MRT104 Health Insurance and Reimbursement
This course teaches skills in the management of patient medical accounts using standard healthcare third party billing methodologies. Topics include insurance claim life cycle, analysis of common medical programs such as Blue Cross, Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs etc., billing forms, recording account transactions, legal issues, and handling patient inquiries.
Prerequisite
Reading proficiency or
RWR090 Reading Writing and Reasoning Minimum Grade of: C or
ENG101 English Composition I or higher Minimum Grade of: C and
HES115 Medical Terminology Minimum Grade of: C.
Corequisite
MRT117 Basic Diagnostic Coding Systems Minimum Grade of: C and
MRT118 Procedure Coding Systems (CPT) Minimum Grade of: C