MAA NHA Study Guide Flashcards
Who completes the encounter form?
Provider
What form includes financial info?
Registration form.
Employer insurance is what kind of insurance?
Group Insurance
What would you use in coding if procedures are bilateral?
Modifier
If a patient wants to review their chart, what must happen?
A staff member must be present.
What would show what what all patients are being seen for today?
Daily Schedule
Who reimburses the provider in full?
Worker’s Comp
A MA would be able to provide a copy of records without a release of information and a subpoena because of what?
Misfeasance
If you are using paper records for the next day, what would you need to print?
Progress notes.
Where is the salutation on a block-style letter?
Flush left
What is required to add paper records to a specific patient chart?
Their DOB
What is appropriate for an MA to perform during informed consent?
Witness it
What agreement in indicated when a provider selects “yes” in the “accepting block” of a CMS 1500?
The provider agrees to terms set by insurance.
What requires a provider to disclose finance charges on credit applicants?
Truth in Lending Act.
What types of schedule requires like patients to be scheduled?
Grouping
What should you add to paper charts to ensure enough writing space for the provider?
Progress Notes
What is the first thing you should do when a patient turns in registration forms?
Check for completeness.
What should you do every time a patient is checked in?
Verify insurance.
An encounter form includes what?
Most current ICD codes and charges.
What are you creating to dhow a physician’s monthly availability?
Matrix
What is anemia?
Decreased red blood cells.
A patient is diagnosed with an increased heart rate. What is this called?
Tachycardia
The MAA must ensure these forms are included in all patient charts.
NPP (Notice of Privacy Practice)
When is a returning patient considered a new patient?
3 years
You are responsible for scheduling a staff meeting What do you need to organize it?
Agenda
What does “dilate” mean?
Expansion of a structure.
Why would you schedule a patient as the last appointment of the day?
When they are always showing up late or cancel last minute.
What was created so patients can actively participate in treatment decisions?
Patient’s Bill of Rights.
Scheduling method that provides flexibility within each hour?
Wave Scheduling.
The MAA performs this at the close of every day.
Prepare cash and check payments.
What should you do when scheduling for a physician that routinely takes extra time with patients?
Increase intervals based on habits.
What is Res Ipsa Loquitar?
The thing that speaks for itself. Provider has to prove his own innocence.