AHLT235 Chapter 3 Key Terms
Across
- 4. patient, patient who does not have insurance
- 6. provider (PAR) ), provider who does take an insurance plan
- 7. insurance, first insurance plan which covers the cost of service
- 8. form, completed by a provider to summarize billing information for a patient’s visit.
- 12. insurance, after the first insurance covers the cost of service, bill is sent to
- 14. person who holds the insurance policy
- 16. authorization number, once a service has been approved, this is assigned.
- 17. of benefits, Physicians usually submit claims for patients and receive payments directly from the payers
Down
- 1. provider (nonPAR), provider who does not take an insurance plan
- 2. person financially responsible to pay
- 3. information form, patient demographic information is recorded on this by the patient
- 5. rule, the parent whose day of birth is earlier in the calendar year is considered primary
- 9. of benefits (COB), refers to an exchange of information between payers when a patient has more than one health plan
- 10. patient (EP), patient has been seen by the provider in the last 2 years.
- 11. physician, physician who recommends that a patient sees another provider
- 13. assignment, provider has agreed to accept the allowed charge as full payment
- 15. patient (NP), patient has not been seen by the provider in the last 3 years