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Truth in Lending Act

Requires written bilateral agreement if a patient agrees to a plan w/ 4+ installments

HIPAA

Concerned with the confidentiality of patient records and personal health information

Covered entities are those that have to follow HIPAA'S rules

Healthcare providers


Insurance companies


Clearinghouses

(3 answers) Personal health information can be disclosed w/o consent:

To obtain payment


Treatment purposes


For concerns about public health when required by law

OSHA stands for

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA recommends

Exposure control plan guidelines - ALL safety in workplace

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is concerned with

Discrimination against those individuals with disabilities

Telephone etiquette if a call comes while you are taking a call

1. Ask 1st caller to hold


2. Allow them to answer


3. Answer the second call


4. Ask 2nd caller to hold


5. Wait for response


6. Return to 1st call and complete it


7. Take the 2nd call

Triage/screening

Evaluating & prioritizing

List the scheduling options (6)

1. Matrix


2. Wave


3. Open hours


4. Stream


5. Cluster method


6. Scheduling

MATRIX

Grid on which times are marked unavailable for scheduling appts

WAVE

Schedule patients at the beginning of the hour, see them in the order in which they arrive

OPEN HOURS

No appointments are made. Patients seen on first come first serve

STREAM

Scheduling patients one at a time and at regular intervals throughout the day

Cluster method

Schedules patients one at a time and at regular intervals throughout the day

Scheduling several return appts

Same day of the week, same time

Explain payment policy when scheduling new patients

Just so they know.

The appointment book is a legal document

Yup true

Medical Record: The INFORMATION in the chart belongs to?

The patient

Medical Record: The PHYSICAL record (paper/doc) belongs to?

The doctor

Correction of an error?

1. Draw a single line through it


2. Correct it


3. Sign and date

POMR?

PROBLEM ORIENTED MEDICALLLLLLLL record

Indexing names (4 units):

Unit 1: last name


2: first name


3: middle name


4: titles

Out guide

Replaces a patients chart when it is removed from a lateral file

Nonconsecutive filing systems use groups of

Numbers

BANKING

Money market savings usually get the highest interest rate

BANKING

Deposits should be daily

Non sufficient funds (NSF)

Not enough money in the account to cover the check

Restrictive endorsement

"For deposit only"

Bank statements

Includes all transactions since the last closing date

NAME THE (5) CHECK TYPES

1. Cashiers

2. Certified


3. Electronic


4. Voucher


5. Money order


Memo line

For reference later if question arise concerning payment

Petty cash

Used for coincidental expenditures, usually $100

SKIP

A person who has moved without leaving a forwarding address and has an unpaid bill

Bankruptcy

Chapter 7: clears all debts so that the person has a clean slate

Check type: Cashiers

banks own check, amt guaranteed



Check type: certified

payers check, bank confirms the check is good

Check type: electronic

faster processing, convenient

Check type: voucher

has attached stud, indicates payment info

Check type: money order

purchased with cash, available at several places

BOOKKEEPING


properties owned by a business

ASSETS (double entry bookkeeping)

Day end summary

analyze and balance financial data

money a business owes

accounts payable

money owed to a business

accounts receivable

receipts

money paid to a business for service/goods

disbursements

money a business pays for services/good

incomes statement

reports profit and expense for a specific period

adjustment

change in a posted account

pegboard system

"write it once" system

BUDGETS


Operating budget

Includes cost associated with payroll, medical supplies, electricity, telephone (day to day expenses)

Capitol budget

higher expense items (medical equipment)

Tax forms:


W-4

New employees must complete to show the number of withholding allowances (completed by newly hired)

W-2

employers required to furnish 2 copies to each employee from whom income and SS tax has been withheld

BONDS:


Personal

covers person by name

Position

Covers whomever is doing the job

Blanket

covers all employees - used the most in med. offices

Encounter form:

preprinted statement that lists the basic diagnostic and procedure codes and charges (also demographics)

encounter form

following appointment the PHYSICIAN assigns the codes

reports: satisfactory

handled by MA (such as patient doing well after surgery)

unsatisfactory:

physician must handle (unsatisfactory labor xray)

tickler file

chronological reminders

bi-weekly paychecks

26 paychecks per year

The salutation of a business letter should be a colon

i.e. "Dear Ms. Jones"

UCR

Guidelines for establishing fees

Customary

Physicians fees fall within competitive rates