rofessional Staff Review Worksheet: Module 5, Week 2 – Vital Signs, Payroll, Insurance, and Office Procedures

Money withheld from a paycheck and paid to the Federal Government is called

Federal Tax

The tax that funds the U.S. retirement program is known as

FICA

The federal unemployment tax paid by the employer is:

FUTA

The form an employee completes to determine withholding allowances is called:

W-4 form

Money withheld from a paycheck and paid to the state is known as:

State Tax

The Wage and Tax Statement provided annually before January 31 is the:

W-2 form

The Employment Eligibility Form is called

I-9 form

The tax that is 1.45% of employee wages and matched by the employer is:

Medicare Tax

Wages paid as a fixed amount, not dependent on hours worked, are called:

Salary

The amount of pay before deductions is called:

Gross pay

Wages based on hours worked times hourly rate are called

Hourly wages

The waste container used for needles and glass slides is the

Sharps

The process of determining how long accounts and balances have been outstanding is:

Aging

What is a comfortable temperature in a treatment room?

68–70°F

The Health Insurance Association of America has sought to have all medical claims filed on a common form. What form is accepted for most office visits?

CMS-1500

What color should a caution sign be?

Yellow

What does “NSF” mean?

Non-Sufficient Funds

What should be available for hand hygiene in every examination room?

Alcohol-based hand sanitizer

Why is proper hand hygiene important in a medical office?

To reduce the spread of microorganisms and infection

How should confidential documents be discarded?

Shredded or disposed of in a secure destruction container

Why must confidential documents be properly destroyed?

To comply with HIPAA and protect patient privacy

What is the term used for a billing method in which bills to some patients are sent every week, although each patient only receives a bill once a month?

Cycle billing

Why might a medical practice use cycle billing?

To optimize workflow, improve cash flow, and enhance patient experience

The common number of waste containers in an examination room is __________.

3

A patient account is considered overdue after __________ days.

30

The NSF fee is charged to the _____________and _____________.

Patient and office

CHAMPVA stands for ________________________________.

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs

A copayment is a ____________________ amount paid by the patient at the time of service.

Fixed

A deductible is the amount the patient must pay ____________________ before insurance pays.

Out of pocket

The type of insurance that usually covers full-time employees is ____________________.

Group insurance

Medicaid is a ____________________ and ____________________ program for low-income individuals.

Federal and state

Insurance provided to individuals with end-stage renal disease is ____________________.

Medicare

The first prepaid health-care plan paid by capitation was offered by ____________________.

Kaiser Permanente

In ICD-10-CM, the “10” indicates the ____________________ revision.

Tenth

Federal insurance for the elderly and disabled is called ____________________.

Medicare

Most CPT codes consist of __________ digits.

5

The first section of the CPT manual is ____________________.

Evaluation and Management

The publisher of the CPT manual is the ____________________.

American Medical Association

Code books should be purchased ____________________.

Annually

The check number, ABA number, and routing number are found on the ____________________ line.

MICR

Items on the day sheet are recorded in ____________________ order.

Chronological

A superbill is a form used________________.

Itemized charges

Charges and payments are posted to the patient account ____________________.

Daily/Immediately

One disadvantage of the single-entry bookkeeping system is that it ____________________.

No method to cross check

The function of a daily journal (day sheet) is to ____________________.

Record daily financial transactions

Accounts payable are amounts a business ____________________.

Owes

Accounts receivable are amounts ____________________ to the business.

Owed

When handling mail, the first thing the medical assistant should do is ____________________.

Sort the mail

Letters addressed to the physician may be opened by the medical assistant when ____________________.

Authorized by the physician

Collect on Delivery (COD) means the ____________________ pays upon delivery.

Recipient

Express Mail is a service that provides ____________________ delivery.

Overnight

A traditional ZIP code contains __________ digits.

5

The proofreader’s mark indicating that a period should be added is a ____________________.

A circle around a period

Which of the following is an example of a correctly written date?

March 15, 2025

Which of the following best describes a sentence fragment?

A group of words that does not express a complete thought

A compound sentence contains __________ independent clauses.

Two

The function of a conjunction is to ____________________ words or phrases.

join

The best spacing in the body of a business letter is ____________________.

Single-spaced

The inside address includes the recipient’s ____________ and ____________.

Name and address

Diagnostic tests found in the radiology section of the CPT manual include __________, __________, and __________.

X-rays, CT scans, MRIs