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What is a Gastroenterologist?
A doctor that specializes in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and liver.
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What is MyChart Video Visit?
The visit type used for virtual visits
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What is a (prior) authorization?
This is issued by the payor, giving the rendering provider permission to perform a services
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What is Direct (scheduling) Access?
A term used when a specialty group/clinic has given a scheduling department approval to schedule directly with their patients within EPIC
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What is 3?
This is the total number of patient identifiers needed before disclosing information at Houston Methodist
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What is -ectomy?
Suffix for the surgical removal of a specified part of the body
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What is the Appointment Desk?
A section in EPIC that allows you to make appointments, view past and future appointments and patient demographic information
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What is an HMO?
Members of this insurance type are required to have a primary care physician (PCP) or physician group
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What is Credentials
This tab outlines general information regarding where a physician went to school or did their residency/fellowship
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What is Calabrio?
Your schedule adherence will be tracked in this system at Houston Methodist
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What is Congenital?
A disease or physical abnormality present from birth
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What is a staff message (In Basket message)?
A messaging service similar to email that securely sends information about a patient
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What is a Guarantor?
The person legally responsible for the bill
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What is Scope of Practice?
This tab will provide the type of conditions or diagnoses the physician treats
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What is Redirect On No Answer?
This is what the acronym RONA stands for
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What is an Endocrinologist?
A medical practitioner qualified to diagnose and treat disorders of the glands and hormones
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What is New Patient (1003)
A visit type for a patient that has not received professional services from a Houston Methodist physician in 3 years
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What is a Deductible?
The amount a patient is responsible for before the insurance company will pay a claim
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What is 1?
Houston Methodist doctors fall under this number for their Provider Network (tier)
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What is Self Pay?
If you cannot verify a patient's insurance or the patient does not have their insurance card, they will be marked as this in EPIC
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What are the Thoracic Cavity, Diaphragm, Abdominal Cavity and Pelvic Cavity?
These areas make up the ventral cavity
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What is Real Time Eligibility?
This is what RTE stands for when verifying a patient's insurance in EPIC
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What is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)?
The name of the federal agency that administers the Medicare program, the nation's largest health insurance program
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What is diagnosis?
When searching for a physician, you will first filter by this criteria in ProviderMatch
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What is nosocomial?
An infection or toxin that is acquired by a patient from being in the hospital
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