Medical Office Assistant
The Medical Office Administrative Assistant (MOAA) program covers relevant material dealing with medical office and medical records management. Students will learn client services skills and responsibilities, client education as well as legal and ethical issues in the medical field. Students will also learn how to build patient files, post entries, complete patient billing, generate reports, complete and file medical records. Students will also be introduced to coding for accurate insurance billing. This program will offer guidance for all elements of submitting, tracing, compiling, appealing and transmitting billing claims to insurance companies, and further introduce students to various kinds of health insurance and managed care models, including Medicare, as well as cover insurance claim collection strategies. Students will learn how to operate machine transcription equipment by keyboarding various medical documents such as case histories, chart and progress notes, and medical correspondence. In addition, students will learn the foundation to recognize medical terms and emphasis will be placed on improving written and oral communication skills pertaining to medical terminology. Students will be introduced to word processing applications. They will learn the basic formatting of simple tables, reports, and business correspondence. Continued emphasis will be placed on building speed and accuracy. Students will gain the knowledge necessary to comply with the topics related to privacy and security within the medical office environment.
Courses:
Medical Office Procedures and Administration
Medical Terminology
Medical Machine Transcription
Insurance Billing and Coding I & II
Automated Medical Office
Career Development
Course Descriptions
Program Length
If you take one course at a time, you will complete the program in 30 weeks. If you elect to take two courses at a time, you will complete the program in 15 weeks.
Tuition: $2,895
At PCEd, we believe that money should not be an obstacle to getting the skills you need to pursue your professional goals. We offer a variety of Payment Options that are convenient, flexible, and affordable, to help you manage your cash flow and personal budget. Students who pay the total cost of their Diploma program before the start of their first course will receive an additional 5% discount! The cost of your program includes books, valued up to $500.00 in some programs, and any other materials we send you. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection! Note that there is a $75.00 deposit required when you sign the Enrollment Agreement. The $75.00 deposit is applied toward your tuition, and is fully refundable if you choose not to start your course or program. Please see PCEd? Refund Policy for details.
Course Descriptions
MD106: Automated Medical Office
Students are introduced to word processing and word processing applications. They will learn the basic formatting of simple tables, reports, and business correspondence. Continued emphasis will be placed on building speed and accuracy. This course will also introduce the fundamentals of ht Medical Manager program. This application software is the most widely distributed scheduling program in the Medical Field.
MD105: Insurance, Billing and Coding I
This course will prepare students for the necessary procedures for medical billing and coding. It will offer guidance for all aspects of submitting, tracing, compiling, appealing, and the procedures of transmitting billing claims to insurance companies. It will introduce students to various kinds of health insurance and managed care models, including Medicare. Students will be exposed to insurance claim collection strategies.
MD205: Insurance, Billing and Coding II
A continuation of MD105. Expanding upon the fundamentals and concepts for all elements of submitting, tracing, compiling, appealing and transmitting billing claims for insurance company procedures. Additional study of health insurance and managed care models, including Medicare and insurance claim collection strategies will be emphasized.
MD107: Medical Machine Transcription
This course is designed to introduce the student to machine transcription used in medical environments. Students will learn how to operate machine transcription equipment while keyboarding various medical documents such as case histories, chart and progress notes, physical examinations, and medical correspondence. Students will transcribe advanced medical material such as case histories, medical reports, and conferences. Basic rules of capitalization, number usage, punctuation, and abbreviations in transcribing medical documents will be emphasized.
MD108: Medical Office Procedures and Administration
This course prepares students for the administrative skills medical administrative assistants need to know. It covers relevant material dealing with medical office and medical records management skills, client services skills and responsibilities, client education, and legal and ethical issues. This course will familiarize the student with health care records management. The student will learn how to build patient files, post entries, complete patient billing procedures, generate reports, and complete and file medical records. The student will also be introduced to coding for accurate insurance billing.
MD102: Medical Terminology
This course will provide students with a foundation to recognize medical terms using the four-word part approach (prefixes, word roots, suffixes, and combining vowels). This will prepare the student to better understand and master the terminology common to diseases in the medical field. Emphasis will be placed on improving written and oral communication skills pertaining to medical terminology. Pronunciation, identification, and spelling are stressed. A working knowledge of medical terminology is desirable for anyone entering one of the health science fields. Simulations will provide students with the opportunity to practice creating billing and coding records. Students will learn how to apply knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy to code medical procedures and diagnoses. This course will help students understand and utilize insurance and medical terminology.
CD100: Career Development
In this course, students will prepare a resume, a cover letter, and a thank-you letter. They will acquire skills necessary to properly prepare typical pre-employment forms. Interviewing techniques are taught and practiced. This class will optimize a student’s potential for employment by developing skills in communication, business etiquette, problem solving, critical thinking, time management, and interpersonal skills.
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