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Med Office Insurance & Finance

Class Number: MEDASST 31509307-3 - Med Office Insurance & Finance
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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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: 31-509-303 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

  • Fall
  • Spring

Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.

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:
MEDASST 31509307-3 - Med Office Insurance & Finance
Location:
1318
Date:
-
Delivery:
Blended
Term:
2025 Fall Session 2

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.

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
10/22/2025 - 12/21/2025 Online
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
10/22/2025 - 12/21/2025 Tuesday
10:30 AM - 2:20 PM
Marinette Campus Room BT103

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