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- X12-837 Health Care Claims
- electronic claim format that is used to bill for a physicians services
- electronic funds transfer
- the electronic transfer of funds from one account to another
- HIPAA Transaction and code sets standards
- standards that describe a particular elctronic format that providers and payers must use to sed and recive health care transactions.
- Infomation technology
- computer hardware and software information systems used to handle administrative tasks in a medical proactice
- electronic data interchange
- the transfer of data from one computer to another using a network, like the internet
- electronic medical records
- computer-based systems that record clinical data about the patient
- HIPAA security rule
- legislation that outlines the administrative, technical, and physical safegaurds required to pervent unauthorized acess to protected health care information
- database
- collections of related facts
- walkout statement
- a report that lists the chrges and the amount paid by the patient
- edit
- computer check of a claim, performed by a clearinghouse, to determine if all necessary information is included
- clearinghouse
- service that collects electronic insurance claims from medical practices and forwards the claims to the appropriate health plans