Insurance and Billing, and Coding Essentials is a comprehensive course with insight and focus on the role of the Insurance Billing Specialist. The course provides foundational knowledge required of an administrative allied healthcare professional. Emphasis is placed on the revenue cycle and basic insurance terminology.
Medical Billing and Coding Essentials
Medical Billing and Coding Essentials
This course is part of Medical Billing and Coding Fundamentals Specialization
Instructor: Barbara Westrick
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What you'll learn
Describe the phases of the revenue cycle
Gain an understanding of basic insurance terminology
Demonstrate knowledge of confidentiality and billing laws, regulations, and standards
Explain verification of patient financial responsibility and insurance information
Skills you'll gain
- Managed Care
- Payment Processing
- Medical Billing
- Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance
- Health Care Procedure and Regulation
- Medical Coding
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Patient Registration
- Medical Terminology
- Medicare
- Revenue Cycle Management
- Electronic Medical Record
- Medical Privacy
- Health Information Management and Medical Records
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This course is part of the Medical Billing and Coding Fundamentals Specialization
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BG
Reviewed on Feb 9, 2026
Really helped me build a foundation for other courses. The layout was easy to follow and didn't take me nearly as long as I thought it would.
NP
Reviewed on Feb 14, 2025
Excellent content and quality of work, thank you very much for the effort you are making to help us with our learning.
MS
Reviewed on Feb 12, 2025
wow What an eye opener into this field of work The course helped me understand the Medial billing field more and enjoyed it so much Thank you
