Exam 21: The Health Insurance Claim Form

Insurance information should be collected on the first visit.

__________ identification numbers are issued by individual carriers for use in claims submissions.

Electronic or digital signatures are scanned and accepted as proof of approval for the content of an electronic document.

The billing provider's NPI number is placed in block:

A(n) __________ trail helps identify action taken on insurance claims.

To examine claims for accuracy and completeness before they are submitted is to _________ the claims.

The information in which block influences which insurance carrier should be billed for the procedures?

The physician's signature is located in block:

The federal tax identification number is found in block __________.

Claims submitted to a(n) __________ are forwarded to individual insurance carriers.

The medical assistant should do everything possible to prevent claim __________.

Secondary insurance policy information is contained in block __________.

The current Health Care Claim Form has also been called:

The abbreviation often used in blocks 12, 13, and 31 is __________.

Procedures performed on the patient are found in what block?

Block 1 of the CMS-1500 contains what information?

A claim that is missing information and is returned to the provider for correction and resubmission is called a(n) __________ claim.