The report the medical office specialist should run at the end of the day to balance all transactions is the:
superbills report.
patient day sheet report.
general ledger.
balance report.
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Q. 2) When the medical office specialist stops posting for the day, he or she should:
close the office and go home.
generate and print reports to review the next day.
generate and review reports and balance all transactions.
generate and review reports and inform the physician of any discrepancies.
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Q. 3) If your MPM does not automatically save, how often should you manually save data?
At the end of the day
Once per hour
After each patient
After batching out and before creating claims
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Q. 4) To review a list of outstanding patient accounts, the medical office specialist will refer to:
aging reports.
general ledgers.
encounter forms.
billed claims.
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Q. 5) When the medical office specialist stops entering data for the day and generates and reviews reports to make sure that all accounts balance, the process is referred to as:
accounting.
batching out.
balancing out.
reporting.
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Q. 6) If the medical office specialist cannot find a CPT code in the medical practice management software, he or she should:
use the closest code.
ask the physician for a different code.
enter the new code into the database.
call the insurance carrier for assistance.
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Q. 7) After setting up the provider, if necessary, the first step in entering information into the medical practice management software is to:
enter the insurance carrier.
enter the charges.
enter the EOB.
enter new patients to the patient list.
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Q. 8) The medical office specialist should enter ICD-9 codes obtained from the:
patient history.
doctor's dictation.
encounter form (superbill).
progress notes.
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Q. 9) What should the medical office specialist do if the patient is NOT the guarantor?
What will be an ideal response?
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Q. 10) The department or function in a medical office that is typically responsible for payment posting is:
receptionist.
accounts receivable.
clinical medical assistant.
medical records.
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