| Professional Development |
| Medical Billing and Coding |
This combined 80 hour billing and coding course ofers the skills needed to solve insurance billing problems, how to manually file claims (using the CPT and ICD-9 manual), complete common insurance forms, trace delinquent claims, appeal denied claims and the use of generic forms to streamline billing procedures. The course covers the following area: CPT (introduction, Guidelines, Evaluation and Management), specialty fields (such as surgery, radiology and laboratory), ICD-9 (Introductory and Guidlines) and the basic claims processes for medical insurance and third party reimbursements. Students will learn how to find the service and codes using manuals, (CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS). After obtaining the practical work experience (6-month to 2 years), students who complete this course could be quailified to sit for the american Health Information Association (AHIMA) Certified Coding March 12, 2012 thru May 16, 2012; Monday and Wednesdays 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm and two Saturdays: March 24 and April 21 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Fee: $1799.00 (textbooks included). Held at the CEC. For more information or to register call the CEC at 814-781-3437 |
| Innovative Marketing Strategies for Small Business |
Are you seeing the same customers repeatedly? Are you out of ideas for how to reach a new audience or bring back former customers? This course will ceover some new marketing ideas and inspire some new techniques that can be incorporated immediately into you marketing plan. $39.00 per participant |
| Microsoft Publisher 2010 |
Learn the basics of desktop publishing including creating, saving and printing publications like brochures, flyers, tri-folds, newsletters and invitations. Advertise your business or upcoming event by using built-in templates and inserting text, graphics and tables to produce a variety of professional looking publications. Find out how to create and design several professional marketing and communication materials for print, e-mail and websites. $59.00 per participant |
| Advanced Grant Writing |
Register for this class to learn advanced grant writing techniques. Learn how to use a Logic Model to plan your grant project and write your narrative. Also there will be concentration on creating a budget and writing foundation proposals. Instructor Gwen Auman.. $59.00 per participant |
| Recruiting and Maintaining Your Volunteer Workforce |
| Today's nonprofit organizations depend on a good number of volunteers to deliver programs and services, hold fund-raising events and assist in the daily functions of a busy office. Topics to be covered in this class include: establishing working relationships with potential volunteers, recruiting volunteers, training volunteers, matching the volunteer to the task, volunteer recognition and dealing with volunteers of different generations. You'll walk away from this class with some practical, tried and true techniques that will help you and your organization. At the CEC; Thursday, April 12, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. $49.00. $49.00 per participant Tuesday; 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the CEC. Dates - April 12, 2012 Contact the CEC in St. Marys Office at 781-3437 or Bradford 800-872-1787 option 2 |
| Microsoft Office Computer Courses |
Learn the skills you need to succeed with these 4-hour computer classes. You will be able to concentrate on the software skills and tools you need most. At the Community Education Council on Tuesdays from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. $59.00 per participant. Registration deadline 1 week prior to the class. (minimum of 6 students) Windows 7 - Shows you the basics of opening and closing programs, customizing the way your computer looks, tips to keep track of your documents as well as tips on how to clean up your computer to keep it from running slow. February 7 Word I - This course will teach you certain essentials of Microsoft Word so that you can create and edit documents to make them look the way you want. Some of the topics covered will be: creating a document, editing and formatting, creating multiple-page report, and desktop publishing. February 21 Word II - This course will cover level two topics of Microsoft Word so that you can create and edit documents to make them look the way you want. A few of the skills that will be taught are: creating a new document from an installed template, inserting a file into a word document, understanding themes, styles and style sets, using mail merge and embedding objects from other programs such as MS Excel. March 6 Excel I - In this class you will learn Excel essentials so that you can create spreadsheets, format a workbook. Work with formulas, functions, graphics and charts. March 20 Excel II - In this class you will learn level two Excel essentials so that you can create spreadsheets, work with existing spreadsheets, use formulas an functions. Some of the features you will learn are: working with excel tables, pivot tables and pivot charts, managing multiple worksheets and workbooks; and you will learn advanced functions, conditional formatting and filtering. April 3 Access I - This course will teach you essential features of Microsoft Access. You will learn how to create, build on and maintain a database, run queries and create forms and reports. April 17 Access II - This course will teach you advanced features of Microsoft Access. In this advanced class you will learn how to create advanced queries, create custom forms, create custom reports and share integrate and analyze data. May 8 Location: St. Marys CEC Learn the skills you need to succeed with this 3-hour computer class. You will be able to concentrate on the software skills and tools you need most. At the Community Education Council on Tuesday from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. $59.00 per participant. Registration deadline 1 week prior to the class. (minimum of 6 students) PowerPoint - This class will teach you the basics of PowerPoint. You will learn how to create a presentation, apply and modify text and graphic objects and add special effects to a presentation. Location: St. Marys CEC Contact the CEC in St. Marys Office at 781-3437 or Bradford 800-872-1787 option 2 |
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