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| Insurance information should be collected on |
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| the person responsible for paying a medical bill and is not always the patient |
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| a uniform, national identification number providers will use; it is the identifying number that prompted revision of the CMS-1500 form. |
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| the process done before claims submission to examine claims for accuracy and completeness |
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| claims that have errors or omissions which must be corrected and resubmitted to receive reimbursement |
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| when the physicians determine how much to charge for a procedure takes in consideration the |
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| time, knowledge, decision making, and type of procedure |
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| when working under a managed care plan, physicians agree to accept fees that are |
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| predetermined by the plan |
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| type of signatures that are scanned and accepted as proof of approval for the content of an electronic document |
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| electronic or digital signatures |
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| transferring data back and forth between two or more entities |
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| electronic data interchange |
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| the best way to work with patients regarding financial matters is to explain the office financial policis when___ |
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| they make the appointment |
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| the medical assistants responsibility is to ___patients about the fees, ____ payments from patients, and _____ for long-term payments. |
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| inform, collect, make payment plans |
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| should include billing, insurance and collection procedures; write fairly detailed guidelines to follow, and fully disclose these policies to patients |
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| Medical office credit policies |
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| giving patients _______ for treatment may help simplify collection by preventing misunderstandings, may help to avoid forgetting that a fee was quoted and eliminate the possibility of later misquoting the fee |
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| a credit balance occurs when a patient__ |
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| advantages of internet banking |
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| convenience, time, safety |
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| one disadvantage of e-banking is |
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| something legally transferable to another party is considered |
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| the following would make an instrument negotiable |
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| written and signed by maker, contain a promise to pay, be payable on demand, by payable to order or bearer |
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| a maker is any individual, corporation, or legal party who |
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| a bank or facility on which a check is drawn or written |
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| A order that can protect the depositor from loss resulting from stolen, lost, or incorrectly drawn checks |
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| A bank's own check drawn on itself and signed by an authorized official |
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| the depositor's own check that has been certified to be valid by an authorized official of the bank |
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| can have limitations such as the amount or the number of days for which it can be cashed |
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| a paper document that is purchased with cash and often used to mail money |
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| used for traveling so that individuals do not have to carry large amounts of cash |
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| has a detachable form that is used to itemize or specify the purpose for which the check is drawn |
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| to maximize money, bills should be paid |
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| should be checked immediately on receipt and scanned carefully for errors |
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| the three most common types of bank accounts |
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| checking, savings, and money market savings |
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| the purpose of a ____ is to provide an itemized billing statement on which the physician notes charges |
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| the advantage of a cycle billing system |
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| advantage of using small claims court to collect delinquent accounts |
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| when you use a pegboard system you enter payments received for medical services rendered in the |
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| on the ____ column you can enter any professional discounts, write-offs, or disallowances |
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| what not to do when using telephone collection method |
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| call between 9pm and 8am, no repeated calls, do not call work, no hostility |
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| when using the telephone to collect accounts, the medical assistant should try to get a _____ on a date that payment will be made |
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| sends statemtns at given times of the month, such as one quarter of the accounts receivable the first week, and so on through the month |
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| transferring or carrying from a book of original entry to a ledger |
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| most medical offices accept___ |
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| credit cards, debit cards, or checks |
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| if you make a mistake when writing a check, the best practice is to |
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| You should deposit checks received__ |
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| generally not accepted because you cannot verify the reliability of the maker |
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| the first thing the medical assistant should do when a check is returned unpaid by the bank is to |
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| if a bank cashes a check that is later returned for insufficient funds, the person who____ will be charged to recover the amount lost |
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| you can request the bank to issue a _____order on a check that you wrote in payment for a medical supply if the check was accidentally written for more than was owed, the payment did not reach the payee within a reasonable amount of time, or the vendor to whom you wrote the check refuses to deliver your order |
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| restrictive, blank, and special |
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| blanket-position bonding covers |
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| the country is divided into___ federal reserve districts |
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| an insured account requiring a minimum balance that draws interest at a higher percentage than a regular savings account |
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| money market savings account |
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| a plan in which payments are transferred, usually electronically, by a paying agency directly to the account of a recipient |
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| the part of the ABA number following the dash on top in the fraction designates__ |
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| the bank within that region |
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