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| changes in a post account |
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| the adjustment section is to indicate nonstandard office fee and to credit an account for uncollected monies |
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EMR
Electronic Medical Record |
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Electronic collection and managment of health data
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a medical setting in which patients are admitted for diagnostic, radiographoc, or treatment purposes
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DRG
Diagnostic Related Group |
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| categories used to determine hospital and physician reimbursement for Medicare patients inpatient services |
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HMO
Home Maintence Organzation |
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| an organziation that provides a wide range of services through a contract with a specified group at a predetermined payment |
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PPO
Preferred Provider Organization |
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an organization whose pupose is to contact with providers, then lease this network of contraxted providers to health care plans
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EOB
Explanation of Benefits
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a statement that accompanies a payment from an insurance carrier and outlines which dates and services are being paid
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a daily business record of charges and payments
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| organized and accurate record keeping for financial tranasations |
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| a process of acquiring funds that are due |
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a record of all monies owed
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also known as a returned check fee; is a fee charged for any check that is deposited into the checking account but then later returned beacuse there is not enough money in the account at that time
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ICD-9
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision |
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| a classification system used to assign a numerical code to a disease; a system for tansforming verbal descriptions of disease, injuries, conditions, and procedures to numeric codes |
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a list of preestablished set of fees charged for specific services and paid by the patient or insurance carrier
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| Amounts a provider bills for the sercices performed |
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A report that list the amount of money owed to the practice, organizaed by the amount of time the money has been owed
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A record of the paitent's financial activities
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a preprinted statement that list codes for basic office charges and has sections to record charges incurred in an office visit, the patient's current balance and next appointment
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