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What are the primary job duties of a medical biller? ✔Correct Answer-Review and submit patient
visit claims to the patient's insurance payer for appropriate reimbursement.
Provider-based billing refers to ✔Correct Answer-Charges for a provider's services
Professionalism is not important to a medical biller ✔Correct Answer-False
What is the advantage of obtaining a billing and coding certification? ✔Correct Answer-Displays
billing knowledge to an employer and show the ability to network with peers
Which exam is offered online? ✔Correct Answer-CMRS-Certified Medical Reimbursement
Specialist
What does the acronym CEU stand for? ✔Correct Answer-Continuing education unit
Which designation is not based on passing an examination? ✔Correct Answer-None
The ____ recently added a new credential to their certification called Certified Professional Biller.
✔Correct Answer-AAPC- American Academy of Professional Coders
A medical biller assists providers with submitting correct and compliant claims for ✔Correct
Answer-Reimbursement
The revenue cycle starts when a patient calls to schedule an appointment with a provider.
✔Correct Answer-True
Billers must pass an examination to become certified. ✔Correct Answer-True
A certification increases the opportunity for employment and career advancement. ✔Correct
Answer-True
One does not have to be a member of a sponsoring organization to the certification exam.
✔Correct Answer-False
CBCS is an acronym for Certified Billing and Coding Specialist. ✔Correct Answer-True
The CMRS exam is taken in a supervised classroom. ✔Correct Answer-False
The cost to maintain continuing education units is the same for every unit. ✔Correct Answer-False
Who administers the CPB exam? ✔Correct Answer-AAPC- American Academy of Professional
Coders
A _____ _____ is the person responsible for submitting a provider's charges to the appropriate party.
✔Correct Answer-Medical Biller
, The revenue cycle ends when the patient's account balance is zero. ✔Correct Answer-True
When does the revenue cycle begin? ✔Correct Answer-Patient calls to make an appointment with
the physician
A Billing position is a highly detailed position and requires employees with strong attention to detail.
✔Correct Answer-True
The medical biller is the reason that a provider's practice is successful. ✔Correct Answer-False
An experienced and certified medical biller may work in which of the following environments?
✔Correct Answer-hospital, provider's private practice or insurance company (all of the above)
With a home-based business, the provider practice cannot outsource their billing to the billers who
work remotely. ✔Correct Answer-False
Having a billing certification is required for employment. ✔Correct Answer-False
Credentialed billers must maintain continuing education units in order to prove knowledge of current
trends and changes within the profession. ✔Correct Answer-True.
All certification exams are offered online. ✔Correct Answer-False
The main responsibility of a Certified Billing and Coding Specialist is to submit claims for
reimbursement. ✔Correct Answer-True
The American Medical Billing Association created the CMRS exam to be taken within ___ days and
passed with ___ percert accuracy or higher to earn the CMRS credential. ✔Correct Answer-45
days, 85%
The CPB is a proctor exam. ✔Correct Answer-True
The CPB exam contain ___ questions. ✔Correct Answer-200 questions
Disability insurance was created to help workers cover lost wages due to illness. ✔Correct Answer-
True
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented on January 1, 2010. ✔Correct Answer-False
The purpose of photo identification is to help prevent medical fraud and _____ by confirming that
the patient's identity and health insurance plans match. ✔Correct Answer-abuse
The health insurance identification card will always list the name and phone number of the insurance
company. ✔Correct Answer-False
The most important job duty of the medical biller is to know all the insurance plans that the provider
accepts. ✔Correct Answer-False
In an indemnity plan, participants are allowed to select their own providers. ✔Correct Answer-True