State the Facts
MSD
Number, Please
Totally EPIC
Payer Talk
100

State of white and lavender columbine flower.

What is Colorado?  Blue sky (lavendar), snow-capped mountains (white)

100

Month and year multistate division started.

What is December 2023?

100

Point value of cash metric on PFS scorecard.

What is 40?

100

EPIC acronym for hospital billed account.

What is a HAR?

100

Payer code why a claim didn't pay the expected amount.

What is CARC?  (CARC - Original claim adj reason code.  RARC remittance advice remark code - addt'l explanation of reason underpaid.

200

Three of five lakes making up the Great Lakes Region.

What are Lake Huron, Erie, Michigan, Superior, Ontario?

200

Division director of multistate division.

Who is Mike Skinner?

200

The number of words in Monday's word search puzzle.

What is 30?

200

To hover in EPIC, helps do this.

What is discover?

200

The portion of charges not expected to be paid by insurance or patient.

What is contractual adjustment?

300

Name the second largest state in SER, based upon total area.

What is NC? (NC is 28th largest overall, KY is 37th)

300

MSD's ranking comparing four CBOs, based upon revenue.

What is second largest central billing office?

300

Based upon Mike's Sunday 10/13 PM email, number day of the week Scavenger Hunt is scheduled, if Sunday is day one?

What is 5?

300

Term identifying a dollar amount remaining.   

What is balance bucket?

300

Cost containment strategy by self-insured employer pays at set price not a price determined by health plan (RBP).

What is referenced based pricing?

400

Texas highest national speed limit.

What is 85 MPH?  (Located between San Antonio and Austin.)

400

Recent group of team members joining MSD PFS.

Who are financial counselors?

400

Number of directors having PFS managers reporting to them.

What is three?

400

The summary section left of screen when viewing a HAR.

What is a storyboard?

400

Amount you pay before insurance pays a percentage of cost.

What is a deductible?

500

Florida residents are Floridians, name residents of Kansas.

What is Kansans?

500

Name four vendors used by MSD PFS.

Who are Firstsource, Revecore, Knowtion Health, AR Solutions, Centauri, HFS, ACI, UHS, MedSrv, NACS, BHR, CedarGate, PWC?

500

The number of the day Thanksgiving 2024 falls.

What is twenty-eight?

500

Term to set aside to review later.

What is defer?

500

Payer document explaining payment for services.

What is EOB/remittance?