Rent 9780028019901 | Glencoe Computers in the Medical Office : Using Medisoft for Windows

Summary Table of Contents

This practical text-workbook prepares medical office assistant students to use the new and very popular MediSoft Patient Accounting for Windows. The three-part text includes an op-tional section on computer basics, followed by MediSoft train-ing, and a series of real-world simulations. Students will learn to input patient information, schedule appointments, handle billing, produce medical office lists and reports, and other tasks.

Preface

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE

(50)

CHAPTER 1 THE FLOW OF INFORMATION IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE

(13)

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(12)

Scheduling Appointments

(1)

Gathering and Recording Patient Information

(1)

Recording Diagnoses and Procedures

(2)

Billing Patients and Filing Insurance Claims

(4)

Reviewing and Recording Payments

(5)

CHAPTER 2 THE ROLE OF COMPUTERS IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE

(14)

Introduction to the Role of Computers in the Medical Office

(2)

Advantages of Computers

(3)

Scheduling Applications

(1)

Accounting Applications

(4)

Setting Up the Practice

(1)

Entering Transaction Information

(1)

Creating the Insurance Claim Form

(1)

Electronic Media Claims

(2)

Word Processing and Internet Applications

(1)

Electronic Medical Record Applications

(3)

CHAPTER 3 AN OVERVIEW OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95

(22)

Introduction to Windows 95

(1)

Windows 95 Techniques

(2)

Pointing

(1)

Clicking

(1)

Double-Clicking

(1)

Dragging

(1)

Starting and Shutting Down Windows 95

(1)

Starting Windows 95

(1)

Shutting Down Windows 95

(1)

The Windows 95 Desktop

(3)

Icons

(1)

Taskbar

(1)

Windows

(2)

Working with Windows

(2)

Moving a Window

(1)

Sizing a Window

(1)

Changing What Is Displayed in a Window

(2)

Working with Dialog Boxes

(3)

Text Box

(2)

Tab

(1)

Drop-Down List Box

(1)

Check Box

(1)

Counter Button

(1)

Radio Button

(1)

Command Button

(1)

Performing Common Tasks in Windows 95

(10)

Starting a Program

(1)

Selecting a Menu Command

(1)

Using Shortcut Menus

(1)

Accessing Online Help

(8)

PART 2 MEDISOFT FOR WINDOWS TRAINING

(178)

CHAPTER 4 INTRODUCTION TO MEDISOFT

(19)

What Is MediSoft?

(1)

How MediSoft Data Is Organized and Stored

(2)

MediSoft Databases

(1)

Using the Student Data Disk

(1)

Using MediSoft

(16)

Starting MediSoft

(1)

Exercise 4-1

(1)

The MediSoft Menu Bar

(3)

Exercise 4-2

(1)

The MediSoft Toolbar

(1)

Exercise 4-3

(1)

Entering and Editing Data

(2)

Exercise 4-4

(1)

Saving Data

(1)

Deleting Data

(1)

Backing Up Data

(1)

Using MediSoft Online Help

(1)

Exiting MediSoft

(1)

Exercise 4-5

(1)

Exercise 4-6

(4)

CHAPTER 5 RECORDING PATIENT INFORMATION

(16)

How Patient Information Is Organized in MediSoft

(1)

Searching for Patient Information

(1)

Exercise 5-1

(1)

Entering New Patient Information

(9)

Name, Address Tab

(1)

Exercise 5-2

(1)

Other Information Tab

(4)

Exercise 5-3

(1)

Adding an Employer to the Address List

(1)

Exercise 5-4

(1)

Editing Information on an Established Patient

(4)

Exercise 5-5

(3)

CHAPTER 6 WORKING WITH CASES

(30)

What Is a Case?

(3)

When to Set Up a New Case

(1)

Case Command Buttons

(3)

Entering Case Information

(22)

Personal Tab

(2)

Exercise 6-1

(1)

Account Tab

(1)

Exercise 6-2

(1)

Adding a Referring Provider to the Database

(3)

Diagnosis Tab

(1)

Exercise 6-3

100

(1)

Policy 1 Tab

100

(2)

Adding An Insurance Carrier to the Database

102

(4)

Exercise 6-4

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(1)

Policy 2 Tab

106

(1)

Policy 3 Tab

107

(1)

Condition Tab

107

(3)

Exercise 6-5

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(1)

Medicaid and CHAMPUS Tab

111

(1)

Miscellaneous Tab

112

(1)

Editing Case Information on an Established Patient

113

(4)

Exercise 6-6

114

(3)

CHAPTER 7 ENTERING TRANSACTIONS

117

(28)

Transaction Entry Overview

118

(1)

The Transaction Entry Dialog Box

118

(2)

Entering Charges

120

(6)

MultiLink Codes

121

(2)

Saving Charge Transactions

123

(1)

Exercise 7-1

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(1)

Exercise 7-2

125

(1)

Entering Payments

126

(4)

Applying Payments to Charges

127

(1)

Saving Payment Transactions

128

(1)

Exercise 7-3

128

(1)

Exercise 7-4

129

(1)

Entering Adjustments

130

(3)

Applying Adjustments to Charges

131

(1)

Saving Adjustment Transactions

132

(1)

Exercise 7-5

132

(1)

Printing Walkout Receipts

133

(2)

Exercise 7-6

134

(1)

Editing and Deleting Transactions

135

(5)

Locating Information on Patients and Cases

136

(1)

Exercise 7-7

137

(2)

Exercise 7-8

139

(1)

Additional Information in the Transaction Entry Dialog Box

140

(5)

Diagnosis

140

(1)

Insurance Carrier / Guarantor Financial Responsibility

140

(1)

Last Visit and Last Payment

141

(1)

Account Summary

141

(4)

CHAPTER 8 SCHEDULING

145

(30)

Introduction to Office Hours

146

(3)

Overview of the Office Hours Screen

146

(1)

Program Options

147

(1)

Entering and Exiting Office Hours

148

(1)

Entering Appointments

149

(9)

Looking for a Future Date

151

(1)

Exercise 8-1

152

(1)

Exercise 8-2

152

(1)

Exercise 8-3

153

(1)

Exercise 8-4

154

(1)

Searching for Available Appointment Time

154

(1)

Exercise 8-5

154

(2)

Exercise 8-6

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(1)

Exercise 8-7

156

(1)

Booking Repeated Appointments

157

(1)

Exercise 8-8

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(1)

Changing or Deleting Appointments

158

(2)

Exercise 8-9

159

(1)

Creating a Recall List

160

(4)

Adding a Patient to the Recall List

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(1)

Exercise 8-10

163

(1)

Creating Breaks

164

(6)

Create Break Command

164

(1)

Exercise 8-11

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(1)

Recurring Breaks Command

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(3)

Exercise 8-12

169

(1)

Previewing and Printing Schedules

170

(5)

Exercise 8-13

171

(4)

CHAPTER 9 USING CLAIM MANAGEMENT

175

(16)

Creating Claims

176

(3)

Create Claims Dialog Box

176

(2)

Exercise 9-1

178

(1)

Claim Selection

179

(2)

Editing Claims

181

(4)

Carrier 1 Tab

182

(1)

Carrier 2 and Carrier 3 Tabs

182

(1)

Transactions Tab

183

(1)

Comment Tab

183

(1)

Exercise 9-2

184

(1)

Electronic Media Claims

185

(6)

Steps in Submitting Electronic Claims

185

(1)

Transmitting Electronic Claims in MediSoft

185

(1)

Exercise 9-3

186

(1)

Reviewing the Audit/Edit Report

187

(1)

Exercise 9-4

187

(4)

CHAPTER 10 PRINTING REPORTS

191

(26)

Reports in the Medical Office

192

(25)

Standard Reports

192

(4)

Exercise 10-1

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(2)

Exercise 10-2

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(2)

Exercise 10-3

200

(2)

Exercise 10-4

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(2)

Exercise 10-5

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(1)

Exercise 10-6

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(3)

Exercise 10-7

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(1)

Custom Reports

209

(1)

Exercise 10-8

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(1)

Exercise 10-9

210

(1)

Exercise 10-10

210

(2)

Exercise 10-11

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(5)

CHAPTER 11 USING UTILITIES

217

(12)

MediSoft's Utility Features

218

(11)

Backing Up Data

218

(2)

Restoring Data

220

(1)

File Maintenance Utilities

221

(8)

PART 3 SIMULATIONS

229

(34)

CHAPTER 12 HANDLING PATIENT RECORDS AND TRANSACTIONS

230

(11)

Simulation 12-1: Inputting Patient Information

231

(5)

Simulation 12-2: An Emergency Visit

236

(2)

Simulation 12-3: Inputting Transaction Data

238

(1)

Simulation 12-4: Christopher Palmer

239

(2)

CHAPTER 13 SETTING UP APPOINTMENTS

241

(4)

Simulation 13-1: Making an Appointment Change

242

(1)

Simulation 13-2: Juggling Schedules

242

(1)

Simulation 13-3: Adding Patients to the Recall List

243

(1)

Simulation 13-4: Diane Hsu and Michael Syzmanski

243

(1)

Simulation 13-5: Changing a Transaction Record

244

(1)

CHAPTER 14 PRINTING SUPERBILLS, LISTS, AND REPORTS

245

(8)

Simulation 14-1: Finding a Patient's Balance

246

(1)

Simulation 14-2: Printing a Schedule

246

(1)

Simulation 14-3: Printing Superbills

247

(1)

Simulation 14-4: Printing Day Sheet Reports

247

(2)

Simulation 14-5: Creating a Patient Aging Report

249

(1)

Simulation 14-6: Recording a Payment for a Past Transaction

249

(1)

Simulation 14-7: Stewart Robertson

249

(4)

CHAPTER 15 PRINTING STATEMENTS AND CREATING CLAIMS

253

(6)

Simulation 15-1: Printing Patient Statements

254

(1)

Simulation 15-2: Creating Insurance Claims

254

(1)

Simulation 15-3: Printing Insurance Claim Forms

255

(1)

Simulation 15-4: Printing Statements for Patients with Outstanding Balances

255

(1)

Simulation 15-5: Viewing Claims for Patients with U.S. Life as Their Primary Insurance Carrier

256

(1)

Simulation 15-6: Putting It All Together

256

(3)

CHAPTER 16 FILING ELECTRONIC MEDIA CLAIMS

259

(4)

Electronic Claim Requirements

259

(1)

Simulation 16-1: Performing an On-Screen Edit Check

260

(1)

Simulation 16-2: Preparing a Claim for Electronic Transmission

261

(2)

PART 4 SOURCE DOCUMENTS

263

(38)

Index

301

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