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Medical Transcription

Date October 20, 2008

Many prospective students have heard that “medical transcription is going away” and that it is a dying profession, a dead-end career, that the electronic medical record will replace the need for medical transcriptionists.  This is not the case.  Let us offer some valuable information that will help to clarify the future of the traditional medical [...]

Medical Office Administration

Date October 20, 2008

OWATC’s Medical Office Administration program trains students in the skills necessary to provide administrative support to the physician’s medical office.  Students are trained in telephone skills, filing and file maintenance, scheduling appointments, and maintaining patient accounts.  In addition, students are introduced to coding and billing concepts  that are key factors in the financial success of [...]

What do Medical Coders do?

Date September 4, 2008

A medical coder is responsible for reviewing  medical documentation and assigning diagnosis codes (ICD-9-CM) and procedural codes (CPT4) for reporting and billing purposes.  At Ogden-Weber Tech College, our program focuses on physician-based coding which primarily deals with outpatient care, i.e. in physician offices and clinics.  A medical coder is often a detective as their skills include [...]