AHE 130 - Comprehensive Medical Billing

This course is designed to enable students to learn how to use medical billing software and work with healthcare providers, patients, and insurance companies to ensure claims are processed and paid. Topics to be covered include medical coding, claims preparation and submission, insurance carriers, managed care, accounts receivable management, HIPAA, and electronic health records. Students who successfully complete this training are eligible to sit for national certification through the National Healthcareer Association.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. demonstrate the ability to enter patient demographics, charges, and payments into medical billing software;
2. demonstrate knowledge of various health insurance plans;
3. demonstrate knowledge of how to maximize reimbursement;
4. create and understand reports generated by the billing software;
5. locate ICD, CPT, and HCPCS codes;
6. explain the purpose and penalties associated with HIPAA regulations; and
7. demonstrate knowledge of electronic health records.