Ch. 7 Bookkeeping Procedure
NRCAHA
For each patient, the charges and payments should be recorded on an individualized -
answer ledger card
Super bills - answer Can be used as charge slips, may be ordered to fit the specific
practice, list services provided and codes
The petty cash account should be - answer Accounted for in a journal, Used for small
items only, Used for small amounts of money
Usually medical offices utilize a system for billing known as - answer cycle billing
An account requires collection activity if it has outstanding balance after - answer120
days
When writing to the patient who has a delinquent account, the office cannot threaten to
send an account to collection - answerunless the practice is prepared to follow through
In the present illness portion of the medical history, included should be - answerthe
location, severity, and duration of the symptom.
---are kept permanently - answerProfessional liability policies
A common classification system that identifies the effect for which the drug is given is
the - answerdesired action
Documentation of office emergencies is very important. This document becomes part of
the - answerpatients medical record
The order in which progress notes, laboratory reports, x-ray reports, and so on are
added to the patient's medical record is - answerchronologic
When a patient dies, a claim against the estate should be - answersent to the executor
of the estate within 30 days
Checks that are received by the medical facility should be endorsed with a -
answerrestrictive endorsement
Balanced billing is a term that - answerallows the physician's office to charge for
anything that the insurance company does not pay
NRCAHA
For each patient, the charges and payments should be recorded on an individualized -
answer ledger card
Super bills - answer Can be used as charge slips, may be ordered to fit the specific
practice, list services provided and codes
The petty cash account should be - answer Accounted for in a journal, Used for small
items only, Used for small amounts of money
Usually medical offices utilize a system for billing known as - answer cycle billing
An account requires collection activity if it has outstanding balance after - answer120
days
When writing to the patient who has a delinquent account, the office cannot threaten to
send an account to collection - answerunless the practice is prepared to follow through
In the present illness portion of the medical history, included should be - answerthe
location, severity, and duration of the symptom.
---are kept permanently - answerProfessional liability policies
A common classification system that identifies the effect for which the drug is given is
the - answerdesired action
Documentation of office emergencies is very important. This document becomes part of
the - answerpatients medical record
The order in which progress notes, laboratory reports, x-ray reports, and so on are
added to the patient's medical record is - answerchronologic
When a patient dies, a claim against the estate should be - answersent to the executor
of the estate within 30 days
Checks that are received by the medical facility should be endorsed with a -
answerrestrictive endorsement
Balanced billing is a term that - answerallows the physician's office to charge for
anything that the insurance company does not pay
