Medical Office Specialist - Accounting
Associate of Applied Science Degree Program
Catalog Year 2009-2010
MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Carole Wickham: 503-491-7195 - Room AC 2772 Carole.Wickham@mhcc.edu
A Medical Office Specialist in Accounting concentrates on accounts receivable, billing and collection procedures, patient and insurance record keeping, and budget and financial records.
Students interested in accounting work in a medical setting should enjoy working with healthcare professionals, demonstrate strong communication skills, show an interest in medical and health issues, and be dedicated to professionalism. Students should have typing competency and basic formatting knowledge before enrolling in classes in this program.
Upon graduation, students may be hired to work in physicians’ offices, public and private hospitals, teaching hospitals, clinics, laboratories, insurance companies, and governmental facilities.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- discuss the roles of the healthcare team members, elements of successful leadership, and problem-solving strategies
- describe medical terminology, including disease processes and pharmacology
- differentiate verbal and nonverbal communication, including gender differences, cultural awareness and sensitivity, and the elements of speaking and listening
- describe the accounting principles required in a medical office
- compare and contrast the billing and coding elements
- complete a professional resume
- describe job searches and correct interview techniques.
Please check the MHCC website for any curricular changes that have occurred since the catalog was published.
| First Quarter (Fall) |
Cr |
| MO110 |
Powerful Strategies for the Office Team |
4 |
| MO114 |
Medical Terminology I |
3 |
| MO116 |
Medical Office Procedures |
4 |
| BA101 |
Introduction to Business |
4 |
| BT116 |
Communication Technologies
|
3 |
| 18 |
| Second Quarter (Winter) |
|
| MO115 |
Medical Terminology II |
3 |
| MO230 |
Medical Coding I - ICD-9-CM |
3 |
| BA131 |
Introduction to Business Computing |
4 |
| BA211 |
Principles of Accounting I |
4 |
| BI100 |
Survey of Body Systems
or a Human Anatomy and Physiology course1,2 |
4 |
| 18 |
| Third Quarter (Spring) |
|
| MO117 |
Hospital Administrative Procedures |
4 |
| MO231 |
Medical Coding II - Procedural Coding |
4 |
| BA212 |
Principles of Acccounting II |
3 |
| BA222 |
Finance |
3 |
| BT125 |
Microsoft Word Training1 |
3 |
| 17 |
| Fourth Quarter (Fall) |
|
| MO120 |
Introduction to Medical Transcription1 |
3 |
| MO240 |
Medical Office Billing I |
3 |
| BT110 |
Business Editing |
3 |
| PSY201 |
General Psychology |
3 |
| WR121 |
English Composition1 |
3 |
| 15 |
| Fifth Quarter (Winter) |
|
| MA224 |
Medical Law and Ethics |
3 |
| MO212 |
Diversity and Healthcare |
3 |
| MO241 |
Medical Office Billing II |
3 |
| BA177 |
Payroll Accounting and Payroll Tax Filing Requirements
|
3 |
| BA205 |
Business Communications
|
4 |
| BT220 |
Electronic Calculator and 10-Key Operations |
1 |
| 17 |
| Sixth Quarter (Spring) |
|
| MA123 |
Pharmacology for Medical Office Occupations |
3 |
| MO214 |
Building a Professional Portfolio |
1 |
| BT118 |
Records and Information Management |
3 |
| HPE295 |
Health and Fitness for Life |
3 |
| MTH65 |
Beginning Algebra II (or higher)1,3‡
|
4 |
| WE280MO |
Cooperative Education Internship |
4 |
| 18 |
Medical Office students are required to have a criminal background check (http://www.mhcc.edu/docs/docsAlliedHealth/criminalbackgroundcheck.pdf) and a current Tuberculin skin test (PPD) at the beginning of the MO110 Powerful Strategies for the Office Team class. Medical Office students must document completion of the three-dose Hepatitis B vaccine series and complete a Measles Immunization Clearance Certificate for School Attendance form prior to beginning the externship placement process. Some externship sites may require further immunizations. See program director for site specific requirements.
Note: A minimum grade of C is required in all courses.
1 Prerequisite. See course description in back of catalog.
2 Alternate selections are BI121 and BI122, or BI231 and BI232 and BI233, or equivalent Anatomy and Physiology sequence.
3 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.
‡ See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog.
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