To Monitor Timely Claims Processing in a Hospital, a Summary

question 647

Multiple Choice

To monitor timely claims processing in a hospital, a summary report of "patient receivables" is generated frequently. Aged receivables can negatively affect  a facility's cash flow; therefore, to maintain the facility's fiscal integrity, the HIM manager must routinely analyze this report.

• A) remittance advice
• B) periodic interim payments
• C) DNFB (discharged, no final bill)
• D) chargemaster

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Definitions:

Industry Supply

The total amount of goods or services that producers in a specific industry are willing and able to sell at a given price level.

Long-Run Industry Supply

The relation between the price of a good and the total output produced by an industry once all adjustments have been made.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenues and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs.

Economic Profits

Profits that exceed the costs of all inputs, including both explicit costs (like wages and materials) and implicit costs (like the opportunity cost of capital).