CPC Complaince And Regulatory Flashcards
Participating provider/in network provider (INN)
Is one contracted with the health insurance company to provide service to plan members for specific pre- negotiated rates
Non participating providers/Non-par/Out of network(oon)
Is one not contracted with the health insurance plan
2 primary types of insurers
Private insurance plans and government insurance plans
Commerical insurance/ non federal insurance
Are private payers that may offer both group and individual plans. Contracts they provide may include hospitalization, basic and major medical coverage.
Government insurance/federal insurance
The most significant insurance is medicare
Physician edits
These code pairs apply to physicians, non-physician practitioners, and ambulatory surgery centers
Hospital outpatient prospective payment system edits (outpatient edits)
These edits apply to the following types of bills: hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, outpatient physical therapy and speech language pathology providers and comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities.
National coverage determination (ncd)
Is a US nationwide determination of whether Medicare will pay for an item or service
UCR
Amounts commonly charged for a service within a particular geographic region
Capitation
Pre-established payments to providers for enrollees over a period of time, whether the patient is seen or not by the provider
CMS 1500
Standard claim form used to submit physician office services to Medicare and other insurance payors
TPA
A company that provides health benefits claims administration, processes claims and other outsourcing services for self insured companies
Outpatient coding
Focuses on physician professional services and outpatient facility coding. Coders should learn icd-10-cm, cpt, and hcpcs level 2.
Hospital inpatient coding
focuses on a different subset of skills, where coders will work with ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Coders assign medical severity diagnosis related groups(MS-DRGS).
Type of providers
primary care provider (pcp), physician extenders, participating providers, non participating providers
physician extenders
mid level provider, advance practice registered nurse (APRN), nurse practitioner(NP), physician assistant(PA), clinical nurse specialist(CNS)
practice expense
accounts for 44% of the total relative value for each service. is relative values are a source based and differ by site of service
Professional liability insurance(PLI)
accounts for 4% of the total relatie value for each service.
physician fee schedule(PFS)
cms annually published physician fee schedule information on its website
PE
physician expense
MP
malpractice
GPCI(geographic cost index)
used to realize the varying cost based on geographic location
Conversion factor(CF)
this is a fixed dollar amount used to translate the RVUs into fees
Medical Physician Fee Schedule(MPFS)
look up tool, provides information on each procedure code including the global surgery indicator
resource based relative value scale(rbrvs)
to determine how much money medical provider should be paid, assigns procedures performed by a physician and other medical provider a relative value which is adjusted by geographic region
resource costs are divided into 3 components
physician work, practice expense, professional liability insurance(PLI)
physician work
accounts for just over half(52%) of a procedure/service total relative value. is measured by the time it takes to perform the service
DRG
diagnosis related group