Part 1- Review this fraud case site. https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/white-collar-crime/health-care-fraud
Investigate a case of Medicare and Medicaid fraud (do not duplicate each other’s fraud cases).
Include the following aspects in the discussion:
Share the name of the case and the link
Summarize the important facts of the case
Discuss the consequences of violating this law?
If you were the judge would you have made the same decision?
As a medical professional, what is your role in preventing this type of fraud?
Part 2-
Skills
These are the top skills needed to be a medical administrative assistant.
top skills
Technical Skills Transferable Skills
Scheduling Communications
Customer Service Computer Literacy
Medical Terminology Organization
Customer Billing Typing
Data Entry Multitasking
Burning-Glass.com (analysis of 69,252 medical secretary job postings, May 01, 2017 – April 30, 2018).
You are nearing the end of your program and should be well on your way to developing these skills.
Analyze the top skills list and sort into those that need more development.
Include the following aspects in the discussion:
Does the skill list surprise you?
What areas do you feel might need more work?
Discuss your plans to address these needs in your final course(s).
Part 3-
What Does Your Future Hold?
You are on the cusp of completing what may very well be your first academic adventure. Now is the time to plan your next. The Associate degree is the logical place to begin. Associate degrees in Allied Health require 20 courses and 60 credit hours. Each of the six courses you have completed count toward the Associate degree. That leaves only 14 courses and 42 credit hours left. If you have any prior general education courses those may very well count.
Allied Health has several Associate degrees and is planning more for the future. Be certain to meet with your advisor to learn what they are. You can choose to continue the EHR path. the coding path, or the medical administrative assistant path. You can take a break and focus on employment opportunities. We will be here when you are ready.
Consider the next step in your career path.
Include the following aspects in the discussion:
Meet with your student advisor to discuss your next career step
Outline what is available to coders/billers as far as a career path
Share, if you are comfortable, your future educational path
Contemplate what obstacles you may face in your career path
Describe what degree level you would like to reach
Discuss where you see yourself in two years, five years, and ten years
