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Administrative Medical Specialist with Medical Billing and Coding
300 Hours Cost $1995
Some typical tasks for the AMS include:
- Receiving, making and documenting telephone calls. Scheduling appointments and registering of patient information. Performing insurance verification, pre-authorization and referral tasks. Preparing patient charts and maintaining medical records. Preparing and posting transactions on day sheets, charge tickets and patient accounts. Coding and billing insurance claims. Collecting patient payments and performing collection activities.
- Performing accounts payable, payroll and banking tasks.
The career of an administrative medical specialist is a challenging one with new opportunities arising continuously. Job security is high for an individual who understands claims processing and billing regulations, possesses sharp coding skills, and is successful in appealing under-paid or denied insurance claims. Recent surveys of medical office personnel Help Wanted advertisements indicate the need for individuals with these skills. With this online AMS program, students will learn the job skills they need to be successful candidates in the workforce.
Coding, Documentation and Reimbursement for Physicians
12 Hours Cost: $795
Evaluation and Management documentation can be a doctor's worst nightmare, but this course gives detailed specifics needed when documenting multiple or single-organ-system examinations. The specialties examinations covered are listed below.
- Cardiovascular
- Otolaryngology
- Ophthalmology
- Genitourinary
- Hematologic/Lymphatic/Immunologic
- Musculoskeletal
- Neurological
- Psychiatric
- Respiratory
- Integumentary
ICD-10 Medical Coding: Preparation and Instruction for Implementation
200 Hours Cost $1595
ICD-10 is a radically upgraded diagnostic and procedural medical coding system, and will soon be mandated by the Federal government for use in the healthcare industry in insurance processing, reimbursement, and statistical data gathering. Preparing for and implementing the massive changes to the existing coding system requires that the healthcare industry start preparing for the impacts now. This new program will present a comprehensive overview of the significant changes in store for both diagnostic and procedural coding along with detailed information on the impacts of the coding changes to medical coders, healthcare staff, physicians, software systems, documentation, and information technology.
This program includes:
- Comprehensive overview of the objectives, edits, and changes within the soon-to-be released International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10). Methodology and Template for planning HIM and non-HIM staff, physician, and allied health personnel education. Explanation of requirements for upgrading existing software applications, including claims editors, billing and claims, and electronic data interchange clearinghouses. In-depth review of the CMS training manual.
- Explanation of how to prepare and develop policy and procedure manual changes, staff training needs, and requirements.
Medical Transcription
240 Hours Cost: $1595
According to the current edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook Medical Transcription (MT) is among the ten fastest growing occupations in the U.S. An MT often works for hospitals, outpatient clinics, physician offices, national transcription services, or other medical offices. The MT listens to dictated recordings made by physicians and other healthcare professionals and transcribes them; creating medical reports that eventually become part of patients’ permanent files. Students must have excellent editing and proofreading skills. Students must have a basic understanding of a word-processing program, be proficient at keyboarding, creating documents, e-mailing, and printing. Students will gain a working knowledge of medical terminology and the ability to transcribe medical reports, learning the skills they need to obtain an entry-level position as a MT.
The Medical Transcription Certificate Program has been designed to provide students with a beginning knowledge of the transcription of medical records. Included are ten inpatient case studies, ten inpatient reports that can be used as tests or as extra assignments, 25 outpatient reports, and ten outpatient reports that can be used as tests or as extra assignments. Each of these reports has been taken from hospital medical records. They include history and physical examinations, radiology reports, operative procedures, pathology reports, consultations, discharge summaries, a death summary, an autopsy report, and all associated correspondence. Reports are digitally recorded to be transcribed by the student. Different regional accents and background noises, which duplicate real-life situations, are used in the recorded dictation. The speed of the dictations picks up as the student goes forward through the course.
With all of the changes in HIPAA rules and regulations and the constant possibility of audits today’s physicians just can't afford to take a chance of not knowing what is needed to be compliant in the coding and billing of services. This course is designed to help determine what is needed for effective and efficient documentation, when to use modifiers, and how to not "unbundle" services.
The key to a good practice is having a compliance plan in place. Physicians will learn about the resources needed to create a successful compliance program. They will also become familiar with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for 2004. This provides practitioners with the knowledge of services that could be targeted in the New Year's audits and how they can be prepared.
The medical industry is experiencing a tremendous demand for individuals with knowledge of medical office operations, which includes billing and coding, processing insurance forms, and using medical software. According to the American Medical Association there are more than 1.2 million Medical Specialists in the United States. This profession is listed as one of the fastest growing professions in allied health. This course will give you the skills you need to find the job you are looking for as an Administrative Medical Specialist (AMS). The AMS program also provides preparation for the Certified Coding Associate (CCA) national certification exam. Upon successful completion of the AMS course students will be prepared for an entry-level position doing medical billing or coding in a medical office setting. Additionally, students will be prepared to sit for the CCA national certification exam.
The Capital City Training Center partners with Gatlin Education Services, the country’s largest and most successful provider of online career training programs, to provide quality continuing education training in a virtual learning environment.
These programs are designed by a team of professionals from respective fields. These subject matter experts work with existing textbooks and other course wares to provide the most effective web–based learning experience possible. Instructors are actively involved in the students’ online learning experience and are readily available to respond to any questions or concerns they might have. They are also always present encouraging and motivating students to succeed. Each program includes everything you need (books, CD–ROM, lessons, quizzes and assignments). Grades are a combination of computer based tests and the instructor’s evaluation of the students’ performance.