MA 130 - Medical Office Administration (5)

Prerequisite: MA 140
fall

Lecture: 5 hours lecture/discussion per week.

This course will focus on the variety of administrative components associated with the Medical Assistant role. There will be special emphasis on the use of electronic health records for patient registration, scheduling, and charting in the patient record. Additional topics in the course will emphasize professional and business communications including office protocol, greeting and receiving patients, explaining office policies, and medical office equipment. Students will learn to format and create a business letter, personal letter and chart notes as well as identify the different types of correspondence used in the medical office while displaying professionalism through written and verbal communications. This course will also provide practical application of insurance billing procedures, completion of claim forms, basic insurance terminology and various health plans including Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs and PPOs. Topics will include managed care, reimbursement and coding, and HIPAA compliance in the medical office.

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PCS: 1.2