The ______________________ Entails Payer Negotiation That Happens Outside the Patient

question 19

Multiple Choice

The ______________________ entails payer negotiation that happens outside the patient encounter, the patient access component that includes the scheduling of the patient for inpatient or outpatient services, registration, insurance verification, obtaining prior authorization or a precertification if necessary, and patient financial counseling.

• A) back-end process
• B) middle process
• C) front-end process
• D) silo approach
• E) None of these is correct.

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