Show Me The Money
We must obtain this from the patient’s PCP in order to bill Medicare for a Hearing Evaluation.
What is a script?
This should checked for ALL patients so required payments are collected.
What is the amount due?
This gives us permission to bill the patient’s insudance. All patients are required to sign this form if they are receiving a billable service.
What is a Financial Agreemeant?
Along with a correct script, this is required for CFHC to bill Medicare.
What is a list of the patient’s current medications?
Knowing this info helps the providers determine if they have an opportunity to pursue a HA sale.
What is the age of the devices?
This document keeps us compliant with the No Surprise Act. All patients receiving a billable service must sign this. Ins type will determine which version of the form should be used.
What is Cream/Blue Sheet?
We can use this verbiage to insure a patient knows how much they will be expected to pay at their visit.
What is ”Do you have any questions about the balance due?”
When a patient cancels the appt and does not reschedule immediatel, we should do this.
What is create a TO DO to follow up with the patient to get them rescheduled?
We should prep the schedule by this time.
What is between 9-10 am?
This must be obtained whenever we will be directly billing insurance for HA’s.
What is medical clearance?
This is one of the first and most important pieces of info we need to get from a patient.
What is type of insurance?
We should do this after we have finished prepping the schedule.
What is prepare/pull all necessary paperwork?
This must be checked often and kept up to date to insure billing can be done in the required timeframe.
What is the patient’s insurance information?
This should not be expired.
What is the patient’s ID/license?
This establishes who we are permitted to speak with regarding the patient.
What is HIPAA?