Health Insurance
The amount of money that must be paid before insurance will begin paying for medical treatment.
What is the deductible?
Type of scheduling in which the MA schedules all patients at the beginning of the hour and patients are seen who arrive first or who are most ill.
What is wave scheduling?
The number of digits for CPT codes
5
dys-
What is difficult or abnormal?
This letter style is the most efficient for the clinic because all lines begin flush with the left margin
What is a full block letter?
Insurance set primarily for people 65 yrs or older or someone who has severe disabilities
What is Medicare?
This is a variation of wave scheduling that allows for more flexibility. The first 2 or 3 patients are scheduled at the beginning of the hour and short visits are scheduled every 10 to 20 minutes the rest of the hour.
What is modified wave scheduling?
This form is used most often in clinics and must be completed so that insurance will pay the provider for services.
What is the CMS-1500 form?
anti-
What is against
This letter style has no salutation and complimentary closure.
What is a simplified letter?
Insurance for low income families
What is Medicaid
This scheduling is the most widely used. The patient is scheduled at a specific time and will last for a specific time.
Stream Scheduling
This system classifies all known diseases and disorders and was updated in 2015.
What is ICD-10-CM?
What is ICD?
a/an
What is without, lacking
This style of letter begins at the left margin except the date line, complimentary closure and keyed signature.
What is a standard modified block letter?
or What is a modified block letter?
The DAILY Double
You get to wager an amount. If it's wrong, you subtract that wagered amount. If it's right you get that amount not to exceed your total that you have.
How is it determined of which insurance is used for kids when both parents have insurance?
Scheduling that can be done by self through the interwebs... :)
This system converts medical procedures into a five digit numerical code. It is utilized in medical billing.
What is CPT (Current Procedure Terminology)
my/o
What is muscle?
This letter style is similar to the modified block letter except paragraphs are indented.
What is the indented modified block letter?
Insurance used for military
What is Tricare
Scheduling in which patients are seen at the same time with similar types of procedures performed
What is cluster scheduling?
This system was developed by Medicare to supplement the CPT system for procedures not defined sufficiently.
What is HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System)?
This form needs to be included with any papers that you need to fax so that the receiver knows who the fax is form and how many pages to expect to receive.
What is a fax cover sheet?
or fax cover letter
fax letter