Patient Intake
Added information or changed description of procedures and services, and are a part of valid CPT or HCPCS codes.
Modifiers
Used to remind patients of scheduled appointments and to eliminate misunderstandings about dates and times
Appointment cards
A HIPPA rule that establishes protection for the privacy of individuals health information
Privacy Rule
Complaining of
c/o
Male private or sensitive I formation known
Divulge
Form that authorizes health insurance benefits to be sent directly to providers
Assignment of benefits (AOB)
Automated call routing, appointment cards,and conformation cards are examples of
Three strategies for preventing no shows
Model in which providers set the fees for procedures and services
Fee-for-service
What is SOAP
“S” stands for subjective, “O”stands for objective, “A” stands for assessment, “P” stands for Plans.
The transfer of electronic information in standard format
Electronic data interchanged (EDI)
A patients permission
Consent
A document that describes items purchased or services rendered and shows the amount due
Invoice
A request for payment
Statement
Problem-oriented medical record
POMR
Art of a computer that blocks unauthorized access while allowing outward communication
Firewall
Form that asks patients to list any illnesses or surgeries they have had, family history, medications taken, chronic health issues, allergies, and other physicians they consulted
Health history form
A grid with time slots blocked out when physicians are unavailable or the office is closed
Matrix
A record of a patients fees
Explanation of benefits (EOB)
Above normal
Hyper
A report that traces who had accessed electronic information
Audit trail
Person or entity responsible for the remaining payment of services rafter insurance has paid
Guarantor
A document with a present format that is used as a starting point so that it does not have to be recreated each time
Template
Document where transactions are entered
General journal
Below normal
Hypo
Making false statements of representation of material facts to obtain some benefit or payment for which no entitlement would otherwise exist
Fraud