HIM: Medical Office Specialist Career Studies Certificate

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Career Studies Certificate
221-285-87

Purpose: This curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to perform a variety of medical office functions. Examples include scheduling of appointments, maintaining health records, coding clinical data, completing health insurance forms, and carrying out billing and collections functions.

Program Objectives: Employment opportunities include positions in physicians’ offices, HMOs, managed care practices, urgent care centers, and in other health-related agencies.

Admission Requirements: Applicants must meet the requirements for admission to credit-level course-work established by the college.

Developmental Requirements: Students who do not place into college-level English on the placement test will be required to take developmental courses.

It is strongly recommended that developmental education requirements be completed as soon as possible.

First Year

Fall Semester

AST 101 - Keyboarding I 3 CR
AST 107 - Editing/Proofreading Skills 3 CR
HIM 149 - Introduction to Medical Practice Management 2 CR
HIM 226 - Legal Aspects of Health Record Documentation 2 CR
HLT 143 - Medical Terminology I 3 CR *

Spring Semester

AST 141 - Word Processing I (Microsoft® Word) 3 CR *
HIM 253 - Health Records Coding 4 CR *
HLT 144 - Medical Terminology II 3 CR *

Second Year

Fall Semester

HIM 190 - Coordinated Internship I 2 CR *, ¹
HIM 254 - Advanced Coding and Reimbursement 4 CR *

Total Minimum Credits for Degree: 29

¹ Must be taken in the final term of the program or with instructor’s permission.

* This course has a requisite. Requisites for all courses are listed in the course description section at the back of the catalog.

HIM: Medical Office Specialist Career Studies Certificate

Career Studies Certificate 221-285-87

First Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Second Year

Fall Semester

Total Minimum Credits for Degree: 29

Career Studies Certificate
221-285-87