IHMO Chapter 7 T/F
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presently, most health care organizations send the majority of their claims on paper
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it is not important for health insurance specialist to understand how to complete a paper claim
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the AMA was named in the administrative simplification of the HIPPA of 1996b as the authoritative voice regarding national standard content for submission of claims
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a photocopy of the CMS 1500 claim form is acceptable if the form is processed by the insurance carrier through scanning equipment
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a paper claim is one that is submitted on paper, the optically scanned and converted to electronic form by insurance companies
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a physically clean claim is one that has all of the necessary information required reported on it
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a dirty claim is one that had coffee spilled on it before sending to the insurance carrier
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most insurance companies accept the CMS-1500 claim form accept TRICARE and Blue Plans
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if the patient will oblige, let the patient direct his or her own insurance form to the insurance company
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signature on file may be indicated on the CMS-1500 claim form when a signed assignment of benefits form is retained in the patient's health record
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if several services are being billed on the same insurance form, you may "ditto" the dates on each line of service below the first line
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list all services on the insurance claim form, including "no charge" services
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according to OCR guidelines, all information on the CMS-1500 claim form should be typed in uppercase
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