MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Catalog description

Emphasizes essential skills required for the medical office. Introduces the knowledge and skills of procedures for billing purposes. Introduces the basic concept of medical administrative assisting and its relationship to the other health fields. Emphasizes medical ethics, legal aspects of medicine, and the medical administrative assistant’s role as an agent of the physician. Provides the student with knowledge and the essentials of professional behavior. Topics include: introduction to medical administrative assisting procedures, medical regulations ethics, medical records management, scheduling appointments, health insurance, billing/ collection, work area management, resource utilization, and office equipment.