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               MEDICAL OFFICE SPECIALIST

Develop the skills you will need to succeed in the fast paced medical office
environment.

Medical Office Specialists work in healthcare facilities as administrative secretaries,
receptionists, unit or ward secretaries, accounting clerks, medical billing specialists,
medical claims analysts, medical office coders, or office supervisors.
Today’s rapidly changing and demanding medical office environment requires skills
in office administration, medical transcription, communication, electronic medical
records, and medical office operations.

Graduates of the Medical Office Specialist program could find employment in
individual physician's offices, dental offices, chiropractic offices, clinics, hospitals,
outpatient clinics, health insurance companies, laboratories, medical supplies DME
companies, nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, public health departments, or
other medical facilities.

Prepare for a career in the medical office  with the hands-on approach to front office
skills.
The purpose of the Medical Office Specialist program is to prepare students for employment in a variety
of administrative/support positions in the health care field.

Be prepared to work in various health care settings including:
Medical offices
Nursing homes
Hospitals
Rehabilitation centers.

Real world procedures to be performed with practice management software that allows you to
experience day-to-day administrative activities as if you were in an actual office setting.

What you will learn:

Understanding the Computerized Medical Office
Learn accounting and medical terms needed for the practice.
Medical Practice Management Software and how it is used in practices.
The responsibilities and how daily information is processed.
Understanding superbills, encounter forms, ad medical documents.

Medical Software Computer Applications
Medical software functions. Starting and exiting programs.
How to use the menus and tool bars.
Setting up a medical practice.

Physician's or Provider's Information

Patient Registration
New patient's registration.
Existing patients and editing patient's accounts.
Payment plans for new patients.
Exercises with computer applications.

Setting Up New Patient's Accounts
Patient's personal information and demographics.
Exercises with computer applications.

Coding and Insurance

Understanding Health Insurance
Insurance Companies and Demographics.
Patient's Account and Patient Cases.
Understanding the patient's accounting transactions.
Entering Patient Account/Cases
Understanding the diagnosis.
Insurance Demographics.
Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, Champus Insurance.
Exercises with computer applications.

Coding
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) coding.
Steps-in Diagnosis ICD-9-CM coding.
Currant Procedural Terminology ((CPT) coding.
Steps-in CPT coding.

Coding New Patients and Established Patients
Understanding Modifiers.
Computer Software Procedures, Payments, and Adjustments.
Place of Service Codes and how to apply.
Setting-up procedure charges for Insurance Carriers.
Hands-on computer practice: Entering Procedures, Payments, and Adjustment Codes.
Hands-on computer practice: Entering Procedure (CPT) Codes.
Hands-on computer practice: Entering Diagnosis (ICD-9-CM) Codes.

Appointment Scheduling
Appointment Management for the medical practice.
Practice scheduling computerized appointments.

Medical Office Accounting Procedures
Basic Accounting Principles.
Practice Management Accounting System.
Demographics and Insurance.
Practice Applications: Entering Charges for a Patient.
Practice Applications: Entering Payments to Charges.

Applying Patient and Insurance Payments.
Hands-on computer practice: Applying Patient Payments.
Printing Receipts.

Insurance Claims and Payments
Submitting Claims.
Reviewing and Editing Claims.
Steps for Electronic Claims Submissions.

Reimbursements
Receiving payments from insurance companies
Computer Applications: Applying Insurance Payments to Patient's Accounts.

Medical Billing
Understanding and the billing process.
Patient Statements

Medical Office Reports

Advanced Medical Software Applications.

Technology
Electronic Health Records
E-Health
Telemedicine

Day-by-Day two week simulations:
Experience day-to-day office activities as if you were in an actual office setting.
Hands-on simulations ranging from entering new patient's information.
Setting up appointments / canceling appointments.
Charging patients and insurance companies for services.
Recording payments. Accounting transactions.
Recording payments from patients and insurance companies.
Printing statements.
Printing insurance claim forms,
and many other task vital to a medical practice.

Real-world case studies give you numerous opportunities to apply what you've learned to the kinds of
situations you will encounter as a professional.

Step-by-step instructions on how to perform specific administrative task.
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Basic computer, keyboarding, and Windows skills is needed.
No previous medical knowledge is needed.  For everyone.  

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