The Simulated Administrative Medical Office: Practicum Skills for Medical Assistants powered by SimChart for the Medical Office

Book info: The Simulated Administrative Medical Office: Practicum Skills for Medical Assistants powered by SimChart for the Medical Office (Paperback, 240 pages) – Elsevier, 2022. Language: English.

Get hands-on practice with 100 realistic medical office tasks! The Simulated Administrative Medical Office, 2nd Edition walks you through 10 days on the job as an administrative medical assistant working in the front office of a medical practice. Using SimChart for the Medical Office (sold separately), this book simulates the tasks you will perform daily, including appointment scheduling, completion of common forms, correspondence, inventory, telephone messages, and coding and billing. Written by educator and practitioner Julie Pepper, this how-to manual provides a practicum-like experience that will build your confidence in using EHR software and help you succeed in your first job.

• 100 SimChart for the Medical Office (SCMO) tasks organized into 2 weeks of work each simulate actual office duties, providing practice with patient scheduling, billing, insurance processing, and more. (SCMO sold separately.)
• Case-based format applies all tasks to realistic patient encounters, building students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Step-by-step instructions simplify the tasks, helping students learn accuracy and speed within a fast-paced medical office.
• Online forms and documents simulate the office experience and support the electronic workflow.
• Tasks fully align with ABHES and CAAHEP competencies forMedical Assisting.
• Content supports preparation for certification as a Medical Assistant and Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist.

• NEW! Twice the number of tasks are included and increase in complexity throughout the day and week
• NEW text discussions provide context for on-the-job reference, especially on insurance and coding
• NEW illustrations include realistic patient forms and screen shots

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Get hands-on practice with this 10-day medical office simulation

About the Author Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record and as an instructor in a medical assistant program. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she taught for 21 years and from where she retired from teaching. Julie was also the program director for the college’s Health Navigator program. She has served as a reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including Sim Chart for the Medical Office. She currently serves as the sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office. She has been leading author of Beik's Health Insurance Today text and workbook since the 8th edition. She also has been a coauthor for Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, Kinn’s The Medical Assistant, and Today’s Medical Assistant. Julie strives to bring the needed information to students in a way to keep them interested in learning all that they need to be wonderful employees working in healthcare.