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• EHR 200: Medical Office Procedures

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Introduction to the responsibilities of the professional medical office specialist in the workforce. Responsibilities include telephone communication, HIPPA guidelines, customer service skills, records management, time management, decision-making techniques, finances, and office management within the healthcare environment. Prerequisite:    COM 097, COM 098, COM 121, or (EAP 020 and EAP 040)
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• EHR 205: Document Editing for the Healthcare Specialist

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course is a medical editing course intended to provide students with a working knowledge and hands-on practice in several important elements related to the process of editing medical records. The students will be given opportunities to build editing skills and understand front-end and back-end speech recognition. Prerequisite:    EHR 100 and BUS 105
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• EHR 210: Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course is designed for students who will work in the healthcare industry, both in medical offices, and in nursing and technical positions in hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. The course also targets students in the Medical Coding and Billing as well as Medical Office/Health Records Specialist programs. Topics include professional and career responsibilities, healthcare laws awareness, and ethical decision-making and legal responsibilities of a healthcare worker. Prerequisite:    COM 098, COM 121, COM 122, or (EAP 050 and EAP 060)
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• EHR 211: CPT and HCPCS Coding Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course is a sequential course in medical coding designed for students to build upon foundations of medical coding principles. Topics include Health Care Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Coding Systems for Evaluation and Management, Surgery, Anesthesia, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, and Medicine. Prerequisite:    EHR 130
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• EHR 220: Medical Billing and Reimbursement

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course provides students with information about major insurance programs, federal healthcare legislation, and medical claims. Students will also gain a knowledge of physician and hospital medical billing and government medical reimbursement methodology. Topics include: procedure coding systems. Topics include: understanding insurance plans; physician medical bulling, and government medical billing(Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare); benefits and payment adjudication, refunds, follow-ups, and appeals; and workers' compensation. Prerequisite:    (MAT 020, MAT 030, MAT 035, MAT 150, MAT 160, MAT 165, MAT 180, MAT 210, MAT 220, or MAT 221) and EHR 100 Corequisite:    EHR 100
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• EHR 250: Capstone Course - Preparation for the Medical Coding Certification Exam

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course is a capstone course designed to prepare the student to sit for the AAPC or AHIMA medical coding certification exams. Prerequisite:    EHR 130, EHR 211, and EHR 220
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• ENG 125: Introduction to Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course introduces students of all majors to the three genres of imaginative literature--fiction, poetry, and drama--emphasizing the elements and techniques of literary analysis and the relationship between form and content. The readings and assignments not only require formal analysis of texts but encourage an appreciation of literature as a meaningful reflection of the human experience. Prerequisite:    Take COM-121; Minimum grade C. (Required, Previous).
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• ENG 126: Introduction to Literature (Honors)

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Introduction to Literature (Honors) involves students in a guided exploration of literature through the understanding and application of various critical theories. Invitied to read, discuss, analyze, interpret, research, and write about fiction, poetry, and drama from the perspectives of a number of theoretical approaches, students will develop the ability to recognize assumptions underlying certain literary theories, understand their aims and implications, and apply their methods of analysis to literature. Students will also practice a variety of researching and writing stategies that evolve from the various theoretical perspectives. Prerequisite:    Take COM-121; Minimum grade C. (Required, Previous).
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• ENG 231: World Literature I

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Selected works from ancient times to the seventeenth century are examined to show the development of humanity and the development and characteristics of the major literary genres. Prerequisite:    COM 121
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• ENG 235: World Literature II

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  Selected works from the sixteenth century to the present are examined to show the changing forms of literature including revision of genre characteristics and the emergence of new themes, conflicts, and values. Prerequisite:    COM 121
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