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Which of the following statements are true of HFMA's Patient Financial

Communications Best Practices?


✓~ The best practices were developed specifically to help patients understand the

cost of services, their individual insurance benefits and their responsibility for balance

after insurance if any




The patient experience includes all of the following except:


✓~ The average number of positive mentions received by the health system or

practice and the public comments refuting unfriendly posts on social media sites




Corporate compliance programs play an important role in protecting the

integrity of operations and ensuring compliance with federal and state

requirements. The Code of Conduct is:

, ✓~ A critical tool to ensure the compliance with the organization's compliance

standards and procedures, an essential and integral component of the organization's

culture, fosters and environment where concerns and questions may be raised

without fear of retaliation or retribution




Specific to Medicare fee-for-service patients, which of the following payers

have always been liable for payment?


✓~ Public health service programs, federal grant programs, VA programs, black

lung program services and workers comp claims




Provider policies and procedures should be in plan to reduce the risk of ethics

violations. Examples of ethics violations are:


✓~ Financial misconduct, overcharging and miscoding claims, theft of property

and falsifying records to boost reimbursement, financial misconduct and applying

policies in an inconsistent manner




Providers are now being reimbursed with a focus on the value of the services

provided, rather than volume, which requires collaboration among providers.




What is the intended outcome of collaborations made through an ACO delivery

system for a population of patients?

, ✓~ To eliminate duplicate services, prevent medical errors and ensure

appropriateness of care




What is the new terminology now employed in the calculation of net patient

service revenues?


✓~ Explicit price concessions and implicit price concessions




What are the two KPIs used to monitor performance related to the production

and submission of claims to third party payers and patients (self-pay)?


✓~ Elapsed days from discharge to final bill and elapsed days from final bill to

claim/bill submission




What are the three traditional steps of the Revenue Cycle?


✓~ Pre-service, time-of-service and post-service




What are the steps during pre-service?


✓~ 1. The patient is scheduled and pre-registered for service

2. The encounter record is generated and the patient/guarantor information is

obtained or updated

, 3. The requested service is screened for med necessity; insurance is verified

and pre-auths obtained


4. The cost is identified and insurance benefits are used to calculate the price

of the services to the patient


5. If the service is deemed not med necessary additional processing is done


6. The patient is notified of their financial responsibility including

copay/deductible and their eligibility for financial assistance is assessed




What happens for scheduled patients at the time of service?


✓~ 1. Pre-registration record is activated, consents are signed and

copays/balances are collected

2. Positive patient identification is completed and an armband is given


3. Alternatively, scheduled patients can report to an express arrival desk




What happens for unscheduled patients at the time of service?


✓~ Comprehensive registration and financial processing is completed at the time-

of-service. The process mirrors the work that was completed for scheduled patients

prior to service

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