Medical Office Specialist - Management
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 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 |
| WR121 |
English Composition1 |
3 |
| 16 |
| 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 |
Applied 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 |
4 |
| 19 |
| 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 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 in the printed catalog.
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