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chapter 9 HI
Health insurance
Question | Answer |
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Ambulance services use what kind of payment system for reimbursements? | Ambulance fee schedule |
What system does the IPPS use for reimbursement? | MS-DRGS (medical severity diagnosis related groups) |
What system does the OPPS use for reimbursement? | APCs (ambulatory payment classifications) |
What system does SNF use for reimbursement? | RUGs (resource utilization groups) |
What is a state-licensed, Medicare certified supplier of surgical healthcare services that must accept assignment on claims? | Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) |
How does Medicare reimburse DMEPOS? (Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics/Orthotics, and Supplies) | Either 80% of the actual charge amount or the fee schedule amount, whichever is lowest. |
How does Medicare reimburse laboratory services? | Either on submitted charge, national limitation amount, whichever is lowest. |
Bundles ESRD drugs and related laboratory tests resulting in one reimbursement amount for ESRD services provided to patients is called? | ESRD composite payment rate system |
What are the steps to HHS (Home Health Services) reimbursement? | Patient assessment,oasis,grouper,HHRG,and Haven |
What are MS DRGs organized into? | MDC- Major Diagnostic Categories |
In the inpatient PPS, what is assigned to each dx to differentiate between conditions present on admission and those that develop during the hospital stay? | POA-Present on Admission |
Name the adjustments that qualifying hospitals can receive under the IPPS. | Disproportionate share hospital adjustment-DSH,Indirect medical education adjustment-IME,and Outliers |
Medicare reimburses physician's services based on Relative Value Units assigned to each service/procedure. What does this consist of? | Physician work expense, practice expense,and malpractice expense |
What does medicare call the EOB? | MSN- Medicare Summary Notice |
What are the patient assessments used in Home Health PPS? | OASIS-Outcomes and Assessments information Sets |
What is the process by which healthcare facilities and providers ensure their financial viability by increasing revenue, improving cash flow, and enhancing the patient's experience? | Revenue Cycle Management |
What is it called when NPP's can bill services provided to Medicare beneficiaries to Medicare directly,which means their services are billed under a supervising physician? | Incident to |
What does the acroynm CMS mean? | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
What does the acroynm SNF mean? | Skilled Nursing facility |
What does the acroynm MSP mean? | Medicare secondary payer |
What does the acroynm PPS mean? | Prosepective payment system |
What does the acroynm ASC mean? | Ambulatory surgical center |
What does the acroynm NP mean? | Nurse practitioner |
What does the acroynm DME mean? | Durable medical equipment |
What does the acroynm MSN mean? | Medicare summary notice |
What does the acroynm MPFS mean? | Medicare physician fee schedule |
What does the acroynm RUG mean? | Resource utilization groups |
What does the acroynm ESRD mean? | End stage renal disease |
What does the acroynm MDC mean? | Major diagnostic category |
What does the acroynm DSH mean? | Disproportionate share hospital |
What does the acroynm APC mean? | Ambulatory payment classification |
What does the acroynm OASIS mean? | Outcome and assessment information set |
What does the acroynm MS DRG mean? | Medical severity diagnosis related groups |
What does the acroynm IPPS mean? | Inpatient prospective payment system |
What does the acroynm OPPS mean? | Outpatient prospective payment system |
What does the acroynm IME mean? | Indirect medical education |
What does the acroynm POA mean? | Present on Admission |
What does the acroynm CC mean? | Co-morbidities |
What does the acroynm MCC mean? | Major co-,morbidities |