Medical Billing Technology
Syllabus
Contact Information
Course Hours: 65
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Instructional Mode
Distance Education
Prerequisite
Medical Billing Course Recommended
Textbooks / Learning Resources
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Computers in the Medical Office, 7 Edition Textbook by Susan M. Sanderson
McKesson Ambulatory Solutions, Medisoft, Student At Home Version 16 CD-ROM
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Medisoft Applications, 7 Edition, Student Answer Keys booklet
Allied Business Schools Online Course
Course Description
This course teaches the skills you need to know to use Medisoft Advanced Patient Accounting, one of the
leading medical billing and scheduling software programs. Taking this course should not only build your
skills with Medisoft, but give you the know-how you need to quickly learn other medical billing software
programs as well.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion the Medical Billing Technology course, students will be able to:
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Identify the billing cycle in a medical office.
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Recall various types of health insurance providers.
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Distinguish between procedure and diagnosis coding.
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Recall basic accounting principles.
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Recall how to process insurance claims and the importance of clean claims.
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Enter patient demographic and clinical data.
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Recall when to use an existing case or create a new case.
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Enter charges and payments from patients.
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Post deposits, payments, and adjustments from third party payers.
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Create and print patient statements.
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Create reports.
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Schedule appointments.
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Distinguish between the various claim forms (e.g., CMS-1500, HIPAA 837P).
Grading/Evaluation Policy
Evaluation is linked directly to the course objectives. Performance is measured by online lesson
exercises, assignments, and examinations. To complete this course successfully, students must
complete: 14 lessons including all reading assignments with exercises, online quizzes, assigned
exercises, assigned worksheets, and successfully pass 1 final exam.
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Syllabus
Course Outline and Grading Criteria
Lesson Title
Hours
1: The Medical Billing Cycle
2
2: The Use of Health Information
3
Technology in Physician Practices
3: Introduction to Medisoft
3
4: Entering Patient Information
4
5: Working with Cases
4
6: Entering Charge Transactions and
Patient Payments
5
7: Creating Claims
5
8: Posting Insurance Payments and
Creating Patient Statements
6
9: Creating Reports
5
10: Collections in the Medical Office
7
11: Scheduling
5
12: Handling Patient Records and
Transactions
13: Setting Up Appointments
4
Assignment
Title
Lesson Quiz
Points
Possible
10
Required
to Pass
7
Lesson Quiz
10
7
Lesson Quiz
Lesson Quiz
4-2 Patient List
Lesson Quiz
Chapter 5 Worksheet
Lesson Quiz
6-5 Walkout Receipt
Lesson Quiz
Chapter Worksheet
Lesson Quiz
Applying Your Skills 6
Chapter Worksheet
Lesson Quiz
9-2 Practice Analysis
9-5 Patient Aging Applied Payment
Chapter Worksheet
Lesson Quiz
Chapter Worksheet
Lesson Quiz
11-12 Appointment Schedule
Applying Your Skills 14
10
10
5
10
10
10
8
10
10
10
9
10
10
5
8
10
10
10
10
7
4
7
7
4
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
4
6
7
7
7
7
5
3
12-2 Walkout Receipt
6
5
4
9
3
7
160
385
112
274
5
14: Printing Lists and Reports
4
Final Exam
Total
3
65
14-2 Appointment Schedule
14-3 Patient Day Sheet &
Procedure Day Sheet
Practical Assignment
Student Integrity and Academic Honesty Policy
Allied Schools strives to encourage a spirit of honesty and integrity. This policy was created to foster a
climate that promotes the most stringent academic standards. Violations of this policy will be dealt with
using fair and consistent methods. Committing one or more of the following actions is considered
unacceptable and constitutes a violation of this policy:
• Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials in any academic exercise;
• Intentionally aiding or attempting to aid another student to commit any act of academic dishonesty;
• Bribing or attempting to bribe, or making threats against any individual, with the intention of
affecting a grade or an evaluation of academic performance;
• Falsifying any documents;
• Accessing the institution’s computer systems or files without proper authorization.
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System Requirements
Component
Requirement
1
Computer/processor 500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
1, 2
Memory
256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher
Hard disk
2 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the
original download package is removed from the hard drive.
Drive
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Display
1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor
Operating system
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server 2003 with
3
SP1, or later operating system
Other
Certain inking features require running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
or later. Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and
audio output device. Information Rights Management features require access to
a Windows 2003 Server with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management
Services.
Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later is required for certain
advanced functionality in Outlook 2007. Instant Search requires Microsoft
Windows Desktop Search 3.0. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity.
Connectivity to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running
Microsoft Windows Share Point Services is required for certain advanced
collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office Share Point Server 2007 is required
for certain advanced functionality. PowerPoint Slide Library requires Office
Share Point Server 2007. To share data among multiple computers, the host
computer must be running Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP
Professional with SP2, or later.
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32 bit browser only. Internet functionality requires
Internet access (fees may apply).
Additional
Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system
configuration and operating system.
1
1 gigahertz (GHz) processor or higher and 512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Business Contact Manager. Business Contact Manager not
available in all languages.
2
512 MB RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search. Grammar and contextual spelling in Word is not turned on unless the machine has
1 GB memory.
3
Office Clean-up wizard not available on 64 bit OS.
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