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Chapter 15

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Debit   Increases in assets  
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Post   To record a charge, payment,or adjustment on a ledger or account To record financial transactions  
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Accounts receivables ledger   Record of all pt's outstanding accounts showing how much each one owes for services rendered  
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Assets   That which is owned by the business  
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Liability   Monies that are owed By a business  
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Daysheet   Register for recording all daily business transactions  
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Credit   a decrease in assets  
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Proprietorship   The owners net worth  
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Accounts payable   amount of monies due to a creditor  
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Ad lib.   As much as needed  
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Retn   Return  
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p.r.n   As necessary  
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B/F   Balance forward  
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pd   Paid  
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adj   Adjustment  
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ROA   Received on account  
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recd   Recieved  
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Bookkeeping   The activity or occupation of keeping records of financial affairs of a business  
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Accounting   The system of recording and summarizing business and financial transactions. and analyzing, verifying,and reporting the results  
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Single -entry   Simplest bookkeeping/ system not self balancing A system of bookkeeping in which each transaction is entered in one account only  
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Double - entry   Bookkeeping system of financial records used in business whereby equal accounting debits and credits are recorded  
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Pegboard   Accounting has been aa popular pare based bookkeeping method used in physicIns offices A lthough computerized systems have largely replaced it  
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Expenses   Purchases are not recorded as (expenses) until the bill is actually paid  
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ledger card   A record showing a chronological list of charges, payments,and balances owed for services provided to an individual Pt can be maintain on a ( ledger)  
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Petty cash   for minor office expenses, money should be taken from the  
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Payroll records   are part of all accounting systems and they document salaries and wages paid and deductions made  
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disbursement   generally in a medical office only two journals are required one to record cash receipts and the other to record disbursement  
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Bookkeeping   the main purpose of any ( bookkeeping system ) is to record the financial affairs of the business  
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Accounts payable example   rent due for office space in an example of an entry under accounts payable  
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Accounting Systems   Increases in assets are termed debits. Decreases in assets are called credits.  
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Single-entry accounting   is relatively easy to learn and use and is acceptable to both federal and state authorities as a basis for filing tax returns. In this system, records include:  
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general ledger or journal,   daysheet, daily log, daybook, or charge journal, in which all fees for services rendered and payments are recorded every day  
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accounts receivable (A/R) ledger,   which consists of all of the patients’ accounts showing the amounts owed for services rendered; should be insured against fire or flood damage  
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accounts payable (A/P) ledger   (check register or checkbook), which shows amounts paid out for the expenses of the business practice  
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petty cash fund,   contains records showing monies that are available for minor office expenses and monies that have been disbursed  
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payroll records   indicate salaries and wages paid and deductions made  
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Single-entry accounting   simplest bookkeeping system not self balancing  
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Double-entry accounting   Bookkeeping system of financial records used in businesses whereby equal accounting debits and credits are recorded  
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Assets   are anything owned by the business, such as equipment, furniture, bank accounts, buildings, accounts receivable, and so on  
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Capital   is original investment money and other property of a corporation that is owned  
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Liabilities   are monies that are owed for business expenditures (debts).  
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Proprietorship,   Also called owner’s equity, is the owner’s net worth, which consists of the amount by which the fair market value of all assets exceeds liabilities  
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cash basis,   Physicians’ accounts are kept on what is called a ?  
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A cash receipt journal page   shows one month’s transactions. Each day an entry is made in the general ledger listing incoming receipts, the bank deposit, and miscellaneous cash expenditures.  
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Extend   To carry forward the Balance  
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General ledger   Journal in which all daily fees and payments are recorded  
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account (C)   As each patient arrives, his or her ledger card, also referred to as an account (C), is slipped between the daysheet and the transaction slip. When an entry is written, it registers simultaneously on all three items—the daysheet, the patient’s ledger ca  
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bank deposit slip   Using pegboard accounting , at the same time that monies Recieved ( cash and checks) are recorded on the days heat they are also recorded on a  
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PATIENT ACCOUNTS   are known as open accounts in a physician’s practice and these records are kept on all individual patients’ daily financial activities  
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ledger card or patient account   is a chronologic history of all financial transactions for a patient. In a manual bookkeeping system, the card may be photo- copied and used as a monthly statement.  
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Charges   Fees for office visits Lab test Medical supplies and other services for the Pt are ?  
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vouchers.   Checks received from insurance companies are called vouchers. All payments are debited (sub- tracted) from the account balance.  
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Account balance   Total amounts owed on the PTs account for all business transactions  
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Contract Adjustment   When the contracted insurance payment plus the patient responsibility is less than the amount of the charge, the amount over the “allowed amount” is written off the books as a contract adjustment.  
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Uncollectible Debt Adjustment   It may also be necessary to record the adjustment of a small amount on an uncollectible debt. Any adjustment to an account other than the known contractual write-off amounts should be authorized by the office manager before being posted  
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Coins   A common bookkeeping abbreviation for coinsurance  
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Open account   Patients account so new charges can be made  
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Payable   Rent due for office space is an example of an entry accounts  
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Cash   Medical practice accounts are kept on a ( cash) basis, which means they are based on money taken in as payment for services  
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Income   Earned money is not considered income until tha bill is actually paid  
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Refund adjustments transaction   If an overpayment has been Recieved from an insurance company from a Patient and the account is paid in full  
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In a computerized system when are charges posted   Automatically when inputting the correct procedure code  
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In a manual bookkeeping an adjustment is posted in what column   Credit column  
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Who does the office send monthly statements to   All Pts with outstanding balances  
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Accounts recieveable   Records showing the amounts owed by PT for services rendered  
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Account balance   Total amounts owed on the Pt account for all business transactions  
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$50-$200   Depending on the size of the practice a change drawer topically holds  
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Patients statement   In a manual bookkeeping system copies of the ledger card Canberra used as  
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