Medical Billing Specialist (MBS)

MBS 100 (2 credit hours)

Introduction to the Health Care Field

This course is designed to acquaint/teach the student with legal issues and ethical concerns as they apply to the patients' medical records. *Student must maintain a 2.0 GPA in A & P to continue in the program

Attributes: Technical

Components: LEC: Lecture

MBS 110 (6 credit hours)

Medical Insurance and Claims Processing

Provides an in-depth knowledge of the various insurance programs, including rules, regulations and guidelines, and follow-up for Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Insurance, and managed care (HMO), and complete insurance forms manually for reimbursement. Lecture: 6 credits (90 contact hours).

Pre-requisite: ((AHS 109 or BIO 130 or 135 or (BIO 137 and BIO 139) and (AHS 115 or CLA 131 or OST 103) and Computer Literacy and MBS 100) with a grade of C or better) or consent.

Co-requisite: MBS 120.

Attributes: Technical

Components: LEC: Lecture

MBS 120 (8 credit hours)

Coding for Reimbursement

Prepares the student to code for optimum reimbursement using the ICD, CPT, and HCPCS codes for patient diagnoses and procedures.

Pre-requisite: ((AHS 109 or BIO 130 or 135 or (BIO 137 and BIO 139) and (AHS 115 or CLA 131 or OST 103) and Computer Literacy and MBS 100) with a grade of C or better) or consent.

Co-requisite: MBS 110.

Attributes: Technical

Components: LEC: Lecture

MBS 199 (1-8 credit hours)

Internship

Applies practical knowledge to the outpatient healthcare setting. The student will be assigned a healthcare preceptor at the affiliate site. *This course may be taken for 1-8 credits.

Pre-requisite: (MBS 110 and MBS 120) or Consent

Attributes: Technical

Components: PCM: Practicum