OTEC 1175 Unit 3 Terminology
Across
- 4. The physician who decides when the patient can see a specialist or receive special services and procedures; most PCPs practice general medicine and include family physicians and internists.
- 6. Contacting the company, either by telephone or by using online resources on the computer, in order to verify that the patient is indeed eligible to receive benefits.
- 8. Those individuals who have not received services from the physician or an associate physician of the same group within the same specialty, within the past three years.
- 10. Also referred to as the administrative area, is the hub of the medical facility.
- 11. Making a file, indicating special action is required.
- 12. A patient who calls the day before, or, on the same day that an appointment is needed.
- 14. A person who come to the office without an appointment.
- 15. Integrate all element of a patient’s health history, which may include medications, lab work, x-rays, scans, EKGs, medical diagnoses, and ore as digital documentation.
- 16. Also known as recall postcards; reminder systems designed to monitor distant follow up appointments and provide mailer that can be sent to patients approximately one to months before an appointment should be scheduled.
Down
- 1. Patients who had an appointment but called the office to either reschedule or opted not to visit the office.
- 2. A card that contains information for the next appointment, including day, date, and time.
- 3. Also referred to as the clinical area, or that part of the office where health care professionals examine patients.
- 5. An individual who has received professional services from a physician within the past three years, or from another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice.
- 7. Shows the dates of service for particular patent, which codes were considered for payment, and the physician or facility that rendered the services.
- 9. A patient with scheduled appointment who simply does not show up and did not call the office to advise that he s or she would not be coming.
- 13. The actual transfer of patient to a new physician, for partial or complete care, for a specific medical problem.