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Credit balances may be created by any of the following activities except:
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Credits to pharmacy charges posted before the claim final bills.
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Which of the following statements represent common reasons for inpatient claim denials?
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Failure to obtain a required pre-authorization; failure to complete a continued stay
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authorization and services provided which were not medically necessary. || || || || || || || ||
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A 68-year-old patient, a Medicare beneficiary, was in a car accident. A medical insurance
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claim was filed with the auto insurance carrier. Six months later this claim remains unpaid.
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How can the provider pursue payment from Medicare?
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The provider must first bill the auto insurer; however, after a period of 120 days, if the claim
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remains unpaid, the provider may cancel the liability claim and bill Medicare.
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The difference between bad debt and financial assistance (charity) is:
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Bad debt represents a refusal to pay; charity represents an inability to pay.
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In order to qualify for financial assistance, a patient or guarantor should:
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Provide the following documents: prior year tax return, employment check stubs from the
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prior three months and bank statements from the prior three months.
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, To comply with the requirements of Section 501(r) for tax-exempt hospitals chartered as
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510(c)3 providers, the hospital must complete with of the following activities:
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A community needs assessment.
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The three types of bankruptcy as defined in the 1979 Bankruptcy Act are:
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Chapter 7 - Straight Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 - Debtor Reorganization, and Chapter 13 -
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Debtor Rehabilitation ||
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Which of the following medical debt collection practices are recommended as part of
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HFMA's Best Practices for medical account resolution: || || || || || ||
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Establish policies and ensure that they are followed. || || || || || || ||
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Organizations may opt to contract with or outsource to specific vendors for some or all || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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disadvantages.
Which of the following statements is not an advantage of utilizing an outsourcing vendor?
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The need for legal review if the outside vendor's staff represents themselves as employees of
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the healthcare facility.
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Each hospital covered by the 501(r) regulations is required to develop a financial assistance
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policy. Which of the following elements is not a required element of the policy?
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The notice that individuals eligible for financial assistance under this policy may be charged
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more than the amount generally billed (AGB) to insured patients.
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There are 9 daily reconciliation process steps.
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Select the proper order of the first four steps.
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