Syllabus

 **BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES ** **MOT 139—Medical Records **     //Getting Started in the Computerized Medical Office Fundamentals and Practice Techniques // Cindy Correa, Thomson Delmar Publishing. (includes Medical Office Software Simulation)  //Administrative Procedures for Medical Assisting, 2nd Edition // or //3rd Edtion//, Barbara Ramutkowski, RN, BSN; Kathryn A. Booth, RN, MS; Donna Jeanne Pugh, RN, BSN; Sharion K. Thompson, BS, AAB, RMA, CPT; and Leesa G. Whicker, BA, CMA, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2005.  This course explores the development and content of the medical record for the hospital, ambulatory care, long-term care, and mental health. Management of record content, medical forms and filing methods are also presented. This course covers the fundamentals of using medical office management software. Students will gain computer skills that will enable them to cross over to the workplace. Starting with appointment scheduling, the material sequentially moves through patient registration, procedure posting, medical billing with paper claims and electronically, payment posting, secondary insurance billing, patient billing, patient collections, and insurance tracking and follow-up. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">I. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Managing the Office Medical Records (Chapter 10 from Medical Admin book) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">II. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Medical Practice—Management Software <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">III. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Basic Management Concepts for Medical Administrative Staff <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">IV. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fundamentals of Medical Insurance <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">V. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Patient Registration and Data Entry <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">VI. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Procedure Posting Routines <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">VII. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Insurance Billing Routines <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">VIII. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Posting Payments and Secondary Insurance Billing <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">IX. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Patient Billing and Collections <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">X. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Secondary Insurance Payments, Claims Follow-Up, and Dispute Resolution <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">93 - 100 = A <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">82 - 92 = B <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">71 - 81 = C <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">60 - 70 = D <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 0 - 61 = F <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A letter grade of “C” or higher must be earned to have course applied to program certificate. ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pre-requisite None **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Credit Hours 2 post-secondary **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Duration of Course 30 hours **
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