General Business Office
Funding Verifications
General Knowledge
BOM AR Calendar
100

How often should Medicaid Pending cases have billing notes added in Visual with active follow-up?

What is weekly. 

Preferably any additional conversations or updates, need to be added to billing notes at the time of conversation. 

100

Who is responsible for completing the Therapy Funding Verification forms? 

What is the BOM

100

What is the difference between a Copay and Coinsurance? 

What is a copayment is a fixed dollar amount you pay for a covered healthcare service, while coinsurance is a percentage of the cost for a covered healthcare service. 

100

What day are cash projections, and MCD Billing completed each week? 

What is Thursday

200

What documents are required to be sent on the 10th and 25th of each month?

What are Collection Letters on the 10th and 25th as well as Resident Statements on the 25th. 

200

How long do you have to complete a Therapy Funding Verification form? 

What is 24 Hours. Preferably the same day or less than 24 hours.  

200

What does COB stand for in regard to Health Insurance? 

What is Coordination of Benefits
200

Per the AR Calendar, when do you need to begin reviewing/uploading the current week's MCD RA to Visual to post? And what Date do we post the MCD RAs each week? 

What is Monday to have them entered into Visual and they must be posted the date the MCD RA is deposited into the bank. 

300

What is the last business day Insurance/Managed claims must be released?

What is the 6th Business Day

300

What documents need to be attached to the Therapy Funding Verification Form before returning to the DOR? 

What is the CWF. Preferably the CWF from NGS. 

300
When a resident is admitted with an insurance as primary or secondary, what should the BOM/ABOM due in order to complete the Benefit Verification Form? 

What is call the insurance company and check benefits for part A, B and any coinsurance benefits. 

300

What items are due on/around the 15th of each month? 

What is the RFMS Reconciliation and Mid-Month Cash Review. 

400

When a resident D/C from the facility, no return anticipated, how long do we have to issue a refund check from their RFMS account?

What is 5 days. We have 30 days to issue a refund if the resident expires

400

True or False: Only the current payer needs to be circled on the Therapy Funding Verification form and nothing else. 

What is False

400

What does the Part's of Medicare Stand for and cover? 

What is: 

A- Hospital Insurance / SNF Insurance

B- Physician / Outpatient/Anc Insurance

C- Managed Care

D- Prescription Drug Coverage


400

What are 2 tasks need to be completed daily per the AR Calendar? 

What is Deposit and Post Cash, as well as KLOCS/LOC and LOI Review daily. 

500

Regarding RFMS, what is the guarantee called that has to be kept on file and up to date each year? 

What is the Surety Bond. 

500

True or False: The BOM must read, understand and circle the correct payer on the Therapy Funding Verification form as well as provide the Member ID, DOB and insurance phone number or fax to request any Prior Auth's as needed. 

What is True

500

Many Health Insurance policies require the patient to pay an initial amount of their own bill before the insurance plan will reimburse anything. What is this amount called? 

What is Deductible. 

500

Per the AR Calendar, when are you required to send your Facility PMA report to your RFA? 

What is MEC day 2.