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OFFT 2030 - Medical Office: Insurance and Billing

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This course introduces the student to insurance and billing procedures for the medical office. Topics include insurance requirements related to Medicare/Medicaid, managed care and other insurance policies, hospital/clinic billing procedures, auditing/compliance, and collection procedures.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): OFFT 2006  and OFFT 2010 with grades of C or higher 
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and calculate simple percentages with the use of a calculator.

Major Content
  1. Basic human body systems
  2. Patient records and reference books
  3. Insurance claims
  4. Medical coding and claims
  5. Billing and payment process

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. bill medical services for payment.
  2. complete a variety of medical insurance forms.
  3. define insurance and coding terminology.
  4. demonstrate the use of a computerized coding program.
  5. identify the hospital billing cycle and the insurance claim process.
  6. identify a new versus established patient, patient demographic information, insurance verification, and authorizations.
  7. identify insurance submission procedures.
  8. identify the various categories of insurance.
  9. identify diagnostic and procedural codes.
  10. interpret policies and procedures for the use of clinical data required in reimbursement and prospective payment systems (PPS) in healthcare delivery.
  11. apply accurate billing through documentation, coding, chargemaster, claims management, and bill reconciliation processes.
  12. apply established guidelines to comply with reimbursement and reporting requirements such as the National Correct Coding Initiative.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies None
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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