AAS in Medical Office Administration
Black River Technical College
Key Information
Campus location
Pocahontas, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Earliest start date
Sep 2023
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Introduction
The Medical Office Administration degree will allow students interested in both the medical and the business fields to fulfill their career goals to work in a medical profession while utilizing business skills. This degree's business portion will encompass courses that will teach students how to perform the business office duties in a healthcare setting. Health information individuals may work in medical clinics where they also have to perform office duties such as keyboarding and editing correspondence, scheduling appointments, answering the telephone, filing medical records, handling the mail, greeting patients, assisting the billing department, etc. They must be proficient with computers and various computer software applications.
Moreover, health information individuals must possess good communication skills. They will become the liaison person between the medical clinic and the insurance companies, and other medically-related businesses and establishments. This degree plan's medical segment will include courses in medical coding, medical transcription, and anatomy and physiology.