CMS-1500
Abbreviation Administrative Assisting
The standard paper claim form for professional (physician and supplier) services; the electronic version is the 837P.
Related terms
- claimA request to a health plan for payment for services provided.
- ABNAdvance Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage: a Medicare form telling the patient, before the service, that…
- COBCoordination of benefits: rules that decide which insurer pays first when a patient has more than one plan.
- CPOEComputerized provider order entry: the provider enters orders electronically instead of on paper.
- CPTCurrent Procedural Terminology: the AMA code set for medical services and procedures.
- DMEDurable medical equipment: reusable equipment ordered for home use, such as walkers, wheelchairs or oxygen…
- E/MEvaluation and management: the category of codes for office, outpatient, hospital and other patient visits.
- EFTElectronic funds transfer: a health plan's payment sent electronically to the provider's bank.
- EHRElectronic health record: a digital record of a patient's health information that can be shared across…
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