The Medical Office Administrative Assistant program prepares students to seek entry-level employment in a medical front office, hospital office setting, or medical insurance company. Students are prepared for a National Certification Exam (i.e., NHA). Typical job titles for students entering the field would be: medical secretary, medical insurance billing and coder and medical receptionist. The content of the program provides students with specialized training in industry-current medical administrative procedures. The program includes hands-on training with medical office computer programs. In addition to attendance in all courses, students will be required to complete out-of-class assignments. These assignments include, but are not limited to, reading, exercises and problem solving, projects, research, papers, and presentations. A student can anticipate out-of-class activities that equal about two (2) hours for every one (1) hour of lecture. Upon successful completion of the program (see Graduation Requirements section of the catalog),graduates could seek entry-level employment in the medical office administrative assistant field.

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