CEHRS - Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist Revenue Cycle and Billing Questions and Answers

Question 1

A patient receives a document from their insurance company that details the services rendered, the amount billed, the amount the insurer paid, and the patient's financial responsibility.
This document is NOT a bill.
What is it called?

Accepted Answer

Explanation of Benefits (EOB)

Answer

Superbill

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Encounter Form

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Remittance Advice (RA)

Question 2

An EHR specialist is reviewing a claim that was denied. The denial code indicates 'Claim is missing information.' Which of the following is the most likely cause for this denial?

Accepted Answer

The patient's policy number was entered incorrectly.

Answer

The service provided was not a covered benefit.

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A duplicate claim was submitted for the same service.

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The claim was not filed within the payer's time limit.

Question 3

In which phase of the revenue cycle management (RCM) process is insurance eligibility and benefits verification a critical task?

Accepted Answer

Front-End (Patient Registration)

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Claim Submission

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Denial Management

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Patient Collections

Question 4

A physician's office that is an out-of-network provider needs to give a patient an itemized form with all the necessary information, including diagnosis and procedure codes, to personally submit a claim to their insurance company. Which of the following documents should the EHR specialist generate?

Accepted Answer

A Superbill

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A Patient Ledger

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An Explanation of Benefits

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A Remittance Advice

Question 5

Which of the following describes a primary function of an integrated EHR and practice management system in streamlining the revenue cycle?

Accepted Answer

Automating the process of creating claims from clinical notes.

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Diagnosing patient conditions using artificial intelligence.

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Automatically generating clinical documentation from billing codes.

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Facilitating direct communication between patients and insurance underwriters.

Question 6

A billing specialist is reviewing a patient's account and notices a claim was denied with a reason code indicating a lack of medical necessity. What is the most critical component to review when appealing this type of denial?

Accepted Answer

The clinical documentation for the encounter.

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The patient's demographic information.

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The provider's fee schedule.

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The date the claim was submitted.