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WorksheetsHCMA 115 Week 2 Terminology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Assignment of Benefits
The most amount of money allowed for a procedure or service
Number used by the IRS to identify a business for income tax reporting
Promise to take Insurance payment as payment in full
Beneficiary
Person entitled to receive benefits
An approval for a procedure or a referral
The monthly, quarterly or annual payment of money to an insurance company for providing certain benefits
Employer Identification Number EIN
Amount that must be paid out of pocket before the insurance company begins to pay
Number used by the IRS to identify a business for income tax reporting
Insurance that covers a group of people with a single contract through employer
Medigap
A term sometimes applied to private insurance products that supplements Medicare insurance benefits
An approval for a procedure or a referral
An insurance claim form without errors or omissions
Universal Claim Form
A form made by the Health Care Financing Admin.(now CMSI center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to submit all Gov't sponsored claims
An insurance claim form without errors or omissions.
A term used for all healthcare plans that provide healthcare in return for a monthly fee using a set group of primary care doctors and hospitals.
Allowed Charge
A term used for all healthcare plans that provide healthcare in return for a monthly fee using a set group of primary care doctors and hospitals
The most amount of money allowed for a procedure or service.
Amount that must be paid out of pocket before the insurance company begins to pay.
Authorization
Insurance against liability employers pay to give benefits to workers who injured or killed on the job.
The monthly, quarterly or annual payment of money to an insurance company for providing certain benefits
An approval for a procedure or a referral
Utilization review
When a case is reviewed to see if services are needed and if medical resources are used.
A form made by the Health Care Financing Admin.(now CMSI center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to submit all Gov't sponsored claims.
Things, diseases, conditions on an insurance contract for which benefits are not paid.
Managed Care Plans
Amount that must be paid out of pocket before the insurance company begins to pay
A term sometimes applied to private insurance products that supplements Medicare insurance benefits
A term used for all healthcare plans that provide healthcare in return for a monthly fee using a set group of primary care doctors and hospitals.
Premium
The monthly, quarterly or annual payment of money to an insurance company for providing certain benefits.
Health Maintenance Organization
Claims are returned unpaid to the provider for clarification of any questions and must be corrected before resubmission.
Co-payment
The most amount of money allowed for a procedure or service
A percentage paid upfront for medical services, similar to co-pay
The amount paid at the time of a medical service
Deductible
The most amount of money allowed for a procedure or service.
The amount paid at the time of a medical service.
Amount that must be paid out of pocket before the insurance company begins to pay
Disability Income Insurance
Insurance that provides money to replace income when someone is unable to work because of illness, injury, disease
When a case is reviewed to see if services are needed and if medical resources are used.
Insurance against liability employers pay to give benefits to workers who injured or killed on the job.
Exclusions
An approval for a procedure or a referral.
Things, diseases, conditions on an insurance contract for which benefits are not paid.
Claims that contain errors or omissions that cannot be processed or must be processed by hand.
Group Policy
Insurance that covers a group of people with a single contract through employer.
A claim that is delayed because it cannot be processed (usually incompatible with the receiving system).
Explanation of Benefits
Workers' Compensation
Insurance that provides money to replace income when someone is unable to work because of illness, injury, disease
A percentage paid upfront for medical services, similar to co-pay
Insurance against liability employers pay to give benefits to workers who injured or killed on the job
Clean Claim
Claims are returned unpaid to the provider for clarification of any questions and must be corrected before resubmission.
A claim that is delayed because it cannot be processed (usually incompatible with the receiving system)
An insurance claim form without errors or omissions
Dingy Claim
A claim that is delayed because it cannot be processed (usually incompatible with the receiving system).
Claims that contain errors or omissions that cannot be processed or must be processed by hand.
An insurance claim form without errors or omissions
Rejected Claim
A claim that is delayed because it cannot be processed (usually incompatible with the receiving system).
Claims that contain errors or omissions that cannot be processed or must be processed by hand.
Claims are returned unpaid to the provider for clarification of any questions and must be corrected before resubmission.
Dirty Claim
Claims that contain errors or omissions that cannot be processed or must be processed by hand.
An insurance claim form without errors or omissions
Claims are returned unpaid to the provider for clarification of any questions and must be corrected before resubmission.
EOB
Independent Practice Association
Explanation of Benefits
The most amount of money allowed for a procedure or service
HMO
Preferred Provider Organization
Insurance that covers a group of people with a single contract through employer
Health Maintenance Organization
PPO
Preferred Provider Organization
Insurance that provides money to replace income when someone is unable to work because of illness, injury, disease.
Insurance against liability employers pay to give benefits to workers who injured or killed on the job
IPA
Claims that contain errors or omissions that cannot be processed or must be processed by hand
Independent Practice Association
An insurance claim form without errors or omissions
Co-Insurance
Number used by the IRS to identify a business for income tax reporting.
A percentage paid upfront for medical services, similar to co-pay
The most amount of money allowed for a procedure or service
