Chapter 15 - Processing health care claims. This chapter also gives you the information you need about patients'' financial responsibilities for services so that you can figure out how much patients should pay and how much will be billed to their health-care plans.
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benefits programs.
156 Distinguish between HMOs and PPOs.
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Trang 7• In a capitated managed care plan, providers are paid
a fixed amount regardless of the number of times the patient is seen by the physician
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Covers physician services, outpatient services, and many other services.
Available to persons 65 and older that are US citizens
A premium must be paid by all unlike Part A.
Types of Health Plans (cont.)
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• Physicians can bill patients for amount not covered by the plan
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Trang 14• Medicaid cards are issued monthly, so always ask the patient for a current card.
Medicaid
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spouses and dependent children of veterans who died in the line of duty or from serviceconnected disabilities
Trang 17A 72year old disabled patient is being treated at an office that accepts Medicaid. The total office visit is
d This patient may qualify for the Medi/Medi coverage
Answer Answer
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Trang 19• Recording procedures and services performed
• Filing insurance claims and billing patients
• Reviewing and recording payments
Trang 20• Form for assignment of benefits
Trang 21the primary payer.
Trang 25Reviewing the Insurer’s Remittance Advice and Payment
Trang 26occasions within the same week for different ailments. On
Monday, the patient complains of back pain and receives a
prescription for a muscle relaxant. On Wednesday, the patient complains of hair loss.
When the medical assistant files the claims, she accidentally codes the first visit diagnosis (muscle spasm) with the
prescribed treatment for the second visit (hair loss) which was
an antifungal shampoo. The insurance claim is rejected more than likely for which of the following reasons:
Medical necessity Payments
Apply Your Knowledge
Allowable benefits
Answer Answer
Trang 27Medicare Payment System: RBRVS
The payment system used by Medicare is called the resource based relative value scale (RBRVS).
Trang 28Fee Schedules and Charges (cont.)
Payment Methods
Allowed Charges
Contracted Fee Schedule
Capitation
Trang 29Allowed fee Allowable charge
Billing the patient for the difference between the higher usual fee and a
lower allowed charge is called balance billing.
Trang 31Copayments must be paid before patients leave the office
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CAPS in only valid fields
CMS1500 require 33
form indicators
Trang 34Healthcare Claims (cont.)
Service facility name, address information
Medicare or benefitsassignment indicator
Part of the name or identifier ofthe referring provider
Or invalid subscriber’s birth date
Information about secondaryinsurance plans
Payer name and/or identifier
Generating Clean Claims
requires preventing
common errors such as:
Trang 36Tips for the Office/Data Elements
for HIPAA Electronic Claims
Payto provider (the office) Rendering provider (the physician)
Trang 37A medical assistant has two parttime positions. One for a pediatrician and the other position is for a
surgeon. When completing the X12 837, which of the following would be a major difference:
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