The Medical Manager

by Gartee,Richard (Richard Gartee)

• ISBN13: 9780766828414
• ISBN10: 0766828417
• Edition: Disk
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2000-09-22
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Now in a Windows environment, this learning system introduces students to The Medical Manager, the best-selling commercial computerized medical office management software in the healthcare industry. The purpose of The Medical Manager Student Edition, Version 9.20 is to familiarize students with computerized medical account management and to help them develop the confidence and skills necessary to become a successful medical office assistant. Each section builds step-by-step on the knowledge gained from the previous unit, while introducing concepts that will be covered later in the text. Challenging practice exercises provide students with opportunities to apply this knowledge. Please Note - Requires Medical Manager Student Edition Classroom software, ISBN 0-7668-2874-3, sold separately. (KEYWORDS: Medical Manager, manager, management, medical account management)

Table of Contents

Preface	p. V
Learning Made Easy	p. v
Changes in This Edition	p. vi
Supplementary Items	p. vi
Installation Requirements	p. vi
A Few Words of Advice	p. vii
Conclusion	p. vii
About the Author	p. vii
A Few Words of Acknowledgement	p. viii
Today's Medical Office	p. 1
Flow of Information in a Medical Office	p. 1
Insurance Payments	p. 5
Role of Computers in Today's Medical Office	p. 9
The Medical Manager Software	p. 9
Using the Medical Manager	p. 13
Starting up the Medical Manager	p. 13
The Medical Manager Window	p. 15
Navigating the Medical Manager Software	p. 16
Special Keys for Entering or Editing Data	p. 19
The Main Menu	p. 21
Exiting and Reentering the Medical Manager Software	p. 23
The File Maintenance Menu	p. 24
The Point and Select Feature	p. 26
Entering Referring Doctor Information	p. 28
Applying Your Knowledge	p. 30
Support Files	p. 30
Daily Files Backup	p. 44
Fatal Error Messages	p. 46
Building Your Patient File	p. 49
New Patient Entry	p. 49
Guarantor Information	p. 52
Additional Screens	p. 58
Posting Your Entries	p. 103
Procedure Entry	p. 103
Retrieving an Account	p. 105
Posting an Account	p. 106
Posting Ailment Details	p. 122
Printing Daily Reports	p. 135
Editing Prior Entries	p. 142
Units 1-4 Concepts Evaluation	p. 157
Office Management/Appointment Scheduling	p. 159
Making and Canceling Appointments	p. 159
Daily List of Appointments	p. 175
Entering and Printing Hospital Rounds and Reports	p. 177
Finding Procedure Codes for Hospital Visits	p. 180
Advancing the Date	p. 188
Practice Management	p. 191
Billing Routines	p. 191
Insurance Billing Worksheet	p. 192
Insurance Billing Process	p. 197
Posting Payments and Adjustments	p. 201
Report Generation	p. 251
Types of Reports	p. 251
Reference List of Options Available for Guarantors' Financial Summary	p. 253
Patient Billing	p. 264
Reference List of Available Options for Patient Statement Routines	p. 265
System Utilities	p. 268
Reference List of Available Options for the General Ledger/Distribution Report	p. 270
Advanced Functions	p. 275
Unique Payments	p. 275
Aging Report	p. 287
Display Patient Data	p. 293
Period Close and Period Close with Purge	p. 306
Comprehensive Exercise	p. 309
Tomorrow's Medical Office	p. 317
Managed Care	p. 317
Multipractice Service Organizations	p. 321
Electronic Data Interchange	p. 322
Electronic Medical Records	p. 324
Conclusion	p. 327
Glossary	p. 329
Index	p. 351
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