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Course Descriptions

Course # Course Title Credits
MREC 116 (P/T) Medical Office Procedures 3.00 Credits

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter

Covers work routines of a medical office assistant, including scheduling appointments, maintaining patient account records, preparing a variety of health insurance forms, and other medically related document preparation. Requires transcription of medical documents and letters. Lab included. Medical Terminology recommended.

MREC 210 (P/T) Medical Billing I 3.00 Credits

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring

Covers the roles and compliance issues for an insurance billing specialist; claims processes and introductions to procedural and diagnostic coding; health care payers - the "Blues", Medicare, Medicaid and other programs. Recommended: Medical terminology background or concurrent enrollment in GSCI 161.

MREC 211 (P/T) Medical Billing II 3.00 Credits

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Continues, with additional emphasis, addressing areas covered in MREC 210. Covers hospital billing for both inpatient and outpatient, electronic claims submission, EOB, and payments, maintaining accounts receivable and collections and the state insurance commissioner.Prerequisites: MREC 210.