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Question | Answer |
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DIGA | Diagnosis |
BP | Blood Pressure |
HEET | Head,Ears,Eyes,Throat |
PMH | Past Medical History |
COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CBC | Complete blood count |
HIPPA | Health Insurance Protabilty and Accountabilty Act |
AMA | Americian medical association |
NPP | Notice of privacy practices |
CAP | Claims assistance professionals |
PHI | Protected health information |
A/R | Accounts Receivable |
POS | Point of service |
HMO | Health maintenance organization |
PPO | Preferred provider organization |
Ethics | Defined in the terms of what is morally right or wrong |
Etiquette | Manners, polliteness, proper behavior, rules of conduct |
Capitation | Use of the numbers of members enrolled in a plan to determine salary of the provider |
Expressed Contract | Written or verbal contract that specifically describes what each party in the contract will do |
Respondent Superior | "Let the master answer" refers to a physicians liability in certian cases for the wrongful acts of his or her assistant or employees |
Accounts Receivable Management | The organization and administraction of coding and billing in a medical practice |
Guarantor | The person indentified as responsible for the payment of the bill |
Implied Consent | Consent complied by the health care member |
Medicaid | A fedral aid. State operated, and state administered program the provides medica benefits for certain low-income persons in need of health and medical care |
Medicare | A nationwide health insurance program for persons age 65 years of age and older and certian disabled or blind persons regardless of income |
Principle Diagnosis | A condition establish after study that is chiefly responsible for the admission of the patient to the hospital |
Medicare/Medicaid | Refers to an individual who receives medical or disability benefits from both medicare and medicaid programs |
Discharge Summary | Medical reports that documnet the hospitalization history of a patient |
Fraud | Deliberate misrepresentation of facts |
Medical Necessity | The performance of services and precedures that are consistent with the diagnosis in accordance with standards of good medical practice |