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: 31-509-303 Medical Asst Lab Procedures 1; 31-509-304 Medical Asst Clinical Procedures 1; Corequisites: 31-509-309 Medical Law, Ethics & Profess; 31-509-308 Pharm for Allied Health)
Course Typically Offered
Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.
What will I learn?
- Perform bookkeeping procedures.
- Perform accounts receivable procedures including posting charges, payments, and adjustments.
- Examine the medical assistant's role in regards to payments and banking activities.
- Explore the medical assistant's role in regards to billing procedures.
- Perform accounts payable procedures
- Perform diagnostic coding
- Perform procedural coding
- Apply third party reimbursement policies and procedures.
- Complete an insurance claim form.
Class list
2 classes found
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Class Number: MEDASST 31509307-2 - Med Office Insurance & Finance
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Class Number: MEDASST 31509307-3 - Med Office Insurance & Finance