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Chapter 2 key terms

1. Assignment of benefits: the act by which a patient assigns in writing to their physician the right to receive payment directly from the patient’s insurance carrier2. Auto-populate:
3. Consent: under the HIPAA privacy rule, the patient gives consent to the use of his or her protected health information by the medical practice for purposes of treatment,payment, and operation of the health care practice
4. Default response: the information that appears automatically when ENTER is pressed
5. Demographic information:
6. Dependents: this is aperson who may receive services on someone else’s account
7. Extended information: this is considered additional patient locating information such as work, school, or even where a patient may be avolunteer during the day
8. Group name: this is a field on the insurance policy screen that allows you to specify who the group policy belongs to
9. Group number:
10. Guarantor: this isthe person who agrees to be financially responsible for the account
11. Guarantor’s full report: this is a report that provides patient personal information
12. Identification (insurance)number: an identification number is assigned by the insurance company to identify a particular insurance policy
13. Insurance coverage priority: this is information set in the insurance coveragepriority screen in the system that establishes the insurance policy or policies a patient is covered by
14. Insurance policy information: the name and location of the insurance company to which claimsare to be sent for each patient
15. Insurance type: this terms refers to the category of insurance carried by the patient
16. Insured: an individual or organization protected in case of lossunder the terms of an insurance policy
17. Insured party: this is the person in whose name the insurance coverage is held
18. Insured party record (IPR): an individual record maintained...