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Med Office Insurance & Finance

Credits: 2
Course Number: 31-509-307

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Course Description

31-509-307 MEDICAL OFFICE INSURANCE & FINANCE ...introduces medical assistant students to health insurance and finance in the medical office. Students perform bookkeeping procedures, apply managed care guidelines, and complete insurance claim forms. Students use medical coding and managed care terminology to perform insurance-related duties. (Prerequisites: 31-509-301, Medical Assistant Administrative Procedures; 31-509-302 Human Body in Health & Disease; Corequisites: 31-509-304 Medical Assistant Clinical Procedures 1.

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

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How can I use this course to achieve my career goals?

This course is associated with the following programs:

What will I learn?

  1. Perform bookkeeping procedures.
  2. Perform accounts receivable procedures including posting charges, payments, and adjustments.
  3. Examine the medical assistant's role in regards to payments and banking activities.
  4. Explore the medical assistant's role in regards to billing procedures.
  5. Perform accounts payable procedures
  6. Perform diagnostic coding
  7. Perform procedural coding
  8. Apply third party reimbursement policies and procedures.
  9. Complete an insurance claim form.

Class Details

Class Number:
81900
Delivery:
Blended - Less than 50% Online
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W2
Date Range:
-
Estimated Cost:
$365.20 *

Class Notes

  • This class is taught through a combination of in-person and online instruction. Students will attend live portions of the class at the dates, times, and location specified. The remaining instruction will be accessed anywhere using internet. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/blendedfaq.

Meeting Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location(s)
10/23/24 - 12/22/24 Anytime
Anytime
Online
10/29/24 - 12/17/24 Tu
12:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Marinette Campus Room BT102

* Cost displayed is an estimate and may be discounted if attendees are residents of Northeast Wisconsin Back to cost