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Medical Reimbursement Specialist

Medical Reimbursement Specialist (Billing) Program - AH2500

Students will acquire skills in the management of patient medical accounts standard healthcare billing methodologies.  Through the use of required books; students will use the terms and practical knowledge of: coding, insurances, acronyms, compliance, fraud, abuse and managed care.  Students may bring their own copy of the following books (older versions allowed) CPT (Professional or standard) and ICD-9, and HCPCS books.  Recommended prerequisites: keyboarding skills. Note: Students may voluntarily take the National Certification for Certified Medical Reimbursement Specialist (CMRS) offered by the American Medical Billing Association (AMBA) approved by the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC) for 22 CEUs.  Tuition: $1,295

Course Duration:
80 Hours 5.3 Semester Hours

Course # Date Day Time Location Instructor
AH2500 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Course Type:
Workforce Development

Standard Occupational Code (SOC):
Not Applicable
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Define and exhibit correct usage of insurance terms used in processing insurance forms in medical offices, clinics, hospitals, and other medical areas.
  2. Interpret billing procedures, forms, and entitlement of the various government health programs.
  3. Demonstrate proficiency and accuracy in selecting the correct procedure code for each service provided from the current edition of Physician's Current Procedural Terminology, ICD-9 CM, and HCPCS.
  4. Utilize the International Classification of Diseases diagnosis book.
  5. Perform basic physician office billing procedures.
Learning Outcomes Assessments Used:

Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)

Completion:
Yes: 100% No: 0%

Reason for Non-Completion:
N/A
Student Reported Learning Objective Met:

Not
Applicable

0%

Strongly
Disagree

0%


Disagree

0%


Indifferent

0%


Agree

29%

Strongly
Agree

71%

Attendance Policy

Participants are expected to attend all class sessions. Sign-in sheets are completed at every class session. Participants must attend all classes in order to satisfactorily complete the course. For every fifteen (15) hours of instruction, one hour of instruction can be missed. Arriving more than 15 minutes late at the start of a class will be documented as a tardy or leaving more than 15 minutes early at the end of a class will be documented as an early departure.

Standards of Progress
Attendance, completion of assignments, quiz/exam scores, and satisfactory performance of all skills/tasks contribute to the overall grade. Possible grades include:

(CR) is used to indicate passing with a “C” or higher for non-credit courses. All assignments completed with a score of 70% or higher, a score of 70% or higher on each quiz/exam, and all skills performed satisfactorily.

(NC) is used to indicate not passing with a “C” or higher for non-credit courses. Participants earning a grade of “NC” may repeat a course once. Additional repeats may be allowed after discussion with a Program Coordinator, and participants may be required to repeat the entire course at an additional expense. Participants may not progress to the next higher level course until a “CR” grade is earned.

(I) is used to indicate that the participant has yet to complete one or more requirements by the scheduled end date of a course. Participants will be given an additional opportunity to successfully complete the requirements after instructors provide counseling/remediation. An additional fee may be required for remedial instruction beyond two (2) attempts. Participants that are unsuccessful after four (4) attempts shall be assigned a grade of “NC”. Completion of course requirements must be accomplished during the next offering of the program/course or the grade will be converted as “NC”.

Student Reported Satisfaction with Course
Yes: 100%
No: 0%
No Response: N/A
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6.30.2011

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