Certified Medical Billing and Coding with EHR

• Course

  8 Months 900 Hour

• CIP Code

  510713

This is an accelerated Medical Billing & Coding course package which is completed in an approximate four (4) month or eighteen (18) week period. The course has been made to include only the precise medical billing & coding job skills required for employment and field work. Students are introduced to several techniques for finding and applying the correct codes. The addition of enhanced skills in Electronic Health Records [EHR] in this course package will provide the student with an edge in the job market in this competitive field. In this course students get an overview of medical insurance billing procedures as used in hospitals and todays medical practices.

They learn coding protocols, and insurance billing procedures. At our center, students learn through computerized billing simulations how to create, save, retrieve, edit, and maintain patient files. In addition, post payments to patient accounts, produce insurance claim forms, correct and resubmit rejected claims, produce insurance claim activity reports and enter electronic claims. Topics covered include: current procedural terminology, international classification of diseases, clinical modification, healthcare procedure coding system, resource-based relative value scale, insurance form preparation, Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Workers Compensation, No Fault, HMOs, diagnosis-related groups, peer review organizations, and ambulatory patient groups. Students will also learn Medical & Insurance Terminology & Abbreviations, Duties of the Medical Biller, Procedures For Insurance Forms Completion, HIC Universal Claim Form, ADA Forms, Workers Compensation Forms & No Fault, Superbill, Medicaid/Medicare, Medical Coding: Current Procedural Terminology Coding, HCPCS, ICD-9CM, Coding Systems Electronic & V Modifiers, Computerized Medical Billing Software, Audit Trails, Payment Follow-up Methods, Insurance Company Policies, Insurance Follow-up Procedures, Title XIX, CPT4, Dental, Campus.

 

Total Cost	$6,500
Tuition	$6,255
Fees	$125
Books & Materials	$0
Supplies & Tools	$0
Other	$120