New Features

Medisoft Advanced Student-at-home software (Optional Package Item), a full-featured software option for distance education or students who want to practice with the software at home. The only limitation is the number of patients a student can enter into the software. Otherwise, this is a full working version.

The Instructor's Manual (available on the OLC) provides all of the resources necessary to successfully use Case Studies for the Medical Office in your classroom. It includes instructions for installation and troubleshooting the software, teaching suggestions, and answers to the quizzes, daily worksheets, and jobs, including hundreds of Medisoft V14 screenshots for solutions.

Retained Features

Case Studies for the Medical Office teaches transferable skills. Through studying how to use Medisoft patient billing software in a simulated job environment, students develop the skills and knowledge to quickly learn to use any medical billing software they encounter during employment in medical offices.

Provides hands-on applications for medical assisting externship practice.

The organization of the book¿the introductory part setting the stage for the work experience and the On the Job section covering two weeks’ billing tasks--extends student billing skill. In the Introduction, students learn about the job environment¿the physicians in the practice, the work rules, and their role as patient services specialist¿and study the practice’s Policy and Procedures Manual, which offers a realistic exposure to actual work setting. In the On the Job section, each day’s work is clearly presented, and additional Medisoft skills are taught in context.

Medisoft Advanced patient billing software, a full-feature software program, is available to adopters of Case Studies for the Medical Office--it can be requested through your McGraw-Hill sales representative.

The simulation format of Case Studies for the Medical Office fits the curriculum requirements for a culminating work experience that permits students to integrate acquired billing skills in a realistic manner.

The billing tasks represent a realistic mix of HMO, PPO, and fee-for-service cases.

Instructors can easily check student progress by utilizing a removable short-answer Daily Worksheet which follows each day’s task listing.