With proven techniques and professional insight, this one-of-a-kind resource is your complete guide to ensuring both effective patient care and sound business practices in the medical facility. From the front office to financial management, each detailed chapter addresses the interpersonal and administrative concerns you'll face in the management of a medical office, accompanied by realistic forms, letters, and procedural policies that help you prepare for on-the-job success. This new edition keeps you up to date on emerging developments in billing and coding, documentation, ethical and legal issues, and technological advances to help you keep your medical office at the forefront of the competitive health care field. - Manager's Alert boxes detail measures to help you avoid complications and prevent potential emergencies. - From the Expert's Notebook boxes help you build daily decision-making skills with helpful tips, suggestions, and insights drawn from real-world practice. - Exercises at the end of each chapter reinforce concepts and help you assess your understanding. - Detailed appendices provide fast, easy access to commonly used abbreviations and symbols, Medicare information, helpful websites, and answers to the end-o-f-chapter exercises, as well as a sample procedure and policy manual to guide you in developing your own practices. - Written Communication chapter helps you ensure proper communication and documentation in the health care facility. - Updated content in the Medical Record chapter familiarizes you with the latest information on the electronic medical record. - The updated Billing, Coding, and Collections chapter keeps you up to date with the latest coding and insurance forms (CMS 1500). - Coverage of current legal and ethical issues and emerging technology in the medical office keep you apprised of recent developments.

With updated review questions and practice tests, Saunders Medical Assisting Exam Review, 4th Edition helps you prepare for and pass the CMA, RMA, CMAS, CCMA, and CMAA certification exams. An outline format makes it easy to review core concepts and competencies; realistic practice tests simulate the exam experience and help you build test-taking confidence. This edition adds coverage of three certifications — CMAS, CCMA, and CMAA. Written by medical assisting educator Deborah Holmes, this review includes an Evolve companion website with over 1,500 practice questions, additional practice exams for each of the certifications, flashcards, and crossword puzzles. Comprehensive content includes increased coverage of study skills and test-taking, EHR, ICD-10, and diseases and disorders. Convenient outline format provides at-a-glance review and streamlines the subject areas typically found on the certification exams. An Evolve companion website provides practice taking exams electronically, chapter review questions, crossword puzzles, and flashcards. A Professionalism and Career Development chapter emphasizes the importance of presenting yourself in a professional manner. UPDATED content covers the top 50 drugs most commonly encountered in practice, the latest standards from CAAHEP, ABHES and the NHA, and topics such as emergency preparedness and the electronic medical record. UPDATED laboratory tests and normal values reflect current practice. NEW! 3 more certifications are covered in this edition and include practice examinations on the Evolve companion website — CMAS (AMT), CCMA (NHA), and CMAA (NHA). NEW! Correlation grids to certification test outlines and competencies align with current test outlines from certifying organizations. NEW! 10 review questions per chapter are available on Evolve for additional practice. NEW! Rationales are included on all practice exams to reinforce understanding. NEW! Additional illustrations reinforce concepts and show equipment and supplies.

A comprehensive guide to prepare certification candidates to successfully pass either the AAMA-sponsored CMA exam or the AMT-sponsored RMA. Each pre- and post-test is 300 questions, the same number as the AAMA national certification exam, and are formatted in a the same way with the same question type. A practice CD-ROM contains 800 additional questions in the same format found in the actual DMA and RMA certification exams.

This is a Pageburst digital textbook; To succeed in today's medical front office, you need a resource that will help you learn not only the principles of medical office administration but also how to apply your factual knowledge to the many complex scenarios that may arise in the medical office environment. Reflecting Brenda Potter's first-hand experience as an active instructor, Medical Office Administration: A Worktext, 2nd Edition combines instruction and application to help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to think critically and respond confidently to the challenges you'll encounter on the job. It includes procedures to be used with Medisoft Version 14 which allows you to practice the day-to-day activities as if you were in an actual office setting. An optional upgrade package is available which includes a Medisoft Version 14 Student software CD (package ISBN: 978-1-4377-0315-3). The engaging worktext format reinforces chapter content and encourages you to apply what you've learned to real-world case studies, critical thinking exercises, role-playing exercises, and collaborative learning activities. Written in a conversational writing style, making reading and absorbing the material easier and more enjoyable. Real-world examples offer practical insight from the front lines of medical office administration. Sample administrative procedures provide realistic practice managing common tasks with real-world office management software. An optional upgrade package includes the MediSoft Version 14 Student CD you can use for additional independent practice. Provides more in-depth coverage of patient diversity than any other medical office text. Key terms are defined throughout each chapter and in greater detail in a comprehensive glossary to clarify important concepts. Procedure boxes throughout the book offer step-by-step instructions on how to perform specific administrative tasks. Procedure Checklists, based on CAAHEP competencies, spell out the individual steps required to complete a full range of administrative procedures. Evolve online features include interactive terminology flash cards, chapter review exercises, content updates, and Web links for additional reading. HIPAA Hints boxes throughout the text familiarize you with essential state and federal compliance regulations you'll encounter in practice.

To succeed in today’s medical front office, you need a resource that will help you learn not only the principles of medical office administration but also how to apply your factual knowledge to the many complex scenarios that may arise in the medical office environment. Reflecting Brenda Potter’s first-hand experience as an active instructor, Medical Office Administration: A Worktext, 3rd Edition combines instruction and application to help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to think critically and respond confidently to the challenges you’ll encounter on the job. It includes procedures to be used with Medisoft Version 18 which allows you to practice the day-to-day activities as if you were in an actual office setting. An optional upgrade package is available which includes a Medisoft Version 18 Demo CD (ISBN: 9780323279789). Engaging worktext format makes it easier to apply what you’ve learned to the real world, breaking up the content into manageable segments, and providing case studies, critical thinking exercises, role-playing exercises, and collaborative learning activities. Real-world examples apply important concepts to the medical office setting. A conversational writing style makes it easier to read and understand the material. HIPAA Hints ensure that you comply with HIPAA mandates. UNIQUE! The Diverse Community of Patients chapter addresses the important issue of cultural diversity. Procedure boxes offer step-by-step instructions on how to perform specific administrative tasks. Procedure checklists spell out the individual steps required to complete a full range of administrative procedures, and are based on CAAHEP competencies. Learning objectives show the key points that you are expected to learn in each chapter. NEW! Medisoft® v18 software allows you to practice common administrative tasks with real-world office management software. Medisoft sold separately. NEW! Coverage of ICD-10 coding prepares you for the October 2014 transition to ICD-10. UPDATED EHR coverage applies administrative concepts and procedures to their use within the Electronic Health Record. NEW electronic procedure checklists on the Evolve companion website measure how well you have mastered procedures.

From personnel management to financial administration, this one-of-a-kind resource offers proven techniques and ready-to-implement strategies for running the medical office. Practical discussions focus on interpersonal and legal aspects of patient care, as well as on sound business practices. Samples of consent forms, letters, and procedural policies offer concrete examples to follow. Manager's Alert boxes point out potential pitfalls and give specific, real-world advice on how to avoid them. Helpful tips From the Expert's Notebook describe the best way to handle a variety of office problems. Based on the author's more than 30 years of experience in managing and consulting with medical offices, Saunders Textbook of Medical Office Management, 2nd Edition helps you fulfill all of your responsibilities with excellence! Book jacket.

Use the guide that offers concise tips to keep your medical records organized and under control. Get help with record systems, storage/retrieval, coding, transcription, computerization, human resources and legal issues.