Radiology Basics
What is a Premium?
What is the amount you agree to pay for coverage?
What is a Fluoroscopy?
A continuous X-ray beam that shows moving live.
Name the healthcare program for military personnel.
What is Tricare?
How many payment models are there?
3
What does ACA stand for?
Affordable Care Act
What are the two main types of Radiology?
What is diagnostic and interventional?
What does the abbreviation MRI stand for?
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
What is the benefit program for veterans?
What is CHAMPVA?
What are the two common provider types?
What is Individual Providers & Organizational Providers.
What is HDHP?
How many modalities does RadNet operate?
9
What modalities commonly use contrast?
What is fluoroscopy, MRI, PET Scan?
How many payer types are there?
What is 3?
What are the payment models?
What is Fee-for-Service, Capitation, Value Based Payment.
What are the 4 common types of policyholder plans?
PPO, Indemnity, Liability, Goverment
Who typically performs the imaging procedure?
Who is a Radiologic Technologist?
Give another name for Ultrasound.
What is Sonography?
Name the two main types of government administered insurance.
What is Medicare & Medicaid?
Name two Individual Providers
What is Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Therapists, Allied Health Practitioners.
What is HMO stand for?
Health Maintenance Organization
What is Radiology?
What is a medical specialty that uses imaging to diagnose and assist in treating diseases inside the body without surgery?
What does the abbreviation DEXA stand for?
What is Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry?
Name the 3 types of Payers in U.S Healthcare.
What is Private Sector (Commercial Insurance), Public Sector (Government) & Self Pay
What is a provider network?
What is the group of companies/facilities that have a contract with the insurance provider
What does EPO stand for?
Exclusive Provider Organization