Question: A new patient is defined as one who has not seen the provider within the last

Answer: three years

Question: You are working in a practice and a patient arrives for an appointment on February, 2016, the patient last visited the practice on may 14, 2013 and is scheduled to see the same physician. Determine what you should ask the patient to do upon arrival.

Answer: review and update the information that is on file about them

Question: Select most likely destination for a patient being sent by a referring physician

Answer: another physician

Question: The terms “subscriber” and “guarantor” have the same meaning as.

Answer: insured

Question: Which of the following information is gathered on the patient information form?

Answer: the patient’s personal and insurance information

Question: A patient who directly treats a patient is called?

Answer: Direct physician

Question: Patients who elect to pay a higher co-payment, greater coinsurance, or both, are most likely visiting a:

Answer: nonPAR

Question: Determine how a policyholder can authorize physicians to submit claims on their behalf and receive payments directly from payers.

Answer: signing and dating an assignment of benefits statement

Question: Form used to summarize the treatments and services patients receive during the visit

Answer: encounter form

Question: Where is an assignment of benefits statement filed?

Answer: patient medical records and patient billing records