Medical Records and Insurance Billing Technician
Medical Records and Insurance Billing Technician
This course is designed to prepare students to enter employment in a medical insurance or other medical-clerical position, or continue their training in the medical field. This course provides a firm foundation in the procedures of medical records, HIPAA privacy act, medical billing and coding procedures. Students receive instruction in medical office insurance billing procedures, including financial records, computerized medical records and billing, CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS coding, collection procedures, identifying and billing various insurance plans (HMO, PPO, Medicare, MediCal, Private Indemnity, Workers' Compensation), referral process and proper office protocol. Students will also receive instruction in all aspects of maintaining medical records and filing systems, electronic medical records procedures, including how to transfer, release, purge, store, retrieve, and destroy records and files. The importance of confidentiality and ethical conduct is stressed.
Where: Victor Valley High School
Address: 16500 Mojave Dr., Victorville, CA, 92395
Room: 71
When: Monday (Fall Semester)
Time: 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Teacher: Mrs. Shaw
Fee: Free
This class is free and will fill up fast!
All CTE classes are on a first come first serve basis. Seat time is required.
Click the link below to register.
CTE courses are one semester long and are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Only students who complete all components of registration, including assessment testing, will be added to the course. Attendance and seat time is required and crucial to completing the course. Students who miss more than 2 days of class will not be able to meet the minimum requirements and will therefore be dropped.
NOTE: All students MUST take our assessment test. This is a basic reading and math test, and is NOT a pass or fail test. This test is mandatory and we cannot assign you to a class until this test has been taken. When you receive an email from us regarding your registration, that email will include a link to sign up for one of our testing sessions. Please read the email thoroughly and follow the instructions in the email.