Exam 22: Professional Fees, Billing, and Collecting

The __________ fee is a range of the usual fees charged for the same service by physicians with similar training and experience practicing in the same geographic area.

Arnold Matthews had a previous balance of $465.He has paid $45 each week for 5 weeks.What is his current balance?

Physicians usually refuse to allow patients to arrange to make more than four payments on an account.

It is not recommended that physicians charge for the following situations except:

Annie Underwood paid $75 on her balance of $275, the amount left after insurance paid.What is her remaining balance?

What information is gathered to determine an individual physician's fee profile?

Which factor determines whether patients must sign a truth in lending disclosure as required by Regulation Z?

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act requires that debt collectors act fairly in their collection efforts and places restrictions on how and when a patient can be contacted.

In the physician's office, the accounts payable is the amount of money that all patients owe the physician.

Ann Cuzack has a previous balance of $44, and today's office visit is $78.She pays her co-pay of $30.How much does she still owe?

Cassandra Lee has a previous balance of $86.She paid $5, and her insurance paid $71.What is her balance?

Which of the following is not true about the use of independent billing services?

__________ paper does not require added carbon sheets to make a copy.

The medical assistant should __________fees to patients so that they will understand their charges.

The purpose of a charge slip is to:

A compilation of pre-established fee allowances for given services or procedures is called a fee __________.

When preparing the first statements sent to patients to bill for medical services, the charges should be itemized:

An organization under contract to the government as well as some private plans to act as financial representatives is a:

Marcia Arden paid $50 on her previous balance of $294.What is his current balance?

Which of the following examples would you enter in the credit column?