revocation of medicare status  
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UBO4 is used for institutional providers(List 4)   hospitals, hospice, rural health clinic, snf  
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SNF IP rules   must be IP atleast 3 days before discharging to SNF, must be admitted with in30 days of IP stay.  
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DRG used for   Inpatient billing  
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APC used for   outpatient billing  
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Benefit SNF Period?   100 Days during a benefit period/ Benefit period ends during which the patient is not a IP or SNF for 60 days.  
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CCI Edits are?   Program consists of Edits implemented w/claim processing to catch errors before sending out  
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Package Pricing is?   payment system in which a lump sum or bundled payment is negotiated between payor and some or all providers.  
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Site of service limitation?   health plans developed care plans for common disease and procedures and must happen in approved setting  
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Title 804   governs actions of skip tracing  
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Title 805   Collector communication ceasing communication  
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Title 806   proibits harassment abuse from the collector  
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Title 807   deceptive or false representations  
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Title 604 (FCRA)   gives permision to see credit reports by court, by consumer, and a reporting agency who has legitimate business to view  
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Hospice Benefits with Medicare include   2 90 day periods and unlimited subsequent periods-60 days each  
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CMS 1500 is used by non institutional providers such as   physicians, allied health professions, CRNA, home health agency's and Medical Equipment suppliers  
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What is EFT balancing and Control   Use of EFT greatly simplifies cash balancing and control requirements. The bank notifies the provider of amount received and issues deposit. The provider balances this to the ERA received.  
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Common Provision found in manage care contracts for protection for medical expense that exceed certain levels.   STOP LOSS Protection  
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Per Diem payment   fixed daily payments that do not vary based on level of services/IP  
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Percentage Discount is   where the provider accepts a percentage discount from total charges.  
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Most common contracted payment models (7)   Percentage discount, DRG, APC, Case Rate, Per Diem, Package Pricing, Capitation  
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Method of payment to healthcare providers whereby a FIXED amount is paid per ENROLLEE to cover defined set of services over a specifica period of time   Capitation  
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The difference between providers charges and the insuracne payment that are written off the patients account as...   Contractual allowance  
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The first critical step for all patients arriving for service scheduled or unscheduled is verifying patients identity with 2 forms...list   ID, name, DOB, SSN  
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Time of Service Denials include   new technology used without determining coverage(3D), charges bundled/unbundled incorrectly, accuity level changes but pt type does not change, admission notification not done, Pt IP but should be OBs, test performed not ordered, invalid HPCPS coding  
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Post Service Denials include   late charges, 2 claims with DOS that overlap, untimely filing  
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Pre Service Denials include   No Pre Auth, clinicals not called for certification, INS not verified, Inaccurate Data entry, Copying registration without verifying  
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CLIA   Clinical Laboratory Improvemen Act  
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APC only covered under medicare part   B  
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Impacts of Denials besides loss of reimbursement and additional cost   Productivity(staff reworks files), patient loss of confidence, employee frustration increased(morals affected)  
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Onsite self pay is enhanced by the ability to accept these forms of payment   Cash, Credit, check or debit cards  
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Liability payers include   Auto, Work Comp, Premises for medical coverage under property cases  
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Healthplan process claim from reimbursement and subsequently pursues payment from liability payer is...   SUBORGATION  
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Medicare allows providers to submit liability claims after this waiting period   120 days.  
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Claim against personal property that secures payment of a debt   Lien  
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CWF   Common Working File  
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Medicare has 2 types of appeals to charges   Beneficiary appeal and Provdier appeal  
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Second Placement accounts are   an agency accepting assignment of returned or cancelled debts from initial collection agency.  
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Title VI is called   Fair Credit Reporting Act  
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The truth and lending act is   Title I- established rules for consumers credit and sales and loans  
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Medicare will try to collect self pay portions for how many days?   120 days then goes to collections agency  
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For an acount to be considered bad debt collection must have been attempted and documented T/F   True  
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Payment floors for IP claims   13 days electronic/26 for paper claims  
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MR   Medical Record  
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MPI   Master Patient Index  
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CPI   Corporate Patient Index  
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Critical patient information collected when scheduling are used as identifiers(list 4)   Legal name, DOB, sex, SSN  
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DME examples   Wheelchairs, hospital beds, oxygen tanks  
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Homebound patients requiring periodic skilled nursing and therapeutic care ordered by physician   Home Health Care  
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Patients with incurable disease and have a life expectency of six months or less   Hospice Care  
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Orthopedic surgical patient that require intense PT/stroke PT who require comprehensive Rehab   Skilled Nursing Patients  
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Can you use a ABN for a IP stay   NO  
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When is a ABN required   when a test or service does not meet medical necessity according to LCD/NCD  
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Credit balances are created by   posting errors, billing errors, payment errors, hospital and payer system limitations  
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Chargemaster issues can result in   inappropriate reimbursement  
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Claim rejection is a claim rejected for a # of reasons (list some)   inability to identify patient, ineligibility of pt, noncompliance of the provider with billing requirements.  
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Medicare Claims must be filed within what qualifying time limit?   1 year  
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Types of unscheduled patients (6)   Emergency, urgent inpatients, routine walkins outpatients, ED outpatients, obs patients, Newborn  
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3 types of schedule patients   Scheduled IP, Scheduled OP, reaccuring/series  
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Enrollment and disenrollment of a healthplan transanction set   834  
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What must appear on the ABN? (5 items)   Service physician ordered, cost, date of service, non coverage reason, financial responsibility  
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Capitation Contract Payment Method is   provider received a flat fee every month for taking care of individual  
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Case Rate Contract Patyment Method is   specific condition forms the basis for establishing a single payment for all services(colonscopy)  
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Financial counseling payment options   Full payment proir to service, short term payment plan, bank loan  
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Underpayment denial   payer does not pay the agreed contract(Aetna) amount to provider(LUH)  
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Technical Denial   Demographic error, imcomplete insurance 411, no precert or auth, no contunied stay auth, exceeds frequency limit(pt visits)  
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Clinical Denial   not medically necessary, diagnosis and cpt do not match, carve out days, inappropriate level of care, HCPCS incorrect for procedure  
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Bankruptcy Chapter 7   Straight- involuntary or voluntary  
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Chapter 11   debtor reogranization (court supervised plan) within 120 days  
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Chapter 13   Rehabilitation- does not liquidate-looks for future earnings  
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By siging a contractual agreement(aetna, cigna etc) the facility becomes   In network  
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Rural Hospitals with fewer than BLANK beds can be reimbursed by Medicare   100 (often use of swing beds)  
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Patient discharged status code   03  
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837 transaction set   coordination of benefits  
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835 transaction set   claim payment/remittance advice  
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277/278 transaction set   referral certification and authorization  
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820 transaction set   healthplan premium payments  
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