Patient Access Week 2025

A deductible is the amount you pay out-of-pocket for covered healthcare services before your insurance coverage starts to kick in and share the costs. 

• Deductible

• Out of Pocket Max

• Coinsurance

• Premium

A federal law that requires hospitals with emergency departments to provide a medical screening examination to anyone who comes to the emergency department and requests it, regardless of their ability to pay. 

• Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

• No Surprise Billing

• Patient Rights and Responsilities

• Affordable Care Act

Ochsner value of striving to approach every interaction with empathy and understanding.

(a)  

What are some reasons a planned downtime may be implemented?

• Software Maintenance

• Power Outage

• Preventative Maintenance

• No Internet Connection

What are the three components of paper downtime registration?

• The BCA Computer, The BCA Printer, The BCA Binder

• BCA Network, BCA Scanner, BCA Software

• EPIC Registration system, The BCA Printer, The BCA Binder

• The BCA Computer, Electronic Patient Registration, The BCA Binder

What compliance documents should registrars keep in the BCA Binder?

• • Contracted Facility Disclosure

• • No Surprise Billing Patient Rights

• Patient ID

• HITECH

A federally mandated series of questions that Medicare patients are asked, to determine if Medicare would be the primary payer, or if the patients have other insurances that would be primary... making Medicare secondary

(a)  

The person or organization that is responsible for any amount remaining once insurance has been processed and paid.

• Guarantor

• Subscriber

• The Patient

• The Hospital

Used when a patient wants services and to pay for them up front in order to not have a claim filed to their insurance.

(a)  

Medicare part that covers impatient services?

• Part A

• Part B

• Part C

• Part D