Admitting & Registration
Insurance
Compliance
Medical Terminology
Acronyms
Potpourri
100

Guarantor

Who is the person that is ultimately responsible for paying the patient’s bill?

100

What does Medicare Part A cover?

Inpatient Hospital Stays, nursing facility, and hospice
100

All Medicare beneficiaries admitted as in patients.

Who receives the
Important Message from Medicare?

100

An x-ray of the breast in a device that compresses and flattens it.

What is a mammogram?

100

What is the Advance Beneficiary Notice?

ABN

100

A type of Medicare health plan offered by contracting private companies, give all Part A and Part B benefits.

What is a Medicare Advantage plan?

200

The physician who supervises a patient’s care during an inpatient stay.

Who is the Attending Physician?

200

What is the Medicare B Part cover?

Outpatient Care and doctors' services 

200

What is the meaning of acronym OCCM?

Office of Contact Center Management

200

A non-invasive test that is used to reflect underlying heart conditions by measuring the electrical activity of the heart.

Electrocardiogram

200

What is the meaning of acronym AIDET? 

Acknowledge, introduce, duration, explanation, and thank you.

200

A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Who is an Oncologist?

300

Full name and date of birth.

What are Mayo Clinic primary search identifiers?

300

A fixed sum that a beneficiary must contribute towards the cost of their health care before insurance benefits begin.

What is a Deductible?

300

What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?

HIPAA

300

A blood draw.

What is venipuncture?

300

What are Mayo Clinic Values?

RICH TIES

300

What 3 services does Ancillary care cover?

Diagnostic, therapeutic, and custodial. 
400

What is infusion Therapy?

When you receive medication through a needle or catheter 

400

The individual who carries the insurance coverage.

Who is the subscriber?

400

What is the
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?

EMTALA

400

What is the meaning of ICN?

Individual Case Negotiation

400

GHP

What is Group Health Plan?

400

Treatment received by a patient in a hospital or clinic. The patient does not require hospitalization.

What is Outpatient Care?

500

What does NOA stand for?

Notice of Admission

500

A fixed amount the beneficiary pays for health care services, regardless of the actual charge; the amount is designated as the patient’s responsibility.  

What is a co-pay?

500

Where do you document surgical authorizations  in EPIC?

Auth/Cert

500

What the difference between POS 11 and POS 22?

POS 11- Bills for doctor services only

POS 22- Bills for doctor and Hospital


500

What is an LOA?

Letter of Agreement

500

Validating with third party payors that a given plan is active and ascertaining the patient’s deductible, co-pay, limitations and estimated cost.

What is Benefit Verification?