Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology · Courses
HCC
12 courses with the subject HCC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HCC 120– MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY HCC-124 (43.0
) – ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES IN This course is designed to give the student a working knowledge HEALTHCARE of medical terms. Students are taught medical prefixes, suffixes This course is designed to teach the student the fundamental and word roots which can then be used to define most medical administrative operations in tile medical office/facility including terms. Emphasis is on definitions, spelling, and pronunciation. communicating/interacting with patients, scheduling The goal is to help students develop a knowledge base for appointments, processing clinical and financial records, and building medical terms and to acquire a working knowledge of the equipment/supplies management. Students will be taught medical vocabulary utilized in healthcare to assist in professional fees, health insurance, and processing claim forms. communicating information accurately. Revenue management including billing and collections as well as accounting practices will also be discussed. The course will
charts and use of the EHR in the medical office/facility during This course is designed to teach the student effective patient visit. Students will understand tile basic tools available in communication in the healthcare setting. The instructor will electronic records as well as methods for customizing the EHR. teach aspects of communication related to patient-provider and The course ends with an introduction to use of the EHR for leader- member exchange (LMX) including special attention to tracking productivity and quality control. various forms of communication related to inquiry, advisement, Dispute resolution and use of technology such as the internet. HCC-135 (3.0 CREDITS) – MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN The student will apply learned theories in situational scenarios HEALTHCARE involving general communication with healthcare practitioners, This course will introduce the student to legal and ethical communication with diverse populations, and communication principles specific to health care. It will commence with an with chronically and terminally ill patients. overview of the foundations of law and ethics including licensure, certification, accreditation, and legislation affecting health care plans. The student will be taught about legal principles related to PAGE |17
This course is instruction in the use of Medical Office Automation software (MEDISOFT) for scheduling and managing appointments, recording payments, using electronic medical records, registering patient information, billing electronically, documenting patient information in the electronic medical record, and recording charges (through coding), and payment collection for office visits and treatment from patients and insurance carriers.
This course is designed to teach the student the essential components of a quality assurance program. The student is taught the elements of continuous quality improvement as well as the resources and methods of data collection and analysis. Course content will also focus on the movement to quality in health care and specific measures related to quality outcomes and reimbursement. Students will utilize the concepts previously discussed in the course towards completion of a QA project. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should understand how to incorporate results into a large-scale quality improvement program.
