Tools
Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Error
People around PIRT


General Information

Basic Coding
100

The tool that stores cases and clinical outcomes for both professional and facility claims.

PICTS

100

What is the "intentional misrepresentation to gain a benefit"?

Fraud

100

How many teams are there in PIRT OGA?


3 - 2 teams in Manila and 1 team in Bangalore, India

100
True or False.  All claims submitted to UHC will be reviewed by Optum

FALSE

100

This describes services whether it is medical, surgical or diagnostic and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services among physicians, coders and insurances for administrative, financial and analytical purposes.

CPTs

200

Loads image numbers for documents submitted via mail and fax.

Doc360

200

What word is defined as "Mistakes or inaccuracies that can be fixed easily?"

ERROR

200

Who is PIRT's DM?

Paul Lumang

200

How many days is the standard TAT for a review to be completed?

15-45 days

200

In general, what service was performed if the first digit of the CPT is "0"?

Anesthesia

300

Used to provide definition or description of CPT codes, HCPC codes, ICD10 codes, modifiers and revenue codes.

Knowledge Library

300

____________ is defined as unsound business practices that result to an overage in payment.

ABUSE

300

How many SMEs are there in PIRT?

2

300

This tool keeps the schedule of the agents - lets them know when to take breaks, lunches and their phone times. Also used to plot schedule exemptions within the day.

IEX

300

Also known as alpha-numeric codes since it contains a single alphabetical letter followed by 4 numeric digits.

HCPCS Codes

400

Search engine for job aids of PIRT.

Knowledge Now

400

What is the unneccesary use of health care resources?

WASTE

400

What is the name of the AM that is supporting reps handling non-UHC Commercial accounts?

Gay Calangi

400

What are the 2 ways to submit a claim? 

By paper or electronically.

400

What medical records are needed if the service billed is a "complete blood count" (CBC)

physician's order and lab results

500

Stores denial letters for initial review.

DocDNA

500

Types of claims that are reviewed by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU).

FRAUD claims.

500

Who is our top PIRT agent for 2023?

Ronalyn Espineda

500

How can providers submit medical records?

Mail, fax, online portal

500

In general, what is the best answer if callers ask us what kind of records to submit?

“We need to have records pertaining to the codes that were billed on the claim.”

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