Posting Insurance Payments Flashcards
What does the Enterprise Payment Posting allow you to do?
Lets you post hospital and professional payments in the same workspace, and in the same batch.
From where does the system pull in the allowed amount during Insurance Payment Posting?
Reimbursement Contract
If the allowed amount in the EOB differs from what shows up on the Insurance Payment posting form, should you change it?
yes
Which button allows you to tell the system which responses should remain in fields when you move to another check?
set defaults button
What action do you take if you forget to post an entire check?
click new check
What action do you take if you forget to post to one invoice
click>check>level>pencil and select add pb detail
What action do you take if you posted to an invoice incorrectly?
click detail>level pencil>and select edit detail
What action do you take if you posted to an invoice more than once?
Contact supervisor who then clicks detail level>Pencil>and selects delete detail
What is the purpose of creating a payment posting batch?
It is used as a holding tank for the payment information you enter in the system.
To track the amount a bank deposit posted in the system, payment posting batches can be linked to what?
cash control groups
How do you look up an invoice number when you cant read it or it doesn’t appear on the EOB?
Use .p to look up by patient or .a to look up by account
If a payor sends payment for an invoice or patient that does not exist in the system, what should you do?
If you can’t find the invoice or the patient, post the payment undistributed to a clearing account. (If you can’t find the invoice, but can find the patient in the system, consider posting by Patient and service date or account and service date
T/F? An allowed amount always automatically appears on the Insurance payment posting form?
False
What should you do when the system allowed amount is different from the allowed amount on the EOB?
Override the system amount by entering the amount from the EOB in the allowed field
What should you enter in the POST field when posting a pb denial?
claim denied
