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• HCP 117: Medical Office Administration

  4.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course builds a solid foundation in Medical Office Administrative skills and introduces students to the administrative procedures and business practices commonly performed in the medical office. Emphasis on financial practices, health insurance, reimbursement, therapeutic communication and patient education will help prepare the student for entry level office administration. Course specific competency evaluations must be successfully completed by the student. This course is subject to a course fee.
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• HCP 118: Professional Essentials for a Healthcare Career

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course builds a solid foundation of the professional skills required to work within the health care community. It provides students with an introduction to health care organization and examines behaviors that impact their career as a health care professional. Students will explore the impact of cultural competency and sensitivity when working with others in inter-professional collaborative practice and explore patient relationships and advocacy. This course is subject to a course fee.
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• HCP 120: Ethical Issues Affecting Consumers and the Health Care Professions

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course addresses the needs of the health care consumer and the provider alike. Stemming from a philosophical base, this course will examine controversies emerging from rapid technological advances and modern health care practice. Conflicts discussed range from the person's right to choose or refuse a particular course of treatment to issues of euthanasia, genetic research, and human experimentation. Students are encouraged to participate in discussions of ethical problems reported in the popular media and to develop a personal decision-making system which can be applied to a variety of ethical issues. Emphasis is on critical analysis and the incorporation of theory to ethical deliberations. The course is interactive, therefore, open discussion format and familiarity with use of the computer is essential.
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• HCP 121: Laboratory Procedures in the Medical Office

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This comprehensive course introduces the student to the purpose, techniques and documentation of diagnostic laboratory procedures commonly performed in the medical office. Subjects covered include general laboratory techniques, phlebotomy, specimen collection, handling and processing, diagnostic testing and performing hematology, chemistry, urinalysis, microbiology and immunology testing. Course specific competency evaluations must be successfully completed by the student. The course will assist the student in developing basic laboratory skills and a firm understanding of the scientific method, enabling students to appreciate the scientific process, and build scientific reasoning and critical thinking skills that are applicable to their career as a health care professional. This course is subject to a course fee.
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• HCP 140: Introduction to Healthcare Administration

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This introductory course provides a broad overview of healthcare administration. Topics covered include the major components of the health delivery system, and the roles and responsibilities of health care professionals. It will explore the impact of technology, finance, law, ethics, and leadership on the administration of health care services and examine emerging issues and trends impacting the health care industry.
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• HCP 200: Healthcare Delivery Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course explores the major characteristics, foundations, and future of the U.S. health care system. It will examine the impact of organizational structure and reimbursement on healthcare delivery systems, explore current health care trends and analyze the impact of technology, cultural competency, and health care law and ethics on the provision of patient care.
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• HCP 220: General Pharmacology

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  Designed for the student who has a basic understanding of the human body and how it works. This course emphasizes the major drug classifications, related legal/ethical considerations, pharmakokinetics, pharmakodynamics, drug toxicity and therapeutic monitoring.
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• HCP 221: Cultural Competency in Healthcare

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course explores key cultural diversity concepts and examines systematic and disciplined approaches to the attainment of cultural competency. Students will survey multicultural theories, issues, and practices and acquire practical insight in the application of this knowledge in their day-to-day interactions in healthcare environments. Students will examine their own experiences, perspectives, and biases to further the development of multicultural awareness in their professional lives.
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• HCP 224: Medical Terminology

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course is designed to develop a basic understanding of human body systems and the medical vocabulary associated with these systems. While attaining a working knowledge of human anatomy, students will experience a word-building system comprised of medical prefixes, suffixes and word roots which will allow them to write and to develop fundamental concepts for the meaning of various medical nomenclature. Accurate spelling, medical definitions, and medical abbreviations are key elements.
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• HCP 226: Principles of Medical Coding I

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of coding and classification systems in order to assign valid diagnostic and/or procedure codes for medical billing and reimbursement required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) including the validation of coded clinical information. The ICD-CM classification system is introduced with an emphasis on use of the alphabetic index and tabular list for code assignment. The course focuses on ICD-CM rules, conventions, and instructions as well as specific guidelines (e.g. circulatory, injury, pregnancy), including assignment criteria for principal and additional diagnoses in all applicable patient settings. The impact of proper code assignment, MS-DRGs and reimbursement are also discussed.
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