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The Health Information for Economic and Clinical Health HITECH Act is

Intended to promote the use of EHR's in physician's practices and hospitals through the use of financial incentives

To be eligible for financial incentives

Providers must do more than simply purchase EHRs they must demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records

An accountable care organization is

A network of doctors and hospitals that share responsibility for managing the quality and cost of care provided to a group of patients

A PMP is
practice management programs

A software program that automates the administrative and financial tasks require to run a medical practice

A major component of order management is

electronic prescribing the use of computers and handheld devices to transmit prescriptions to pharmacies in digital format

Coding is

the process of translating a description of diagnosis or procedure into a standardized code

In oder for the physician to receive payment each patient visit must be carefully documented and must contain two very important pieces of information

the diagnosis and the procedure

The ICD-9-CM was used for
International classification of disease

diagnostic codes in the medical office until october 2015 when ICD-10-CM codes went into effect

The current procedural terminology CPT is

used for procedure codes in the medical office

The patient's primary complaint
(the illness or condition that is the reason for the visit)

Is assigned a diagnosis code from the international classification of diseases ICD

Each procedure the physician performs is

assigned a procedure code that stands for the particular service, treatment, or test. This code is selected from the Current Procedural Terminology CPT

A clearinghouse is

A company that receives electronic claims from medical practices and forwards the claim to the appropriate health plan

Adjudication is

A series of steps designed to determine whether a claim should be paid

The remittance advice lists the transactions included

On the claims and the amount paid and if appropriate, providers an explanation of why certain charges were not paid in full or were denied entirely

Revenue cycle management refers to

the activities associated with a patient encounter to ensure that the provider receives full payment for services

HIPAA was

legislation designed to ensure the security and privacy of health information among other things

Most physician practices are require to use the HIPAA-standard electronic claim format called X12-837 Health Care Claim or 837P for short. this claim is called

The Professional claim because it is used to bill for a physician's services

As part of the Administrative Simplification efforts, unique identifiers were proposed for the purpose of standardizing the identification numbers for providers employees health plans and individuals to ensure future consistency and was of use

Under the law each healthcare provider was assigned a unique National Provider Identifier NPI which is a ten-position identifier consisting of all numbers

Health information is information about a patient's past, present, or future physical to mental health; or payment for healthcare.

If health information can be used to find out s person's identification, it is referred to as protected health information PHI

An audit is

A formal examination or review undertaken to determine whether a healthcare organization's staff members comply with regulations

Many providers now offer patients access to a patient portal

Secure online website that providers patients with the ability to communicate with their provider and access their information at any time. Providers also use secure electronic messaging to send patients reminders for preventive and follow-up care

Fifteen minutes is the default length of time for

An appointment in office hours

The repeat box is used to

Enter appointments that recur on a regular basis

Office Hours makes it easy to locate an appointments slot that meets specified requirements with the

Search for Open Time Slot shortcut button

It is useful have account balance information

Available at the front desk when check in.

The quickest way to open a patient case is

To double-click on the line associated with a patient case

Charges are

the amounts a provider bills for the services performed

Examples of adjustments include

returned checks, discount for cash patients, and refunding of overpayments

I Medisoft, transactions are entered in

The Transaction Entry dialog box

One way to locate a chart number is

To key the first several letters of a patients last name

The Deposit List feature is

Very efficient for entering large insurance payments that must be split up and applied to a number of different patients

The color red is applied to

Payments, Adjustments, and comments section to indicate an unapplied payments

A deductible is

An amount that is due before benefits begin and must be paid

Clean claims communicate

The correct information about a patients diagnosis and procedures and the charges to payer`

Once the services a patient has received from a provider have been entered into the PMP, the next step is to

Create insurance claims

A fee schedule is

A Document that specifies the amount a provider bills for provided services

A payment schedule is

A Document that specifies the amount the peter agrees to pay the provider for a service, based on a contracted rate of reimbursement

In order to adjust the patient accounts of those covered by

The capitated plan a second deposit is entered with a zero amount

Locating patients who have claims during a month covered by a capitation payment is

Accomplished using the List Only ... button in the Claim Management dialog box

The procedure for adjusting patient accounts must be followed for

Each patient who has transactions during the time period covered by the capitation payment

Reminder statements list only

Those charges that are not paid in full after all insurance carrier payments have been received

An aging report lists the amount of money owed to

the practice organized by the amount of time the money has been owed

An insurance aging report shows

How long a payer has taken to respond to each claim

In most aging reports a patients account is considered

Current up to 30 days

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  • In oder for the physician to receive payment each patient visit must be carefully documented and must contain two very important pieces of information
  • The patient's primary complaint (the illness or condition that is the reason for the visit)
  • Each procedure the physician performs is
  • A clearinghouse is
  • The remittance advice lists the transactions included
  • Revenue cycle management refers to
  • As part of the Administrative Simplification efforts, unique identifiers were proposed for the purpose of standardizing the identification numbers for providers employees health plans and individuals to ensure future consistency and was of use
  • Health information is information about a patient's past, present, or future physical to mental health; or payment for healthcare.
  • Charges are
  • I Medisoft, transactions are entered in
  • A deductible is
  • The procedure for adjusting patient accounts must be followed for
  • In most aging reports a patients account is considered

Which of the following is the process of sorting or grouping patients according to the seriousness of their condition?

Triage involves sorting large numbers of patients into categories according to the urgency of their needs [4].

Which specialized type of progress note provides healthcare professionals?

WGU BDV1 Mod 4 Health Data Management across the continuum (AHIMA C2V3).

What information should you see on all forms in a patient chart?

Medical charts contain documentation regarding a patient's active and past medical history, including immunizations, medical conditions, acute and chronic diseases, testing results, treatments, and more.

Who enters the data into a personal health record?

Information in an electronic health record or “EHR” is typically entered by and accessed by health care providers. It may only have information from one health care provider or a group practice.