Abbreviations
Athena
NC Medicaid
Credits
Hold Categories
100

EOB

What is the abbreviation for Explanation of Benefits?

100

The screen in which the patient's registration and demographics are contained

What is the Quickview?

100
This program type is often indicated on a claim with modifier VFC

What is Vaccines for Children? 

100
When a payer takes money back from a future payment rather than being refunded

What is a Recoupment? 

100

The name of the hold that is put on a claim when it has denied for no Authorization

What is AUTH? 

200

POS

What is the Abbreviation for Place of Service? 

200

This worklist is the main worklist that PMDS Medical Billing Associates are assigned claims from. 

What is the Default Worklist?

200

a type of fee that providers may not bill Qualified Medicaid Beneficiaries for

What is a No Show Fee/Missed Appointment Fee?

200

the name of the form that must be filled out when we are issuing a manual refund

What is a Parallon Form? 

200

This hold requires you to Attach Medical Records to a Claim

What is Hold #2804? 

300

PBB

What is the Abbreviation for Provider Based Billing?

300

the location of batches and records that have dollar amounts that cannot be posted to athena claims

What is the Unpostables Dashboard? 

300

This type of claim is not accepted by NC Medicaid if the claim has not been paid on before

What is a corrected claim? 

300

The name of the form Medicare requires to be filled out when an overpayment is self-identified

What is a Voluntary Overpayment Form? 

300

This hold is when a possible Medicaid Billing violation has occurred

What is MCAIDBAL? 

400

CPT

What is the abbreviation for Current Procedural Terminology?
400

This interface contains a green Action Button where you can add kick codes, Transfer a Balance, resubmit to payer/Appeal, and Adjust a Balance

What is the Claim Action Page? 

400

This type of form is required if a sterilization is performed

What is a Consent Form? 

400

the payer that requires a voluntary refund if the refund amount is lower than $110.00

What is Tricare 4 Life? 

400

this Hold is placed on a claim when the document or EOB uploaded is illegible or hard to read

What is FIXATTACHMENT? 

500

ABN

What is the abbreviation for Advance Beneficiary Notice? 

500

The database of information that contains articles and guides related to Athena questions

What is O-Help? 

500

the Legislative Visit Limit for Medicaid patients in North Carolina is Limited to this many visits per Calendar year

What is 22 visits? 

500

The number of days that a patient cannot have an appointment scheduled in order to be eligible for a refund

What are 90 days? 

500

this hold is placed on the claim when additional medical records are being requested

What is ADNMEDREC?