In other words
Behind-the-scenes info
Truth Nuggets or Just Chicken Nonsense
"But I don't wanna"
PFS Facts
100

EOB

Remittance

EOP

EFT


100

What is the name of the system that drops our accounts down to expected reimbursement?

Contract Management

100

True or False

Pre-authorization is always required for emergency services

False. Emergency services are typically covered without prior authorization.

100

What is a mandatory step following an update?


Scan elig

Check acct next day

update in both systems

INVP/28R/ETC

100

What dept does Christopher Ridente work in?

Customer service
200

Revenue Cycle

Patient financial service

Medical billing cycle

revenue management

Accounts receivable

200

At what age is a child dropped from their parents insurances?

26

200

True or False

Payers always reimburse facility claims based on the submitted charges.

False. Reimbursement is often based on contracted rates, DRGs, APCs, or fee schedules—not just submitted charges.

200

Where can you locate authorizations?

PM office, Powerchart, Rasi, RC9U, payer portals, etc


200

What departments are Thomas Insinna responsible for?

Analyst and Variance

300

Authorization

Preapproval

Prior approval

Prior AUTH

utilization review


300

What is claim scrubber?

Billing system designed to catch error and implement edits for insurances based on contracts/policies/etc.

300

True or False

Facility billing uses CPT codes exclusively for all services rendered.

False. Facility billing uses both CPT/HCPCS codes and revenue codes, depending on the service and setting.

300

Name one thing that is required on an RIRV no auth note

clm #, cpt, denial reason, $ amount, etc

300

Who is the coordinator for cash posting?

Leonor Afre

400

Patient responsibility

Out-of-pocket cost

cost share

patient balance

copay

coinsurance

deductible

400

How many DX codes are currently in use?

Closest guess

69,832 active ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes

400

True or False

A “clean claim” is one that is submitted without errors and can be processed without additional information.  

 True.

400

What does LMS stand for?

Learning Management Systems

400

Who is the Aetna JOC lead?

Tammi

500

Your awesome supervisor

The GOAT

Rockstar boss

Chief of awesome

Captain of the Cubicle Ship

The Boss father

The Chaos Coordinator

The Sultan of Supervision

Your Manager of Mayhem

Your Supervisor of Sass and Success

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500

What CDM stand for?

Charge Description master

500

True or False

There’s an ICD-10 code for “struck by a turtle”  

TRUE  (W59.22XA)

500

What are the time increments you can use when documenting time off in Kronos based on UUP? 

1.88

3.75

5.62


500

Who is the analyst in charge of the BX JOC ss?

Jorge