Credits: 5 semester 1 period

Semesters: 1 @ 1 period

Location: The ROP

Recommended Sequence:
Computerized Office 1 or equivalent and
Medical Assist/Admin or experience in a medical office

Requirements: Own transportation to THE ROP
Must be16 by September 1 or a Jr.

Course Description: The goals of this class are to streamline administrative procedures for the most frustrating aspect of the doctor’s office – routine insurance billing. This class will introduce students to CMS 1500 universal claim forms, collections strategies, ICD-9 (10) and CPT coding, insurance billing and principals, clearing house verses in-house billing, collections, laws and ethics.

Competencies
*Professionalism
*Medical Ethics
*Legal requirements
*Managing practice finances
*Diagnostic coding
*Procedural coding
*Records management
*Insurance collections strategies
*Medical terminology/anatomy
*Computer billing concepts