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A collection agency collects the amount owed to a medical practice by a patient when the practice has exhausted all efforts to collect the debt.  Most practices will send the patient several statements and call the patient before "turning them over" to a third-party...

Co-insurance is a percentage of the allowable charges that the patient is required to pay at the time of service. Typically, the patient's deductible must be satisfied before the payer will pay on a claim.

The CMS 1500 (formerly called the HCFA 1500) is the form/format (paper or electronic) used to submit Medicare Part B claims.

Pillbox is a website that was developed to aid in the identification of unknown solid dosage pharmaceuticals. The system combines high-resolution images of tablets and capsules with FDA-approved appearance information (imprint, shape, color, etc.) to enable users to...

A smartphone is a mobile phone with PC-like functionality and advanced capabilities ”“ essentially a miniature computer that combines phone, email, texting, and Inter- net service. According to a study by Manhattan Research, 64 percent of U.S. physicians own...

MAUDE stands for Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience and is the FDA’s database of voluntary reports of adverse events caused by medical devices.  EMRs can fall under the category of medical devices and there are some reports about deficits in EMR CPOE...