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The patient's chief complaint, or CC, is a very brief statement of the patient (quoted) as to the purpose of the office visit or hospitalization. [1] There can be multiple CC's, but identifying the most significant one is vital to make a proper diagnosis. [1]
Most practice management software contains systems that allow users to enter and track patients, schedule and track patient appointments, send out insurance claims and patient statements as part of the collection process, process insurance, patient and third party payments, and generate reports for the administrative and clinical staff of the practice.
If the patient in the previous example had a $5.00 copay, the physician would be paid $45.00 by the insurance company. The physician is then responsible for collecting the out-of-pocket expense from the patient. If the patient had a $500.00 deductible, the contracted amount of $50.00 would not be paid by the insurance company.
Patients' medical information can be shared by a number of people both within the health care industry and beyond. The Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) is a United States federal law pertaining to medical privacy that went into effect in 2003. This law established standards for patient privacy in all 50 states ...
An attending physician statement (APS) is a report by a physician, hospital, or medical facility that has treated, or is currently treating, a person seeking insurance. [1] In traditional underwriting, an APS is one of the most frequently ordered additional sources of medical background information. The APS is one of the more expensive ...
The EOB is commonly attached to a check or statement of electronic payment. An EOB typically describes: the payee, the payer and the patient; the service performed—the date of the service, the description and/or insurer's code for the service, the name of the person or place that provided the service, and the name of the patient
A patient agrees to a health intervention based on an understanding of it. The patient has multiple choices and is not compelled to choose a particular one. The consent includes giving permission. These practices are part of what constitutes informed consent, and their history is the history of informed consent.
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).