WUST will prepare Medical Billing & Coding students with courses to help students gain a deeper understanding of the proper identification of medical codes used by insurance companies and to teach students how to use medical office software to process medical insurance bills. It provides extensive exposure to the administration of insurance billing and coding. The associate program explores the many specialty areas of the medical insurance industry and helps students gain the competency and experience necessary to succeed in these highly specialized fields.

• About the Program: Medical Billing and Coding program will provide an extensive exposure to the administration of insurance billing and coding. The program explores the many specialty areas of the medical insurance industry and helps students gain the competency and experience necessary to succeed in these highly specialized fields.
• Name of the Certificate: Medical Billing and Coding
• Number of Credits Required: The Medical Billing and Coding Certificate is a 10-week accelerated program.
• Delivery Modality: Classes are delivered online and campus/Hybrid program

• Analysis and Interpretation of patient medical records
• Filing claims
• Insurance verification
• Assigning Codes
• Handling insurance appeals
• Auditing charges

• Inpatient Billing
• Collection of payments
• Submitting EOBs
• Coding ICD-10
• Coordinating insurance reimbursement

• Customer service
• Handling routine patient and insurance inquiries
• Outpatient Billing
• Querying physicians
• Account reconciliation

• Preparing medical billing invoices
• Submitting claims
• Abstract codes
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
• Electronic Health Records (EHR)