QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Service Area (EAF). Answer: Used for billing purposes and typically
divides the organization up into entities with separate finances, for
example: for-profit and nonprofit.
⩥ Revenue Location (EAF). Answer: Usually a physical location,
typically representing your clinics and hospitals.
⩥ Department (DEP). Answer: Represents places where users log in or
where patients receive care at your organization.
⩥ How does the Department (DEP) Influence Radiant builds?. Answer:
1. Determines where procedures are scheduled and performed.
2. Providers and resources are only schedulable in specific ones
3. Schedules of availability are specific to both a provider/resource and
this.
⩥ What is each service area linked to?. Answer: Linked to a facility
⩥ What is each department linked to?. Answer: Linked to a revenue
location
,⩥ What is each revenue location linked to?. Answer: Linked to a service
area
⩥ Why can't you modify the Rev Location item when linking a
Department (DEP)?. Answer: The Rev Location field connects the
department to the facility structure. This affects the revenue stream and
changing that link would cause major issues with charge routing.
⩥ EpicCare Department Information. Answer: This screen can attach the
department to a profile (LPR) record with clinical settings specific to
users who log in to this department.
⩥ Context-based Charging. Answer: Used to identify which steps in the
workflow should trigger fees.
⩥ Types of chares used when billing for a procedure:. Answer: 1.
Technical
2. Professional
3. Global
⩥ Technical Fees. Answer: Charge that covers the cost of using
equipment, facilities, non-physician medical staff, supplies, etc.
,⩥ Professional Fees. Answer: Charge that covers the cost of the
physician's professional services
⩥ Global Fees. Answer: Charge that covers both technical and
professional services
⩥ Charge Override Ext Field. Answer: The record linked here, IMG
SERVICE DATE OVERRIDE TO SIGNING DATE, ensures that the
date associated with professional charges is the date the study was read
instead of the date of the appointment
⩥ Blocks. Answer: Time restrictions used in scheduling to set aside time
for certain types of care.
⩥ Types of Blocks. Answer: 1. Patient Level
2. Visit Type
⩥ Patient Level Block. Answer: Reserve time for types of patients.
Intended to keep the wrong kinds of patients out. The specified patients
are allowed during this time.
If a user tries to schedule a different patient type during this time, a
warning will appear.
, ⩥ Example of Patient Level Block. Answer: It is common to block time
for patients with a patient class of Inpatient or a patient type of
Confidential or Employee
⩥ Visit Type Block. Answer: Reserve time for a specific type of
appointments. Visit type blocks are more restrictive and will only allow
the specified appointments to be scheduled during this time.
⩥ Conversion. Answer: The system opens the appointment as a Hospital
Outpatient Visit (HOV) and is typically appropriate for outpatients.
Data from the imaging appointment stores to the HOV encounter
⩥ Redirection. Answer: The system opens the patient's existing
admission chart. Redirection behavior is unique to HODs and is
typically appropriate for admitted patients.
Data from the imaging appointment stores to the encounter representing
the existing admission.
⩥ HOD Core Conversion/Redirection Settings. Answer: This screen is
used to manually configure conversion and redirection settings using
extension (LPP) records.