Medical billing claim form processing will be taught, to cover all the various forms of insurance such as BCBS, HMO, Workmen's Compensation, Disability, Champus, Medicare, and Medicaid. This course teaches basic machine transcription of medical dictation including correspondence and reports, emphasizing development of proficiency in machine operation, English usage, spelling, punctuation, and format of typewritten material. Instruction in medical claim form processing covers all major health insurance forms and electronic media claims. A computerized medical office simulation prepares students for scheduling appointments, inputting patient information, handling billing, aging of accounts, and practice and ledger analysis. This course is a concentrated application of processing medical documents typically used in a medical office setting.
Emphasis is placed on speed building through the use of speed-building exercises and applications.
The students will further develop their skill in efficient usage of reference materials. This machine transcription course will require the student to develop an employable production speed while transcribing a variety of medical documents dealing with the specialty areas of medicine and advanced terminology. Dictation by persons with foreign accents will be incorporated into this class.