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TESTBANKFordney'sMedicalInsuranceandBilling16/ELindaSmith
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,Chapter01:RoleofanInsuranceBillingSpecialist
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Smith:Fordney’sMedicalInsuranceandBilling,16thEdition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE /f




1. Theprimarygoal of an insurance billingspecialist is:
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a. to manage the health care organization’s billing office
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b. to ensure the cash flow of a health care organization through revenue cycle
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/f management
c. to send bills to patients for services theyreceive
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d. to post payments received from patients and insurance carriers
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ANS: / f / f B DIF: Moderate OBJ: 2

2. Facilitybillingincludes charging for medical services provided by: /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


a. physicians
b. laboratoryservices /f


c. ambulance services /f


d. ambulatorysurgical centers /f




ANS: / f / f D DIF: Easy OBJ: 2

3. A claims assistance professional
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a. works forthe consumer. /f /f /f


b. works for the health care organization. /f /f /f /f /f


c. works for an insurance company. /f /f /f /f


d. works forthe federal government. /f /f /f /f




ANS: / f / f A DIF: Easy OBJ: 2

4. Whatis ―cash flow‖ in a medical practice?
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a. Theactual moneyavailable to a medical practice
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b. Theamount of moneyreceived bya medical practice in 1 day
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c. Theamount of moneyreceived bya medical practice in 1 month
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d. Theamount of outstanding moneyon the accounts receivable
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ANS: / f / f A DIF: Moderate OBJ: 2

5. Whichlevel of education is generallyrequired for onewho seeks employment as an insurance
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/f coder?
a. College diploma /f


b. High school diploma /f /f


c. Completion of an accredited program for coding certification /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


d. No specificlevel of education is required
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ANS: / f / f C DIF: Easy OBJ: 4

6. Theamount of moneyan insurance billingspecialist earns is dependent on which ofthe
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/f following factors? /f


a. Knowledge
b. Experience

, c. Sizeof employinginstitution /f /f /f


d. All are correct /f /f




ANS: / f / f D DIF: Moderate OBJ: 5

7. A self-employed medical insurance biller who does independent contracting is responsible for
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a. advertising.
b. billing.
c. accounting.
d. Allare correct. /f /f




ANS: / f / f D DIF: Hard OBJ: 2

8. Medical etiquette refers to /f /f /f


a. consideration for others. /f /f


b. moral principles or practices. /f /f /f


c. laws.
d. the Oath of Hippocrates. /f /f /f




ANS: / f / f A DIF: Moderate OBJ: 9

9. The process of shortening words and using abbreviations that do not follow standard
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grammar,spellingand punctuationwhenwritingelectronicmail communicationsisreferred to
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as:
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a. emoticons
b. abbreviations
c. text speak /f


d. short text /f




ANS: / f / f C DIF: Easy OBJ: 9

10. Professional ethics include /f /f


a. state laws. /f


b. federal laws. /f


c. standards of conduct. /f /f


d. civil torts. /f




ANS: / f / f C DIF: Moderate OBJ: 9

11. Theearliest written code of ethical principles forthe medical profession is the
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a. Oath of Hippocrates. /f /f


b. Socratic oath. /f


c. Codeof Hammurabi. /f /f


d. Medicolegal oath. /f




ANS: / f / f C DIF: Easy OBJ: 9

12. Whatisthe nameofthe modern codeof ethics that theAmerican Medical Association(AMA)
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/f adopted in 1980? /f /f


a. TheModern Standards of Conduct Code
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b. The Principles of Medical Ethics
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c. TheOath of Hippocrates /f /f /f


d. The American Medical Association Code of Ethics
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, ANS: / f / f B DIF: Easy OBJ: 9

13. Reporting incorrect information to government-funded programs is
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a. unethical.
b. illegal.
c. abuse.
d. fraud.
ANS: / f / f B DIF: Moderate OBJ: 9

14. Thedoctrinestatingthat physicians arelegallyresponsibleforboth their own conduct and that of
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their employees is known as
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a. respondeat superior. /f


b. let the master answer.
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c. vicarious liability. /f


d. Allare correct. /f /f




ANS: / f / f D DIF: Hard OBJ: 10

15. Whatisthe independent contractor’s liabilityif theyoperatetheir own medicalinsurance
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billing company?
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a. None. Theprofessional liabilityinsurance of the companytheycontract with will
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cover them.
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b. Theindependent contractor is liable and should purchase errors and omissions
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insurance.
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ANS: / f / f B DIF: Moderate OBJ: 10


COMPLETION

1. isthe total income produced bya health care organization.
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ANS: / f / f Revenue

DIF: Moderate OBJ: 1

2. Anindividualhealth care provider’spatient charts whichincludesnotesand information
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/f collected by them is referred to as the:/f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




ANS: / f / f Medical record /f




DIF: Moderate OBJ: 3

3. Information collected from clinicians in all health care organizations who are involved in
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a patient’s care which is made available to all authorized clinicians to access when
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providing patient care is the:
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ANS: / f / f Health record /f




DIF: Moderate OBJ: 3
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