Ch 15 & 16
Across
- 2. pay for services with their own funds
- 3. represent the services and supplies provided to a patient during his encounter with the facility or provider.
- 5. is the verification the patient is currently covered by the plan on the date of service and the services provided are covered by the plan.
- 6. is the practice of using multiple codes to bill for the various individual steps in a single procedure rather than using a single code.
- 8. when someone intentionally executes or attempts to execute a scheme to obtain money or property of any healthcare benefit program.
- 10. maintenance organization, is the entity that combines the provision of healthcare insurance and the delivery of healthcare services.
- 11. part B, optional and supplemental portion of Medicare for which beneficiaries pay a monthly premium.
- 13. the overutilization or inappropriate utilization of services and misuse or resources.
- 14. is the systematic comparison of the products services and outcomes of one organization with those of similar organization’s outcomes.
- 16. a function that allows retrospective reconstruction of events including who executed the events why and what changes were made.
- 17. the practice of assigning diagnostic or procedural codes that represent higher payments rates than the codes that actually reflect the services provided to the patients.
- 18. healthcare insurance contract
Down
- 1. the person covered by the policy
- 4. is the pre-established percentage of eligible expenses after the deductible is met.
- 7. the amount of cost, usually annually, the policyholder must incur before the plan will assume liability for the remaining covered expenses.
- 9. is a financial management list that contains information about the organization's charges for healthcare services provides to patients,
- 10. maintenance organization, is entity that combines the provision of healthcare insurance and the delivery of healthcare services.
- 11. part A, insurance covering inpatient care in hospitals
- 12. is a cost=sharing measure in which the policyholder pays a fixed dollar amount per service.
- 15. is a specified amount of money paid to a healthcare plan or doctor to cover the cost of healthcare plan member’s services.