insurance
what is subscriber/member
person who has the insurance policy
buffer is
time in the schedule for emergency's only
procedure codes starting with 0 are for?
diagnostic services
assignment of benefits is
patient assigns benefits to the office directly
petty cash is for
incidentals
birthday rule for dependents is
policy holder who's birthday is 1st in the year
# of units means
time, 10 or 15 mins to book appts
schedule of benefits is?
what you pay for services
coordination of benefits
payment from 2 sources
fee guide is updated how often?
annually
insured means
person covered by insurance
appt book shows closed in manual appt book by
use diagonal lines
basic coverage, major coverage are?
basic, fillings, preventive ect. major crown and bridge coverage
what is the subscriber?
what does PIPEDA stand for?
personal information protection and electronic documents act
fixed fee is
set amount charged for service
March recall for 9 month recall would be?
December
guidelines for fees that are flexible?
fee guide
table of benefits are
policy coverage, exclusion and limits
most common form of payment arrangement is?
divided
nonassignment is
patient pays office day of treatment and gets ins money sent to them.
how often are fee guides updated?
annually
procedures starting with 9 are
adjunctive (anesthetics)
what is capitation
fees for service
last thing to add when sending communication out to ins or other office?
recipients name and address