Medical


The Business Training Center offers the following medical classes:

Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, Beginning Coding, Intermediate Coding, Advanced Coding, Certified Coding Prep Class, Medisoft, Medical Filing, Medical Transcription, and Medical Office Procedures.


Program Certificates

The Business Training Center also offers the following medical program certificates:

Medical Coding & Billing Technician This 20-week specialized training program prepares the student to submit claims using electronic medical insurance coding and to serve as support staff in a medical front office. The program also provides training in medical terminology, data entry using Medisoft for recording and billing claims to patients, and electronic insurance billing. Emphasis is placed on medical office procedures such as scheduling, transcribing medical records, notating patient charts, and writing letters.

Medical Coding & Billing Specialist This program is a 30-week certificate program that provides extensive training to prepare the student to work in any medical-related field for electronic medical insurance billing and coding specialist, medical receptionist, and medical front office staff person. Additional training is provided in medical terminology, data entry using Medisoft for recording and billing claims to patients and electronic insurance billing. Students will learn medical office procedures such as scheduling, transcribing medical records, notating patient chart notes, and writing letters. Training will be provided in Computer Applications, Business Math, and Business Ethics.

Medical Front Office This 30-week certificate program prepares the student to work in health fields as receptionists and office support. You will learn to manage customer service, input data entry records for claims, bill insurance claims electronically, schedule appointments, write business letters, operate an electronic telephone system, and maintain medical records effectively.

Medical Transcriptionist This 30-week certificate program provides extensive training to prepare the student to work as a Medical Transcriptionist. A Medical Transcriptionist is capable of transcribing dictations of medical reports, patient chart notes, referral letters, and regular business letter writing using current word processing software. Emphasis will be placed on the basic understanding of medical terminology.

Medical Secretary This 40-week certificate program prepares the student for a career as a Medical Secretary. Office managerial skills are emphasized in addition to overall training in medical record-keeping, insurance billing codes, data entry using Medisoft for creating claim forms, patient billing, and filing insurance claims electronically. Students will learn medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and an understanding of diagnoses and medical procedures for insurance coding using ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS code books.