Final Project Financial Policy Part A
Tracie Blakeslee
HCR/230
November 3, 2013
Santresa Sanders
NEWFIELD FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE FINANCIAL POLICY
Here at Newfield Family Medical Practice our main objective is to provide the highest quality of healthcare and to try and keep the cost of medical care down. For us here at Newfield Family Medical Practice to achieve these you as our patient need to understand our financial policy. Please read this carefully and if you have any questions, please speak to any member of our staff (“American Academy of Pediatrics”, 2013). 1. On arrival please come to the receptionist desk and check in with the front end staff, present them with your current insurance card, you will be asked for it at
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Any accounts over 90 days will be turned over to our collection agency, and will not be able to schedule an appointment with our office. 15. Newfield Family Medical Practice requires a 24 hour notice of cancellation for an appointment. A $25 cancellation fee will be charged to your account for a “NO SHOW” to an appointment or failure to give the 24 hour cancellation notice. 16. There is a $30 fee that will be charged for any personal checks being returned for insufficient funds, plus any bank fees that are incurred. 17. Not all services that we provide here at Newfield Family Medical Practice is covered by every insurance plan, any service that is not covered you are financially responsible for.
I have read and understand Newfield Family Medical Practices Financial Policy and agree to comply with it. I also agree that if it becomes necessary to forward my account to a collection agency, I will be responsible for the fee’s charged by the collection agency for the cost of the collection of my account.
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The policy states that if a patient has a copay or any other payment that needs to be made then he/she should do so at the time of their visit. This is usually done at the end of the visit encase the doctor orders any tests or lab work that might cost the patient more money. Patient’s should be informed of all or any charges and given an estimated cost.
The lifecycle of physician-based claim (CMS 1500) is something that we not only need to know, but also how to do from start to finish.
Step 6 - Generate patient statements - This will be the final process by letting the patient know what the balance most of the time should be 0 if services were covered and co-pay was paid prior. There is other instances when insurance providers will decide not to cover and the patient will then end up with the balance left over.
In an attempt to keep your medical cost for services to a minimum, we have adopted the following policy regarding payments and billing. If you do not have insurance coverage, payment will be due in full amount on the day the service is giving.
The patient is informed about their coverage and the amount of copayment they would have to pay.
slides. If you adopt this text you will be given access to complete materials. To obtain
Cleverley, W.O., Cleverley, J.O., & Song, P.H. (2012). Essentials of health care finance (7th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
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