MA 112 Medical Insurance Procedures

This course includes a computation component. Medical reimbursement management for private health and accident insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Workers' Compensation. Abstracting information from health records for billing and transfer forms. Introduction to the use of CPT-4 and ICD-9/10-CM coding. Introduction to the CMS provider office billing form.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission to the Medical Assistant program

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Apply general knowledge of insurance/health insurance industry
2. Use insurance/ health insurance vocabulary
3. Complete a variety of medical office /insurance forms
4. Gather information used to process insurance claims from different types of forms
5. Communicate the content and components of an Explanation of Benefits (EoB) form