Insurance Basics
This term refers to care for someone when they are diagnosed with a disease or condition, but doesn't really take into account care for preventing illness.
What is medical care?
A doctor, nurse practitioner, physical therapist, radiologist, speech pathologist, and dietitian are all collectively known as healthcare __________.
What are providers?
This term encompasses a more holistic approach to wellness, disease prevention, and treatment of disease for patients.
What is healthcare?
What is filled out by the provider's office after a patient has been seen and is sent in so that the doctor's office can get paid.
What is a claim form?
A doctor, a nurse practitioner, a physical therapist, and a dietitian are all considered this.
What are healthcare providers?
This clause in an insurance contract says that if the insurance company denies a claim, the provider cannot charge the patient for it instead.
What is Hold Harmless Clause?
This agency runs Medicare and Medicaid through the federal government.
What is CMS (Centers for medicare and Medicaid Services)?
When a provider normally charges $150 for an office visit, but agrees to charge only $100 to patients who have ABC insurance, there is a part of the insurance contract that says the doctor can't charge those patients for the extra $50. What is that clause in the contract called?
What is no balance billing?