Course Overview
This course provides the student with an introduction to all facets of medical billing using Regent Healthcare Systems Inc. "SmartSeries Professional" medical practice management software. The student will become familiar with procedures and forms related to Medical Services Plan and alternate billing including WorkSafe BC (Workers Compensation), ICBC, out-of-province and private billing. Emphasis is placed on understanding the Preamble and Fee Schedule from the Medical Services Plan of British Columbia and using this knowledge to process claims to the Medical Services Plan of BC and to produce and print computer generated reports. A very hands-on approach is taken in this course so that the student can become familiar with operating a computerized medical billing application.
Prerequisite(s)
- OFFC 1060, plus working knowledge of Microsoft Word and a typing speed of 35 wpm minimum.
Credits
2.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the importance of confidentiality and collection procedures
- Identify types of alternate billing and collection procedures
- Navigate the Medical Services Plan website to locate information on eligibility, services covered, services not covered, fee codes and diagnostic codes
- Apply billing procedures based on the Preamble and Fee Schedule to Medical Services Plan
- Discuss and observe the steps of submission using Teleplan
- Explain the importance of dealing with the billing rejections on a regular basis
- Use SmartSeries software to implement computerized medical billing for the Medical Services Plan, including:
- Patient registration
- Basic MSP billing using MSP fee items (billing codes) and diagnostic codes
- WorkSafe BC (Workers' Compensation Board) billing
- ICBC billing
- Reciprocal (Out of Province) billing
- Private billing / Third Party billing
- Interpretation of Explanatory codes when dealing with billing rejections
- Use accuracy and attention to detail to generate a variety of posted medical billing reports using the above learned skills
- Apply problem solving skills to find and edit medical billing errors that relate to the medical office assistant and medical billing
Effective as of Fall 2012
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