Communications between instructor and students will be conducted online using the course email, bulletin board and chat utilities. The instructor will guide the students through a series of learning objectives using motivation and online instruction. The assigned readings, together with the reinforcement exercises, are the principal learning activities. Additional materials and resources are available online.
The following course content will be covered:
- Review billing process (manual)
- Introduction to billing software
- Teleplan
- Enter practitioner information
- Enter patient information for billing purposes
- Bill MSP for medical services including reciprocal, newborn and referrals
- Bill ICBC and WCB and other agencies
- Online appointment booking
- Other software features
- Claims cycle and submission to MSP
- Refusals and resubmission of claims
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have reliably demonstrated the ability to perform the billing duties of a Medical Office Assistant in a health care setting including:
- Identify the components of the claims cycle for submission to MSP
- Use a specialized computerized billing program to:
- Enter practitioner and patient information
- Bill for services to MSP, ICBC, WCB and other private insurers
- Produce printed daysheets and verify correct entries
- Use other features of the software as appropriate
| Unit assignments | 25% |
| Unit quizzes | 40% |
| Final exam | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
Note: The letter grade assigned will be determined by the college at which you are registered.
Student working papers, Sally Livingstone, latest edition (online).