This course is designed to stress the skills a medical transcriptionist must possess in preparing for eventual employment in a private physician's office, a clinic, or a hospital. Emphasis will be placed on the efficient production of case histories and physical examinations, radiological reports, x-rays, operative reports, pathology reports, discharge summaries, and autopsy reports from pre recorded dictation material. This course is designed to prepare students for employment as medical insurance specialists in physicians' offices and clinics. Topics to be covered include the claim process, inpatient and outpatient billing, procedural coding and the billing requirements of various healthcare providers. An advanced course designed to integrate previously learned secretarial skills and to develop proficiency in medical office procedures, such as processing medical records and forms on text editing equipment.
Course also includes legal documents encountered in a medical office.
This is a continuation of the applications of medical transcribing skills and provides a more in-depth understanding of medical terminology. These applications will be performed on the latest electronic equipment available. A required field experience in a medical office. The student is placed in a medical office during their last semester for the purpose of observing the operations and routines of that office. The opportunity to perform the tasks required in a medical office is offered to the student.