CASE STUDY 1 Clinic manager Marilyn Johnson, CMA (AAMA), is responsible for the preparation and distribution of payroll checks at Inner City Health Care. Because the group practice is in the process of upgrading the computer system to accommodate a recent influx of new patients, Marilyn is temporarily preparing the pay. roll using the manual write-it-once bookkeeping system. She is careful to consult payroll records for each employee, which include the employee's name, address, telephone number, and Social Security number number of exemptions claimed on the W-4 form, gross salary, deductions withheld for all taxes, including Social Security, federal, state, and local; deductions withheld for health insurance and disability insurance and date of employment. CASE STUDY REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. As Marilyn writes out the payroll check for Gwen Carr, CMA (AAMA), what information should be included on the paycheck stub? 2. What must the provider's clinic have to process payroll? 3. What responsibility does the clinic manager have with regard to the confidentiality of payroll records? How might employees' rights to privacy be maintained