Prepare for a new or enhance your career in the fields of Medical Insurance Coding/Billing or Pharmacy Technician Certification
MEDICAL INSURANCE CODING & BILLING TRAINING PROGRAM
Fall 2012 - Dates to be announced shortly
Instructor, Karen Reger
When: Saturday Mornings
Time: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Curtiss Hall, SVSU
Fee: $1299, includes all texts and learning materials
Please Note this class is currently undergoing updates. Please call for current class details.
The career of medical insurance billing and coding is one of the fastest growing careers in the health care industry today. This 50-hour combined insurance billing and coding course offers the skills needed to solve insurance billing programs and teaches you how to manually file claims (using the CPI and ICD-9 manuals), complete common insurance forms, trace delinquent claims, appeal denied claims and use generic forms to streamline billing procedures and to increase current productivity/value or begin a new career.
The course covers the following areas:
- CPT (introduction, guidelines, evaluation and management, and specialty fields such as surgery, radiology and laboratory)
- ICD-9 (introduction and guidelines)
- Basic terminology
- Basic claims process for medical insurance and third-party reimbursements
- Students will learn how to find the service and codes using the manuals (CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS)
Job prospects should be very good. Employment of medical records and health information technicians is expected to grow much faster than average for all occupations through 2014 because of rapid growth in the number of medical tests, treatments, and procedures that will be increasingly scrutinized by health insurance companies, regulators, courts, and consumers. Also, technicians will be needed to enter patient information into computer databases to comply with Federal legislation mandating the use of electronic patient records.
Online Registrations: Choose "Medical Classes 2012" under Program, then, choose "Medical Billing and Coding" under Event.
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION
EXAM TRAINING
Instructor- Karen Avery or Stephanie Rigot
When: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Fall Class Dates to be Announced Soon!
Time: 6 - 9:30 p.m.
Where: SVSU - Curtiss Hall
Fee: $1199 includes all texts and learning materials (but not the certification exam fee; see below)
Online Registrations: Choose "Medical Classes 2012" under Program, then, choose "Pharmacy Technician" under Event.
The comprehensive 50-hour course will prepare you to enter the pharmacy field in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies and community pharmacies and work under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.
Course content will include
- Medical terminology specific to the pharmacy reading and interpreting prescriptions
- Defining drugs by generic and brand names.
- Dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding and dose conversions
- Dispensing of prescriptions
- Inventory control, billing and reimbursement will also be discussed
Upon completion of the training, you will receive a packet of information regarding the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam. The exam is held at three sites in Michigan and costs $125. The packet explains the PTCB certification process and will walk you through the eligibility requirements, application procedures and important deadlines.
Job opportunities for pharmacy technicians are expected to be good, especially for those with previous experience, formal training, or certification. Job openings will result from employment growth, as well as the need to replace workers who transfer to other occupations or leave the labor force.
CANCELLATION POLICY: All cancellations must be in writing, received by the deadline dates listed below, and directed to: Office of Continuing Education, SVSU, 7400 Bay Road, University Center, MI 48710 (office hours Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).
A full refund will be given to those who cancel three weeks prior to the start of a class. Cancellations made two weeks prior to the start of class will receive refund less 25% cancellation fee. Cancellations made less than one week prior will be eligible for 50% refund. No refunds will be honored after the first day of class. Should the books be returned in like-new condition and with no markings prior to the start of the second class, only the applicable cancellation fee will be assessed.
CLASS MINIMUM/MAXIMUM POLICY: This class must have a minimum of 8 students and a the class maximum is 24. If the class does not meet the minimum requirement it could be rescheduled.
For more information or to register, please call 989.964.4048