Am I ever gonna use this?
Useless KNowledge
Stuff
Junk
Assorted Miscellaneous
100
If there is a situation in which a payer has denied a valid payment, the practice may do this
What is File an Appeal?
100
This provides the patient with the same information that is given to the practice in the form of an RA.
What is an EOB?
100
stagger the issuing of its statements over a period of time
What is cycle billing?
100
there are not enough funds in a checking account or a checking account is closed are reasons for this
What is NSF?
100
Day sheets provide information on practice activities for this length of time
What is 24 hours?
200
This is made to a patient's account when a practice receives an NSF notice from a bank.
What is Adjustment?
200
These reports are used by practice management staff to monitor and control the revenue cycle
What is Financial Reports?
200
a report summarizing patient activity on that day
What is a Patient day sheet?
200
adjustments ,payments , and charges are the transaction details of a patient’s account that are included on this office document
What is Patient Ledger?
200
an aging report lists this
What is the amount of time the money has been owed
300
used to determine which 3rd party payrs are not paying on a timely basis
What is an insurance aging report
300
More than half of commercial plans offer some type of bonus called this
What is Pay for performance program
300
Medicare gives bonuses to physicians who report to the Medicare program about their use of performance measures
What is The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative ?
300
an immediate posting to the patient account when a payer makes a payment
What is Autoposting?
300
The CMS 1450 is also known as this.
What is UB04
400
This is needed when The patient has paid too much
What is a Patient refund?
400
The X12-837, X12-276. X12-277, and X12-835 are all examples of this.
What is electronic forms?
400
This is published by a payer that lists its own set of claim edits and formatting conventions.
What is a Companion Guide?
400
A timeframe were all services provided are included in the same payment package
What is The Global Period ?
400
If the provider chooses to accept assignment, he cannot do this.
What is Balance Bill?
500
A Pregnancy test claim on a 32 year old man is going to be rejected because of this.
What is MUE - Medically Unlikely Edit
500
An EOB is sent to this person.
What is the Patient.
500
This is the term for When someone skips town without paying their bill, and the collection agency cant find them.
What is Uncollectible account
500
A Claimant is also known as this
What is an Appellant?
500
An RA is sent to this person
What is the Provider
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