CLASS SCHEDULE








During the 8 week session beginning on November 6, 2000, class meetings will be held daily at the Universal Schools and Colleges of Health & Human Services, Rancho Cucamonga campus from 8 am to 1 pm, Monday through Thursday.  Classes will start promptly at 8 AM.
 

Week One - November 6, 2000
      Introduction to Medical Billing
      Career Roles, Responsibilities and Employment Opportunities
      Medical Terminology & Abbreviations
      Course requirements and grading

Week Two - November 13, 2000
   Legal Issues Affecting Insurance Claims and Medical Records
      The Claims Process - Basics of Health Insurance
      Electronic Data Interchange
      Medical Terminology & Abbreviations

Week Three - November 20, 2000
      Procedural Coding using the Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology
      (4th edition.)  (CPT-4)
      Directed lesson on using the code book and assigning procedure codes
      Medical Terminology and Abbreviations

Week Four - November 27, 2000
   Diagnostic Coding using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th
      Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)
      Directed lesson on using the code book and assigning diagnostic codes
      Medical Terminology and Abbreviations

Week Five - December 4, 2000
   The Health Insurance Claim Form
      Insurance Claim Problem Solving
      Office and Insurance Collections Strategies
      Medical Terminology and Abbreviations

Week Six - December 11, 2000
      Health Care Payers
      Managed Care Systems
      Tricare and ChampVa
      Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology

Week Seven - December 18, 2000
   Private Insurance Plans
      Medicaid and Other State Programs
      Medicare
      Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology

*** The school will be closed from December 22 at 12 noon until Tuesday
January 2, 2001 for Christmas Break***

Week Eight - January 2, 2001
   Workers' Compensation
      Disability Income Insurance & Disability Benefit Programs
      Inpatient and Outpatient Billing
      Final Exam
 

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