Exam 40: Dental Office Management

Medicaid requires that the dentist accept the reduced amount of payment in full without billing the patient for the remainder.

Most dentists prefer to be interrupted while chairside to attend to business that may arise during the day.

The ____________ is a record of all deposits and checks made from the account.

Examples of primary procedures are: 1) amalgam restorations 2) suture removals 3) crown and bridge procedures 4) denture adjustments 5) endodontic procedures

The non-duplication of benefits is known as ____________.

In an appointment book, a unit is usually ____________.

The method of informing patients of emergency telephone numbers or what to do while the office is closed is the ____________.

A check marked NSF has "bounced."

The net income is the true profit the practice makes.

The money the dental office owes to others is termed ____________.

Most dental offices use some form of ____________ for patient filing.

The accounts receivable balance does not equal over ____ months of production.

When an employee is first employed, Form ____ must be filled out to determine the number of allowances.

Another name for an automated routing unit for the telephone is ____________.

____________ fee is the midrange of fees charged for the same procedure.

Variable expenses, those expenses that do not remain constant, are ____________.

The Fair Debt Collection Practice Act makes it legal to telephone a debtor at inconvenient hours.

If the supplier cannot supply an item on the order, what is issued?

At the end of each year, Form ____ must be given to all employees so those employees can submit their federal taxes.

The average that 90 percent of dentists in the area charge for the same procedure is the ____________ fee.