AAPC Official CPC Certification Study Guide with Questions and Correct Answers

"hold harmless clause" * found in some non-Medicare health plan contracts * prohibits billing to patient for anything beyond deductibles and co-pays. A compliance plan may offer several benefits, including: * more accurate payment of claims * fewer billing mistakes * improved documentation and more accurate coding * less chance of violating self-referral and anti-kickback status A healthcare clearing house is a entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard format A key provision in HIPAA is the Minimum Necessary requirement. this means only the minimum necessary protected health information should be shared to satisfy a particular purpose. A medically necessary service is the least radical service/procedure that allows for effective treatment of the patients' complaint or condition A patient sustaining an injury to her great saphenous vein would have sustained injury to which of anatomical site? Leg APC Ambulatory Payment Classification ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (of 2009) ASC Ambulatory Surgical Centers Abuse consists of payment for items or services that are billed by providers in error that should not be paid for by Medicare. An ABN protects the provider's financial interest by creating a paper trail that CMS requires before a provider can bill the patient for payment if Medicare denies coverage for the stated service or procedure. An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard format is considered what? Clearinghouse