Medical Office Specialist - Management
(Associate of Applied Science Degree Program)
Catalog Year 2008-09
MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Carole Wickham: 503-491-7195 - Room AC 2772 Carole.Wickham@mhcc.edu
A Medical Office Specialist in Management prepares to oversee a healthcare facility by learning how to lead people and manage office operations. The Management Specialist most often aspires to eventually manage some segment of a medical organization.
Students interested in management 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 management 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 |
| MO230 |
Medical Coding I - ICD-9-CM |
3 |
| BT116 |
Communication Technologies |
3 |
| BT210YWA |
Word - Level 1
|
1 |
| WR121 |
English Composition1
|
3 |
| 17 |
| Second Quarter (Winter) |
|
| MO115 |
Medical Terminology II |
3 |
| MO116 |
Medical Office Procedures |
4 |
| MO231 |
Medical Coding II - Procedural Coding |
4 |
| MO240 |
Medical Office Billing I |
3 |
| BT118 |
Records and Information Management |
3 |
| CIS120L |
Computer Concepts Lab I |
1 |
| 18 |
| Third Quarter (Spring) |
|
| MO120 |
Introduction to Medical Transcription1 |
3 |
| MO212 |
Diversity and Healthcare |
3 |
| MO232 |
Medical Coding III - Evaluation and Management |
3 |
| MO241 |
Medical Office Billing II |
3 |
| BA205 |
Business Communications |
4 |
| HPE295 |
Health and Fitness for Life |
3 |
| 19 |
| Fourth Quarter (Summer) |
|
| MO242 |
A pplied Billing and Coding..................................... |
3 |
3 |
| Fifth Quarter (Fall) |
|
| MA125 |
Disease Processes |
3 |
| BA101 |
Introduction to Business |
4 |
| BI100 |
Survey of Body Systems
or a human anatomy
and physiology course1,2 |
4 |
| MTH65 |
Beginning Algebra II (or higher)1,3 |
4 |
| PSY201 |
General Psychology |
3 |
| 18 |
| Sixth Quarter (Winter) |
|
| MA224 |
Medical Law and Ethics |
3 |
| MO214 |
Building a Professional Portfolio |
1 |
| BA206 |
Management and Supervisory Fundamentals |
4 |
| BA226 |
Introduction to Business Law |
4 |
| BT125 |
Microsoft Word Training |
3 |
| 15 |
| Seventh Quarter (Spring) |
|
| MA123 |
Pharmacology for Medical Office Occupations |
3 |
| MO117 |
Hospital Administrative Procedures |
4 |
| BA211 |
Principles of Accounting I |
4 |
| BA224 |
Human Resources Management |
3 |
| 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 Skills 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 A lternate 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 in the printed catalog.
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