MOA115_WK6_Assignment Worksheet_CSanson

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MOA115 Medical Records and Insurance Week 6 Assignment Section A: Bookkeeping Concepts Section A: Bookkeeping Concepts Chapter 16 Patient Accounts and Practice Management A. Managing Funds in the Healthcare Facility 1. What items should appear on the financial records of any business at all times? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ B. Accounts Receivable 1. What are the pitfalls of fee adjustments? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Briefly explain how “skips” can be traced. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. When a patient account is turned over to a collection agency, what adjustment is posted to the account? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. When a patient has a credit balance on his or her account, what adjustment is posted to the account? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe the adjustments that are made to the patient’s account when an NSF check is received by the healthcare facility. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. What information should be included on the patient ledger? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ C. Accounts Payable 1. In the ambulatory care setting, what is the checking account used for? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
MOA115 Medical Records and Insurance Week 6 Assignment Section A: Bookkeeping Concepts 2. In the ambulatory care setting, what is a savings account used for? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. You are a medical assistant in a small practice and have been told that you now have the responsibility for paying the bills by writing out and signing the checks. What is the first action you need to take before writing out the first check? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Name six activities that can be done with basic online banking services. a. __________________________________________________________________ b. __________________________________________________________________ c. __________________________________________________________________ d. __________________________________________________________________ e. __________________________________________________________________ f. __________________________________________________________________ 5. List the four requirements for a check to be negotiable. a. __________________________________________________________________ b. __________________________________________________________________ c. __________________________________________________________________ d. __________________________________________________________________ 6. Describe five precautions for accepting checks in the healthcare facility. a. __________________________________________________________________ b. __________________________________________________________________ c. __________________________________________________________________ d. __________________________________________________________________ e. __________________________________________________________________ 7. Describe four precautions to take if a patient is paying with cash. a. __________________________________________________________________ b. __________________________________________________________________ c. __________________________________________________________________ d. __________________________________________________________________ 8. Describe precautions to take when a patient pays with a debit card or a credit card. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Describe the banking procedures as related to the ambulatory care setting and include the medical as- assistant’s role with each procedure. a. Making bank deposits: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
MOA115 Medical Records and Insurance Week 6 Assignment Section A: Bookkeeping Concepts b. Preparing a bank deposit: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ c. Endorsing checks: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ d. Writing checks: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 10. Describe each type of endorsement. a. Blank endorsement: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ b. Restrictive endorsement: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ c. Special endorsement: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ D: Federal Acts 1. Describe the impact of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act on the healthcare facility. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. How does the Federal Truth in Lending Act apply to debt collection practices? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
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