Southeastern School of Health Sciences

Billing & Coding Program* Offered Online!

This five-course program will provide preparation for the Certified Billing & Coding Specialist (CBCS/CMAA) with National Healthcareer Association (NHA) and the Certified Coding Associate (CCA) National Certification exam with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Students who successfully complete the course will be qualified to sit for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) - Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) exams.

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• Anatomy & Physiology(ANP01) (100 hour course) This basic anatomy & physiology course prepares you to work in the medical field of office medical assisting. In this course you will learn the structure and function of the human body.
• Medical Terminology (TRM02) (75 hour course) Medical Terminology introduces a system of medical word analysis that applies to the continual learning of new terminology. It covers approximately 380 prefixes, suffixes, and roots or stems, the ABCs of the medical language, with a heavy emphasis on the application of newly learned in a variety of exercise formats.
• Administrative Medical Specialist (AMS03) (200 hour course) This course provides training in all the skills required to become an Administrative Medical Specialist, Medical Billing Specialist, and Medical Coder. Medical Billing and Coding professionals keep records, calculate patient charges, review files, prepare itemized statements, and submit claims to third party payers, as well as collection of physician charges and patient data. Students will learn basic CPT, ICD-9-CM, and HCPCS coding knowledge. In addition to this Medical Billing and Coding information, you will be taught every aspect of the Medical Receptionist/Front Desk position.
• Computers in the Medical Office (COM04) (75 hour course) This course offers medical office training using full-featured, modern software and current, realistic medical office cases while building transferable computerized medical billing and scheduling skills. It teaches the most recent HIPAA standards for privacy, security, transactions, and code sets.
• Advanced Billing & Coding (ABC05) (500 hour course) This combined Billing and Coding course offers the skills needed to solve insurance billing problems, manually and electronically file claims (using CPT and ICD-9), complete common insurance forms, trace delinquent claims, appeal denied claims and use generic forms to streamline billing procedures for hospital or physician-based facilities. The course covers the following areas: CPT (Guidelines and E&M), specialty fields, ICD-9 (Vol. I, II, III), HCPCS Level II, Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) and advanced claims processes for medical insurance and third party reimbursements. Advanced Billing & Coding students are required to complete 320 hours of externship.

Cost: $3695.00

Course Length: 950 hour program (includes a 320-hour externship)

Billing & Coding Information Sheet - Download (Adobe Acrobat PDF)

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EKG Technician* Offered Online!

This course is designed to teach the basic skills of electrocardiography necessary to perform, process, and explain the electrocardiogram. An overview of anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system, operation of the electrocardiograph and recording EKGs, cardiac pathology, and basic cardiac rhythm recognition will be presented. Upon completion, graduates will receive a diploma and will be qualified to take the National Healthcareer Certified EKG Technician Exam.

Cost: $995.00

Course Length: 120 hour program

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Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant (NA) program focuses on the skills you will need to assist nurses in providing simple, basic patient care. The student will learn how to assist with personal hygiene, safety, nutrition, exercise, and elimination needs of the patient to promote his/her physical and psychological comfort. The course is classroom based and will include lecture, interactive discussion, and video presentations. In addition, each student will complete a minimum of 40 hours of on-site clinical hours. Upon completion, students will have the ability to complete the state approved cognitive and skills testing to obtain certification. Once you have completed and passed the state regulated certification exam, you can work as a Certified Nursing Assistant in federal and state certified nursing homes, home care agencies, hospitals, or any other health care agency in the state of Florida.

Cost: $ 785.00 (includes tuition, textbooks, and registration)

Course Length: 120 hour program

We also offer a 48 hour CNA exam prep course,

you will find information about this course on the continuing education course page.

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Phlebotomy Technician* Offered Online!

This course provides training in all the skills required to function as a Phlebotomy Technician in a medical office, clinic, laboratory, or hospital. You will quickly become familiar with blood collection procedures, the utilization of standard phlebotomy equipment, safety and medical ethics, and related medical terminology. Upon completion, graduates will receive a diloma and will be qualified to take the National Healthcareer Certified Phlebotomy Technician Exam. The student will also receive a four hour HIV/AIDS certificate as well as become knowledgeable in OSHA standards as applicable to the laboratory and healthcare setting.

Cost: $995.00

Course Length: 148 hour program

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* Classes are offered online & on-campus