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Medical Office Simulation System (MOSS) |
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Purpose |
Teaches medical office management and billing processing to students
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Screens |
To view a few key screenshots from this Medical Office Teaching application, please click on the following links:
NOTE: For more screenshots, please send a request to: software786@hotmail.com
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Description |
This software was packaged with a book
titled "Getting Started in the Computerized Medical Office" by Cindy Correa. The
book includes exercises that worked with this application, thereby giving the users
a real-world experience of working with a database application. To facilitate that
objective, the user interface was designed to enhance learning using a structured,
modular and step-by-step approach to each subject in the book.
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Features |
Following are some of the key features of this application:
- Realistically simulates patient scheduling, billing and payment processing in medical offices
- A fully functional database that gives a reader hands-on training in medical billing by working the step-by-step examples and exercises
- Automatically re-bills secondary & tertiary insurance carriers covered through spouses & parents
- Feedback to users can be turned on or off when needed
- Logging of users activities can be turned on or off when needed
- A standalone version is used for distribution with the book
- A networkable version is available for class room and lab environments
- Automatically detects login by an instructor and provides access to the Instructors Panel
- The Instructors Panel provides access to many features, such as creating classes and student accounts
- Each student's progress can be monitored from the Instructors Panel
- The Instructors Panel also allows access to the data of the exercises done by the students
- Uses one code base for multiple applications
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Components |
This application comprises of the following main components:
- Main Menu
- Appointment Scheduling
- Patient Registration
- Online Eligibility
- Procedure Posting
- Insurance Billing
- Posting Payments
- Patient Billing
- Report Generation
- File Maintenance
- Instructors Panel
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Technology Used |
The following software development tools and services were used in this application:
- Development Platform: Microsoft Access 2000/2003+
- Programming Language: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
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MS-Access is the Registered Trade Mark of Microsoft Corporation
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