Remittance Advice is another name for which document?

• A. Referral Authorization
• B. Explanation of benefits (EOB)
• C. Notice of Benefit payment
• D. Covered Services Summary

Answer: (B)

Remittance Advice is the detailed payment explanation that comes with insurer payments, showing exactly how each claim was processed—what was paid, what was denied or reduced, and any adjustments or reason codes. This is functionally the provider-facing counterpart to the Explanation of Benefits, which communicates the same adjudication details in a patient-facing format. So they are essentially the same type of document, just used in different contexts: RA for the provider’s reconciliation of payments, EOB for the patient’s understanding of benefits and charges. The other options describe different kinds of documents (a referral authorization, a standard notice of payment terminology, or a summary of covered services) and don’t convey the payment adjudication the way remittance advice and EOB do.