Career Academy of New York

This program provides students with a solid foundation in the critical skills needed in healthcare billing and coding practices, and the technologies that support them. Successful graduates will be well-prepared to enter the healthcare field as billing and coding specialist as both physician-based and in-patient-coders, with a valuable level of general education, technological competence, interpersonal abilities, and a keen understanding of the value and importance of correct billing and coding. They will also be well prepared to take either the AAPC or AHIMA certification exams for Apprentice level certificates.

• Qualified instruction from established experts in the field
• Complete, detailed lesson plans & assignments and multimedia lectures
• Direct student support from instructors including chat, forums, email & toll-free telephone
• Extensive, realistic hands-on simulations (with voice-over)
• Real world case studies, quizzes, final exams & more

Tuition: $5,200 (includes books)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MC101 Medical Coding Certification Series I

This course will prepare students for the necessary procedures involved in medical billing and coding. It will offer guidance for all elements of submitting, tracing, compiling, appealing and transmitting billing claims for insurance company procedures. It will introduce students to various kinds of health insurance and managed care models, including Medicare. It will cover insurance claim collection strategies.

MC102 Medical Coding Certification Series II

This course will prepare students for the necessary procedures involved in medical billing and coding. It will offer guidance for all elements of submitting, tracing, compiling, appealing and transmitting billing claims for insurance company procedures. It will introduce students to various kinds of health insurance and managed care models, including Medicare. It will cover insurance claim collection strategies.

MC103 Advanced Billing and Coding I

This course will cover the codes required to bill insurance companies for services. It will include material covering Evaluation and Management of Services, Anatomical Coding and Procedural Coding. This course will build upon the course on the Fundamentals of Coding and present abstract situations for the student to apply their knowledge to.

MC104 Advanced Billing and Coding II

This course will cover the codes required to bill insurance companies for services. It will include material covering Evaluation and Management of Services, Anatomical Coding and Procedural Coding. This course will build upon the course on the Fundamentals of Coding and present abstract situations for the student to apply their knowledge to.

MC105 MBC Preparation and Practicum

This course provides a review of medical coding processes and procedures, including practice test activities and simulated certification examinations. Students are presented with coding case practices and are expected to apply their knowledge of procedural and anatomical coding in an abstract manner. This course will review anatomical terminology and reimbursement issues. It will also review Current Procedural Terminology International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICS-9-CM), ICD-9-CM Official Coding Guidelines and CMS Healthcare Common Procedural Coding system.

MC106 HIPAA Overview: Privacy & Security

This course will provide students with the knowledge necessary to comply with the topics related to privacy and security within the Medical Office Environment. It will cover aspects of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA.) Course topics will include and intro to HIPAA Privacy and its relationship to Healthcare Employees, Insurers and Business Associates. It will also introduce Security Safeguards for end users.

MA100 Anatomy and Physiology

This course provides a basic understanding of the organization of the human body with emphasis on the clinical and pathological conditions of all body systems. Special emphasis will be placed on adding to the vocabulary of medical terminology and the dialogue with the doctor and other medical staff. This course will be organized systematically and will approach the subject via organ systems.

MA101 Introduction to HealthCare

This course is designed for individuals entering the Healthcare Field. It will introduce students to the various healthcare environments in which they might be working – from a single physician’s office to a larger HMO – and highlight the similarities they will encounter. This includes new medical terminology, interactions with various medical personnel, working with patients, various office procedures, and the need to know and understand issues that will impact their jobs, such as legal and regulatory guidelines, laws affecting medical employees, privacy and confidentiality issues and more.

MA102 Medical Terminology

This course will provide students with a foundation to recognize medical terms using the four word part approach (prefixes, word roots, suffixes, combining vowels). This will prepare the student to better understand and master the terminology common to diseases and the medical field and related to health care delivery. Emphasis will be placed on improving written and oral communication skills pertaining to medical terminology. Pronunciation, identification, and spelling are stressed. The student will experience real life case studies and applications of medical terminology. A working knowledge of medical terminology is important for anyone entering one of the health science fields.
This course will provide students with a foundation to recognize medical terms using the four part word approach (prefixes, word roots, suffixes, combining vowels). This will prepare the student to better understand and master the terminology common to disease, the medical field, and health care delivery.

This course will provide students with a foundation to recognize medical terms using the four part word approach (prefixes, word roots, suffixes, combining vowels). This will prepare the student to better understand and master the terminology common to disease, the medical field, and health care delivery.

MA103 Medical Office Procedures and Admin

This course prepares students for the administrative skills medical administrative assistants need to know. It covers relevant material dealing with medical office & medical records management skills, client services skills and responsibilities, client education, and legal and ethical issues. This course will familiarize the student with healthcare records management. The student will learn how to build patient files, post entries, complete patient billing procedures, generate reports, complete and file medical records, and be introduced to coding for accurate insurance billing.

IT108 Computer Fundamental Concepts

Basic principles of computer terminology, file management, email, Internet, and basic word processing and spreadsheets will be explored. Fundamentals of computer literacy will be addressed, including reviewing the main elements of computer hardware and peripherals. Prerequisite: None.

IT107 Computer Keyboarding

Students will develop or review touch typing techniques, including alphabetic, numeric, and symbol keyboarding. Speed and accuracy will be developed, and progress will be monitored weekly. Typing speed and accuracy will be emphasized. Computer software will analyze speed and accuracy, assign practice work, and measure skill progress. Timed tests will be administered.