Insurance
fee you pay when you go to the doctor
co pay
direct filing system
information needed for filing and retrieval is a patients name
electronic medical record
electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters
matrix
a grid with time slots blocked out when physicians are unavailable or the office is closed
Medicare
federally funded health insurance provided for people age 65 or older
Co payment
pays a set amount for healthcare services
reference to corresponding information in separate location
advance directive form
documents that spells out what kind of treatment a patient wants in event that he/she can't speak
double booking
two patients are scheduled to come at the same time to see the same physician
medicaid
government based health insurance option for low income
HMO
Health Maintenance Organization
bookkeeping
part of the office's accounting functions
guarantor
person or entity responsible for the remaining payment of services after insurance has been paid
template
a document with preset format that is used as a starting point so that it does not have to be recreated each time
Affordable Care Act
Make affordable health insurance available to more people. The law provides consumers with subsidies (“premium tax credits”) that lower costs for households with incomes between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level.
Premium
cost of your insurance
encounter form
document used to collect data about elements of a patient visit
reimbursement
payment from insurance companies
appointment cards
cards given to patients to remind patients of scheduled appointment
supplemental insurance
Supplemental insurance is extra or additional insurance that you can purchase to help you pay for services and out-of-pocket expenses that your regular insurance does not cover.
Deductible
amount of money an individual pays for expenses before insurance starts to pay
coinsurance
a form of cost sharing that kicks in after the deductible has been meet
living will
documents that spells out what kind of treatment a patient wants in the event that he can't speak
automated call routing
calls can be programmed to keep calling until patient responds
Life Insurance
insurance that pays out a sum of money either on the death of the insured person or after a set period.