What Does It Mean to Close the Day (Close Out

question 13

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to close the day (close out the day) ?

• A) The manual day sheet can be destroyed.
• B) All patients have been seen and staff can go home.
• C) The medical assistant has posted all charges and can begin to post insurance payments.
• D) No further accounts receivable charges, payments, or adjustments can be made using that date.

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Definitions:

Assimilation

The process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group, often leading to the diminution of the original culture.

Conservation

In cognitive development, the understanding that certain properties of objects, such as volume or mass, remain the same even when their forms or appearances change.

Egocentrism

The cognitive inability to differentiate between one's own perspective and another person's perspective.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

A variety of conditions related to the development of the nervous system, marked by difficulties in social interaction, repetitive actions, and issues with both verbal and nonverbal communication.