When patients fail to pay their monthly billing statements by the due date, medical assistants should first:
A) call a collection agency to obtain the payments.
B) try to contact the patient regarding the payment.
C) inform the patient she can no longer be seen in the office.
D) notify the physician.
Question 2
Medicare service fees are calculated on all of the following except:
A) service intensity and skills needed to perform the service.
B) time needed for the service.
C) practice overhead and the practice's malpractice premiums.
D) patient's age.