Legal & Ethic Concerns/Med Office

Introduces the basic concept of medical assisting and its relationship to the other health fields.Emphasizes medical ethics, legal aspects of medicine, and the medical assistant*s role as an agent of the physician.Provides the student with knowledge of medical jurisprudence and the essentials of professional behavior.Topics include:introduction to medical assisting; introduction to medical law; physician/patient/assistant relationship; medical office in litigation; as well as ethics, bioethical issues and HIPAA.

Required textbooks and materials:

• • Medical Law and Ethics and Bioethics for Health Professionals, 7th ed., ISBN 978-0-8036-2706, $48.95
  • Current Procedural Terminology CPT Manual, ISBN 978-1622024001, $125.00
  • International Classifications of Diseases, 10th ed. , ISBN 978-1583838372, $125.00
  • HealthCare Common Procedure Coding System 2017, HCPCS 2017, ISBN 978-0323430746, $125.00