Insurance
Billing
Medicare
100

Private insurance companies must meet the requirements and laws of

What is the state insurance agency?

100

An ICD 10-CM code is used to describe ______of a patient.

What is a disease?

What is a condition?

What is the reason for the visit?

100

This is the amount a patient must pay out of pocket before Medicare starts to pay for services rendered.

What is a deductible?

200

Blue Cross plans were established primarily to cover

What are hospital expenses?

200

NUCC stands for

What is National Uniform Claim Committee?


200

This part of Medicare covers all hospital expenses.

What is Medicare Part A?

300

Blue Shield plans were established primarily to cover

What are medical expenses?

300

These have 5 numerical characters

What are Current procedural terminolgy or CPT codes?

300

Medicare part B is the part of Medicare that covers

What are Medical Services?

400

Fee-for-service plans offered by private health insurance companies are also referred to as

What are both traditional insurance plans and indemnity insurance plans?

400

The ________ is the alpha numeric information entered on a claim to describe the patient's reason for the visit.

What is ICD 10-CM

400

This insurance is a joint federal and state program that helps pay medical costs if you have limited income and resources and meet other requirements.


What is Medicaid?

500

A significant contribution to HMO development was the

What is the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973?

500

The abbreviation for current procedural terminology is

What is CPT?
500

Medicare is administered by

What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services? or CMS