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Iowa Central College Online

Medical Transcription and Coding

Medical Transcription is a growing field that can provide steady employment while working at home or at a medical facility. The goal of this program is to prepare students for entry-level employment as a Medical Transcriptionist.

The courses will provide students with the basic knowledge, understanding, and skills required to transcribe healthcare dictation and prepare patient care documents with accuracy, clarity, consistency, and timeliness, while applying the principles of professional and ethical conduct.

Medical transcriptionists and coders transcribe physician-dictated material that becomes a permanent part of the patient's medical record. The medical transcription and coders are an important part of the allied health team. This program will include training such as:

medical terminology
pharmacology
anatomy
laboratory procedures; as well as grammar, keyboarding, transcribing, coding, and insurance.

Important skills required in medical transcription include, hand-eye coordination, hearing acuity, and keyboarding skills.

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Herzing College

Diploma in Medical Billing & Insurance Coding

Herzing College is a leader in progressive, career-focused education in technology, business, and health care. So you can be confident that Herzing's programs put you on the road to career success.

The goal of the medical billing and insurance coding program is to provide the student with a thorough understanding of the content of the medical record as well as extensive training in anatomy, physiology, disease processes, and medical terminology. This program will provide the student with the knowledge and understanding to analyze medical records and assign codes to classify diagnoses and procedures while applying the principles of professional and ethical conduct.

The program will prepare the student for an entry-level position as a medical coder in a hospital, clinic or other health care facility. To learn more about this program, complete free information request form. [ more info ]

Penn Foster Career School

Medical Coding and Billing Program

Learn the skills you need to become a Medical Coding and Billing professional - at home, at your own pace with Penn Foster. As a Medical Coding and Billing Professional, you'll need to know how to manage records and file claims, prepare insurance forms, and handle billing. The Penn Foster Medical Coding and Billing Program can help you develop these skills and many more. Train quickly and conveniently! You'll get hands-on training in:

Law and Ethics, in Medicine

Reimbursement Methodologies

Medical Terminology

Anatomy and Physiology

Medical Information Management and Office Practice

And you'll learn it all at home - no classroom needed!

Start a rewarding career in the growing health care field. Why take a Medical Coding and Billing training program? With the right credentials, you can:

Work for a hospital or rehabilitation center.

Work for physicians' offices or private billing services.

Medical Coding and Billing professionals enjoy interesting, varied assignments, steady work schedules, respect and prestige. Whether you work for a clinic or a doctor's office, as a Medical Coding and Billing professional, you'll have a career you can be proud of!

Penn Foster's courses are very competitively priced. And with the choice of upfront payment option or low monthly installments, you can afford the course you want. Many courses are also Austudy/Abstudy approved which means that if you qualify, you can apply for financial assistance from the government. Plus, your course may be tax deductible.

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Ashworth College

Medical Billing Training Course

Form filing, documentation and completion procedures are becoming a burgeoning industry in the medical billing and insurance field. The trainee who has a background in forms, form handling and filing has a step up in the world of medical insurance billing.

The Ashworth Career School's correspondence medical billing and insurance training program will prepare you for a lively, helpful and challenging career. The course material will begin with the basics and let you progress at your own speed to the completion of the program. The Ashworth medical billing training course covers the following material:

Introduction to the world of medical insurance
Claims processing guidelines
Diagnostics and imaging
Eyes and ears
Insurance claims
Medical terminology
Respiratory and digestive systems
Skeletal and muscular systems
The cardiovascular, lymphatic, and immune systems
Urinary and nervous systems

Most health care providers and medical professionals have need of insurance billing specialists to assist in the busy every day world of medical forms handling. Your career may begin in a major institution handling claims forms, or at a clinic, hospital or even medical school.

The claims industry has a need for well trained professionals, and with the Ashworth Medical Billing correspondence training course, you're on your way to enjoying an exciting, secure career in the health care and medical industry.

You need no special educational background or experience in the mediacl billing field to enroll. Convenient home study training from Ashworth makes learning the medical billing field easy and fun. Request Free Information Package for more information.[ more info ]

Allied Business Schools

Medical Billing & Coding Training

Allied's medical billing and coding training course focuses on medical administrative tasks with an emphasis on medical billing. A medical billing professional's responsibilities involve accurately completing claim forms, promptly billing insurance companies, and adhering to each insurance carrier's policies and procedures. Medical billing professionals are crucial to hospitals, private practices and clinics who need someone to efficiently handle their day-to-day medical billing procedures.

Additional medical billing tasks include tracking and follow-up of claims, explaining insurance benefits to patients, office bookkeeping and other administrative duties. Medical billing and coding requires an eye for detail, and an understanding of insurance terminology together with exceptional organizational skills.

Allied Schools' medical billing training course was designed using a comprehensive set of today's newest and highest quality books and teaching materials. Allied utilizes an easy to understand method of teaching. You will learn every skill necessary for success in the workplace of today, and will be fully prepared for your new career! To learn more about this program, complete free information request form. [ more info ]

Stratford Career Institute

Medical Billing Specialist

Stratford Career Institute is an innovative leader in the field of distance education. With thousands of students world-wide, SCI has earned its reputation in the delivery of career training.

SCI offers over 60 career diploma programs. The following is a comparison of traditional college education with the time-honored distance education approach to career education which Stratford offers:

Non-Traditional Colleges	Stratford's Career Training
content-based time-based group-based group needs contact with professor by appointment only course-oriented classroom-oriented professors general objectives special objectives	competency-based performance-based individually-based individual needs immediate assistance via toll-free line or e-mail module-oriented home-based team of instructors, counsellors and resource persons special objectives objective learning assignments

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US Career Institute

Online Medical Claims & Billing School

The demand for healthcare services grows greater every year. And, the ever-increasing number of patients, insurance claims and hospital admissions means more and more work for Medical Claims and Billing Specialists.

Every insurance company requires an itemized list of procedures. Every medical procedure has its own code. This is why Medical Claims & Billing Specialists are in such demand. Insurance companies use special claims forms. Medicare has additional forms and requirements, and State Medical Aid Plans further increase the need for Medical Claims Specialists.

USCI medical claims training & medical billing training allows graduates to work in a wide variety of medical claims & billing jobs. As a medical claims & billing professional, you are able to choose the shape of your new career. As a graduate of our online medical billing school, you can work in a wide variety of medical claims, insurance billing, medical billing, & insurance claims jobs. Many medical claims & billing professionals even work from home. Request more information by completing Free information request form. [ more info ]