Credits: 5 semester 1 period

Semesters: 1 @ 1 period

Location: The ROP

Recommended Sequence: Medical Billing 1

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
*Managed Care Systems
*Medicare
*Medicaid and state programs
*Tricare and Champva
*Workers Compensation
*Disability Income insurance
*Impatient and outpatient billing
*Medical terminology, anatomy
*Communication and follow-up procedures
*Computer billing concepts