Course Description

Course Outline

1. Microsoft Essentials
   1. Introduction to Microsoft Word
   2. Introduction to Microsoft Excel
   3. Intermediate Microsoft Excel
2. Medical Terminology
   1. Getting Started
   2. How to Take This Course
   3. Test-Out Exam 1: Lessons 1–Midterm Exam
   4. Introduction to Medical Terminology and the Human Body in Health and Disease
   5. The Musculoskeletal System
   6. The Cardiovascular System
   7. The Lymphatic and Immune Systems
   8. The Respiratory System
   9. The Digestive System
   10. The Urinary System
   11. Midterm
   12. Test-Out Exam 2: Lessons 8–Final Exam
   13. The Nervous System
   14. Special Senses: The Eyes and Ears
   15. The Integumentary System
   16. The Endocrine System
   17. Mental Health
   18. Male and Female Reproductive Systems
   19. Diagnostic Procedures, Nuclear Medicine, and Complementary Medicine
   20. Final Exam
3. Certified Medical Administrative Assistant
   1. Medical Assisting Foundations
   2. Professional Behavior
   3. Legal and Ethical Issues
   4. The Art of Communicating
   5. Telecommunications, Telephone Professionalism, and Telephone Techniques
   6. Written Communications
   7. Medical Office Environment
   8. Patient Scheduling
   9. Managing Medical Records
   10. Introduction to Health Insurance
   11. Medical Coding: An Overview
   12. Patient Accounts
   13. Insurance Claims, Patient Billing, and Collections
   14. Daily Financial Practices
   15. Managing the Office
   16. Pharmacology
   17. Certification
   18. Preparing for Your Career
4. Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist
   1. An Overview of EHR and CEHRS
   2. An Introduction to MOSS 3.0
   3. History of EHRs
   4. Steps to EHR Implementation
   5. The EHR Framework
   6. HIPAA Requirements and EHR Systems
   7. The EHR and Record Content
   8. Lists, Treatment Plans, Orders, and Results
   9. Patient Visit Management
   10. Coding, Billing, and Practice Reports
   11. Patient Communications
   12. Practice Reports, Research, Registries, and Reportable Events
   13. Personal Health Records and Continuing Care Records
5. Certified Physician Practice Manager
   1. Introduction to health care business processes and workflow
   2. Principles of physician reimbursement
   3. Health care revenue cycle management
   4. Basic principles in medical office accounting
   5. Health care reform
   6. Quality in health care
   7. Electronic medical records (EMRs)
   8. Modern health IT and interoperability
   9. HIPAA and patient data security
   10. Fraud and abuse and corporate compliance
   11. Marketing and business relationships
   12. Space planning and operational flows
   13. Business continuity