Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Billing Fundamentals and Medical Coding from Google and MedCerts

Learn the basics of medical billing and coding. Prepare for a career in the medical billing industry by understanding insurance language, revenue cycles, and more.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Medical ethics
  • Payment processing
  • Medical language
  • Emotional strength
  • Professional communication
  • Human anatomy
  • Medical coding
  • Interaction with patients
  • Medically required
  • Insurance verification
  • Medical terms
  • Understanding Revenue

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Insurance Claims Specialist
  • Healthcare worker
  • Professional manager in a complementary health environment
  • Healthcare communications specialist
  • Healthcare Soft Skills Guide

Internship – a three-part course series

Through this specialization, students acquire the necessary skills to become an insurance claims specialist. Knowledge of human anatomy and medicine is essential for any healthcare role, so students also learn the required terminology and structure. In addition, this specialization includes skills that bring employers to their attention, by learning professionalism, communication, and soft skills related to a complementary health environment.

Important:

  • This internship is not intended to prepare students for national certification.
  • Enrollees will acquire basic knowledge related to the profession.
  • To achieve industry certification, a more comprehensive program must be completed through approved accredited institutions such as MedCerts.

Hands-on Learning Project

MedCerts’ in-depth courses utilize a variety of unique eLearning components designed to keep students engaged, motivated, and entertained during their training. We plan to add additional project opportunities and more details will be announced soon.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Professionalism in the field of complementary health

Course 1

  • 8 hours
  • 4.8 (521 ratings)
Course Details
What you’ll learn
  • Gain an understanding of the expectations of complementary health workers in the workplace
  • Developing and achieving emotional intelligence, self-management, and interpersonal skills
  • Improving internal and external communication skills with all exchanges
  • Improving the patient care experience with successful interactions and patient satisfaction
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Medical Ethics
  • Category: Emotional strength
  • Category: Professional Communication
  • Category: Diversity and Cultural Bias Training
  • Category: Interaction with patients

Course 2

  • 10 hours
  • 4.8 (214 ratings)
Course Details
What you’ll learn
  • Analyze and understand medical terms
  • Understand the structure and function of the human body systems
  • Understand the terms used in relation to the human body
  • Discuss pathology, disease process, and endoscopy
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Medical language
  • Category: Knowledge of major diseases
  • Category: Human Anatomy
  • Category: Medical terminology

Course 3

  • 7 hours
  • 4.7 (373 ratings)
Course Details
What you’ll learn
  • Describe the stages of the revenue cycle
  • Gain an understanding of basic insurance terminology
  • Demonstrate knowledge of confidentiality laws, rules, regulations, and standards of Billing
  • Explain verification of patient financial responsibility and insurance information
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Payment Processing
  • Category: Understanding Revenue Cycles
  • Category: Medical Coding
  • Category: Medical Billing
  • Category: Insurance Verification