Problem 1: Mr. Doolittle has Medicare Parts A and B coverage. He was well during the entire past year. On January 1, Mr. Doolittle is rushed to the hospital, where Dr. Input performs an emergency gastric resection. The hospital bills Medi-care under the Part A coverage, and under Part B coverage, the physician bills $450 for surgical services. The doctor agrees to accept the assignment. The patient has not met any of his deductible for 2017 which is $183. Complete the following statements by putting in the correct amounts.
Original Bill
a. Medicare allows $400. Medicare payment: ________________________________________________________
b. Patient owes Dr. Input: ________________________________________________________________________
c. Dr. Input’s courtesy adjustment: _________________________________________________________________
Mathematical computations:
