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WorksheetsPhase one Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is an ORA?
Office Requesting Appointment
Office Requiring Approval
Order Requiring Approval
Order Requiring Appointment
A patient calls to schedule an MRI of her foot. What should the scheduler first confirm before continuing the scheduling process? Select all that apply.
Valid Order
Patient's first and last name
Physician's name
Diagnosis
Patient's DOB
An MRI cost the facility a total of $1,000. We have a contract with the patient's insurance to only allow $800 for the services. The patient has a coinsurance of 20% and a $1,500 deductible that has been met in full. What is the patient's responsibility?
$1,000
$800
$200
$160
What is some of the information that can be viewed in a physician's office notes? Select all that apply.
Chief complaint
Medical History (personal and family)
Insurance information
Patient's preferred pharmacy
Final impression of the visit
True or False? If a physician's office is responsible for obtaining an auth but there isn't one on file, the Authorization Specialist will notate the account as "No Auth on File".
True
False
Which team in the Middle Cycle ensures the information within a patient's medical record is safe, secure, up to standards, coded properly and only shared within HIPAA guidelines?
Patient Access
Case Management
Charge Capture
HIM
Which of the following does the discharge disposition ensure is accurate? Select all that apply.
Patient Status
Coding
Claims
Location after discharge
Jane arrives at the facility 30 minutes early. She is called to the registration desk to get checked in for her appointment. She is asked to provide her driver's license and insurance cards before she is seen. Which department is Jane in at the moment?
Pre-Registration
Patient Access
HIM
Case Management
Now that Jane has been discharged and is comfortably at home, the nurses and clinical staff are making sure her account accurately reflects the services provided to her. This function is completed by which department?
Patient Access
Case Management
Charge Capture
HIM
Jane received a letter in the mail stating her claim was denied by her insurance company because the claim did not contain the appropriate coding. Which department is responsible for correcting this error and ensuring Jane's claim is accurate?
Patient Access
Case Management
Charge Capture
HIM
Which of the following is the HIM team responsible for? Select all that apply.
Coding
Appropriate charges are entered onto the patient's account
Ensuring the patient is placed in the correct patient status
Medical record management
Which of these are categories within a Uniform Bill? Select all that apply.
Patient's general information
Provider information
Procedure, diagnosis and charges
Insurance information
The DRG code determines the payment rate based on the patient's __________. Select all that apply.
Diagnosis
CPT code
Length of stay
Modifiers
This team manages claims that the payor has paid and then denied.
Post-pay denials
Pre-pay denials
Unbilled alerts
Retractions
Which of the following is the responsibility of the Retractions Team? Select all that apply.
Alerts
Forwarding Balances
Correcting coding errors
Offsets
True or False? The Unbilled Team works with the facilities to make charge and coding edits to a claim after the in-audit phase has been completed.
True
False
True or False? When contacting a payer, the Follow-up Specialist may discover that information pertaining to the patient's insurance is incorrect and will send it back to billing so they can take the appropriate action to correct the information and rebill the claim.
True
False
Which of the following is not a common resolution for the Follow-up Teams?
Applying adjustments
Resubmitting denied claims
Updating insurance information
Correcting financial class
For each insurance we bill, there is an assigned ______ that is responsible for continued follow-up.
Biller
Financial class
Trainer
Follow-up team
If a poster is working with a Legacy facility and the posting is manual, from where will the poster access the batches?
Hyland
Pulse
DAR
HMS
If a poster is working with a CHS-14 facility, from where are the manual postings accessed?
Hyland
Shared Drive
Host System
DAR
True or False? If the commercial credit is under $250, the Credit Specialist will leave the claim in the payers F/C and allow the payer time to issue a recoup or refund request letter.
True
False
Which of the listed areas make up the Customer Service Department? Select all that apply.
Inbound Calls
Points
Call Backs
Bankruptcy
AR Support
Which of the following is included in the paperwork sent to the collection agency when a patient files for bankruptcy? Select all that apply.
Debtors Contact Information
Procedure and Diagnosis Information
File Date and Case number
Attorney Information
Insurance Information
Which of these are the responsibilities of Patient Access for scheduled appointments. Select all that apply.
Gather and verify all information obtained by Pre-Arrival
Schedule the appointment
Have the patient sign consent forms
Work with payers to obtain an authorization and check medical necessity
Get copies of DL and Insurance cards
True or False? The 72-hour In-Audit phase is done during the Middle Cycle but prior to discharge.
True
False
What percent of our SSC's claims are clean claims?
53%
62%
78%
95%
Which of these are teams within the Denials department? Select all that apply.
Linking and Combining
Customer Service
Correspondence (ROI)
Billing
Pre- and Post- pay Denials
This team gathers documentation required by payers for the appeals process.
Billing
HIM (Health Information Management)
Authorizations
Correspondence
True or False? The Pre-pay team also handles retractions and determines if the payment should be refunded or if it can be offset.
True
False
This team is responsible for processing Inpatient and Outpatient claims.
Customer Service
Middle Cylce
Billing
Cash Services
