Certified Medical Administrative
Assistant (CMAA) Study Guide:
Abandonment. - correct answer ✔✔Discontinuing medical care without giving the proper notice or
providing a competent replacement.
Accounts Receivable Ledger - correct answer ✔✔Document that provides detailed information about
charges, payments, and remaining amounts owed to a provider.
Active Files. - correct answer ✔✔Medical charts for patients currently receiving treatment.
Administrative Services Only contract
Abbreviation- A S O: - correct answer ✔✔Contract between employers and private insurers. Under
which employers fund the plans themselves, and private insurers administer the plans for the employers.
Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
Abbreviation- A B N - correct answer ✔✔Form provided to a patient if a provider believes that a service
may be declined because Medicare might consider it unnecessary.
Advance Directive Form. - correct answer ✔✔Document that spells out what kind of treatment a patient
wants in the event that he can't speak for himself. Also known as Living Will.
Appointment Cards - correct answer ✔✔Used to remind patients of scheduled appointments and to
eliminate misunderstandings about dates and times or No Shows.
Assault and Battery. - correct answer ✔✔Willful and unlawful use of intimidation and physical force or
violence on another person.
Allowable Amount. - correct answer ✔✔The limit that most insurance plans put on the amount that will
be allowed for reimbursement for a service or procedure
