Insurance and Billing, and Coding Essentials is a comprehensive course with insight and focus on the role of the Insurance Billing Specialist. The course provides foundational knowledge required of an administrative allied healthcare professional. Emphasis is placed on the revenue cycle and basic insurance terminology.
Medical Billing and Coding Essentials
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Medical Billing and Coding Essentials
This course is part of Medical Billing and Coding Fundamentals Specialization
Instructor: Barbara Westrick
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What you'll learn
Describe the phases of the revenue cycle
Gain an understanding of basic insurance terminology
Demonstrate knowledge of confidentiality and billing laws, regulations, and standards
Explain verification of patient financial responsibility and insurance information
Skills you'll gain
- Medical Coding
- Electronic Medical Record
- Payment Processing
- Health Information Management and Medical Records
- Medicare
- Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance
- Medical Billing
- Revenue Cycle Management
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Health Care Procedure and Regulation
- Medical Privacy
- Medical Terminology
- Managed Care
- Patient Registration
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Taught in English
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This course is part of the Medical Billing and Coding Fundamentals Specialization
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NP
Reviewed on Feb 14, 2025
Excellent content and quality of work, thank you very much for the effort you are making to help us with our learning.
GC
Reviewed on Sep 14, 2024
What a wonderful way to present billing and coding and the rules. Loved taking this course and will take the next course.
BS
Reviewed on Feb 9, 2026
Really helped me build a foundation for other courses. The layout was easy to follow and didn't take me nearly as long as I thought it would.
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