Administrative Medical Assisting a Workforce Readiness Approach
Published on 16. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-0-07-340215-4 (ISBN)
Description
Students entering today's medical office as employees must be ready to work. Administrative Medical Assisting by Houser prepares students to be workforce ready-prepared to work, understand and project professional behavior, and perform both technical and soft skills. Students will understand the most up-to-date information, such as EHRs, Red Flag Rule, conversion from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM, and be workforce ready. Using a one-column design with a larger typeface, Houser is more engaging and easier to read and comprehend. Houser also includes more procedures that provide more detail for completing day-to-day activities required in the medical office. Together, the textbook and the Student Study Guide form a complete learning package. Administrative Medical Assisting: A Workforce Readiness Approach will prepare your students to enter the administrative medical assisting field with the knowledge and skills necessary to become a useful resource to patients and a valued asset to employers and to the administrative medical assisting profession.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1576 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-340215-4 (9780073402154)
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Ms. Houser is a registered medical assistant and a registered nurse. She also holds a master of science in health care administration from the University of Colorado. For ten years she served as the Director of the Medical Assisting Program at Phoenix College and consults on health care and educational issues. Her experience in health care spans over 30 years with various positions involving medical assisting including Vice President of Phoenix General Hospital, Deer Valley, where she opened and managed medical practices in rural areas. Ms. Houser is a national speaker on such topics as Immunization Education for Medical Assisting Students and the recipient of several awards, including the National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award and two Arizona Governors Awards for Excellence. She worked on the Navajo reservation where she established school based health services and a prenatal clinic. As a teacher and a healthcare provider she has extensive experience working with diverse populations. Houser continues to serve the community as a board member of Adelante Healthcare, a federally qualified community health center with several locations in the Phoenix area.
Terri D. Wyman, AS, CPC, CMRS has 35 years of experience in the healthcare field, first as a CMA specializing in hematology/oncology and homecare and then in the medical billing and coding field. At the suggestion of a coworker, she began her career in education as instructor and program director for both medical assisting and medical billing and coding programs for several technical schools in New England. Currently, Terri is the financial applications analyst at Baystate Wing Hospital, where her love of teaching continues in the hospital setting. She is active with her local AAPC chapter and is on the National Advisory Board for the American Medical Billing Association (AMBA). She provides continuing education opportunities for AMBA members by writing numerous billing and coding programs and speaking at their national conferences on medical coding topics, including ICD-10. In the rapidly changing world of healthcare billing and coding, she is excited to continue sharing the language of billing and coding with instructors, students, and career professionals. Terri sends special thanks to Dale for his unending support and to Francis Stein, MD, whose patience with a new medical assistant years ago showed her the joy of learning and education.
Terri D. Wyman, AS, CPC, CMRS has 35 years of experience in the healthcare field, first as a CMA specializing in hematology/oncology and homecare and then in the medical billing and coding field. At the suggestion of a coworker, she began her career in education as instructor and program director for both medical assisting and medical billing and coding programs for several technical schools in New England. Currently, Terri is the financial applications analyst at Baystate Wing Hospital, where her love of teaching continues in the hospital setting. She is active with her local AAPC chapter and is on the National Advisory Board for the American Medical Billing Association (AMBA). She provides continuing education opportunities for AMBA members by writing numerous billing and coding programs and speaking at their national conferences on medical coding topics, including ICD-10. In the rapidly changing world of healthcare billing and coding, she is excited to continue sharing the language of billing and coding with instructors, students, and career professionals. Terri sends special thanks to Dale for his unending support and to Francis Stein, MD, whose patience with a new medical assistant years ago showed her the joy of learning and education.
Content
Unit I Foundations and Principles of Administrative Medical Assisting Chapter 1 Medical Assisting as a Career Chapter 2 Professional Behaviors Chapter 3 The Health Care Team Chapter 4 Professional Communication Chapter 5 Patient Education Unit II The Medical Office </2> Chapter 6 Law and Ethics in the Medical Office Chapter 7 From Appointment to Payment Chapter 8 The Medical Office Environment Chapter 9 Asepsis for Administrative Areas Unit III Administrative Practices Chapter 10 Administrative Technologies Chapter 11 Telecommunications in the Health Care Setting Chapter 12 Schedule Management Chapter 13 Written Communications Unit IV Medical Records Chapter 14 Medical Records Management Chapter 15 The Health Record Chapter 16 Prescriptions and Reports Unit V Financial Practices Chapter 17 Insurance and Billing Chapter 18 ICD-9-CM Coding Chapter 19 ICD-10-CM Coding Chapter 20 CPT and HCPCS Coding Chapter 21 Financial Practices Unit VI Practice Management Chapter 22 The Role of the Practice Manager Chapter 23 Emergency Preparedness Unit VII Workforce Readiness Chapter 24 The Externship and Employment Search