Medical Malpractice

Associates of Arts with a Concentration of Health Care Administration/Medical Records jobs?

Personal and professional experience only, please. I want to work in a hospital on the computer system. Please describe the environment and responsibilities of a job I could acquire with an Associates of Arts with a Concentration of Health Care Administration/Medical Records? Here are the courses: HCA/220 The Language of Health Care HUM/111, PSY/201 Course Description This course introduces the student to the language of health care—the terminology and vocabulary, as well as their application. The course also offers the student engagement and interaction with the dynamics of both language and health care. Through comprehensive discussions and activities, the student will have the opportunity to be immersed in the words and world of medicine. This course requires a microphone and speakers or headphones for recording and listening to digital audio files. Students will use software for recording audio files. HCA/240 Health and Diseases HCA/220 Course Description This course introduces the student to the basic principles of illness and disease as well as the impact of disease trends on the delivery of services. The clinical manifestations of diseases commonly seen in the health care environment are reviewed. Topics include infectious and noninfectious diseases, AIDS, environmental health, cancer, and the promotion of good health practices. In addition, students will be introduced to the common medical procedures, and terminology used to diagnose and treat diseases. HCR/210 Patient Records: Keeping it Real Course Description Documenting patients’ health information is central to the continuity of medical care and the collection of medical data. This course examines the content, development, format, routing, filing, and storage of patient records. Settings include hospitals, physicians’ offices and alternate care facilities. Students review uses of health data and legal aspects of health information management. HCR/220 Claims Preparation I: Clean Bills of Health Course Description Medical records processing revolves around insurance and reimbursement. This course focuses on the background, knowledge and skills related to basic billing duties, HIPAA regulations, patient encounters, and the preparation, compliance, and transmission of claims. Students are introduced to the current state and future direction of the major diagnostic and procedural coding systems. HCR/230 Claims Preparation II: Footing the Bills HCR/220 Course Description This course continues medical records processing instruction. Topics focus on the background, knowledge and skills related to private payers, Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, CHAMPVA, workers compensation and disability. Claims processing includes payments, appeals, and secondary claims; patient billing and collections; hospital billing and reimbursement. HCR/240 Computerizing Medical Data: The Paper Chase Goes Techno HCR/230 Course Description This medical records capstone course enables students to develop career skills in computerizing data through application of a software program widely used in health care. While popular for medical billing and collections, Medisoft TM also applies to managing patients’ health care information, scheduling, correspondence, and a variety of reports. This course requires a PC with Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system. (3 credits) Prerequisites: HCR 210, HCR 220, and HCR 230. OK. I was just wanting someone who had this degree to tell me their job experience. I am in the poverty level and I'm trying to get out. I have no real world experience except a gas station cashier. I've had health issues withholding me from being able to work that have recently been diagnosed and I've started treatment. I wouldn't mind a receptionist, scheduling, and some back office stuff. It's definitely a step up from where I am now. Then I could go for a BS or something and move up. I would eventually like to go for billing or coding. I'm just trying to make my life better, and do something that I would actually would like to do. And, yes, my other question was deleted because it wasn't letting me add all the information, not because of the answer I received.

Public Comments

1. We just can't answer this. We have no idea what the specifics of each and every medical office job are. This looks like basically a medical office job. It probably will not be office manager, HR, coding, or even billing, but it could certainly be reception, scheduling, and some back office stuff. But again, I just don't know what each and every office/hospital is expecting out of an employee. And the problem is that even with this degree, as I believe I told you in your deleted question (forgive me if this was not you), I would also want to see customer service REAL WORLD experience, English skills, and sociology/anthro skills.