Medical Administrative Specialist
Medical Administrative Specialist Program - AH2700
This comprehensive program will enable the student to acquire skills needed in managing a medical office or work in a large
medical health organization through specialized classes and an intense 240 hour externship experience. The student will learn medical records management,
insurance processing, coding and billing, management of practice financing, information processing, and fundamental office management tasks. Upon successful
completion of the program, the participant is eligible to take the Certified Medical
Administrative Specialist (CMAS) certification exam administered by the American Medical Technologists
(AMT). Program includes AH1500 Heartsaver First Aid and AH1600 Basic Life Support (BLS) -
Healthcare Provider Level CPR, uniforms, and textbooks. Prerequisite to register: 
Medical
Administrative Specialist Application Form (PDF) 106 KB, Physical
Examination Clearance Form (PDF) 110 KB. Tuition: $4,495
- Schedule
- Occupational Data
- Learning Outcomes
- Progression Standards
- Student Feedback
- Frequently Asked Questions
| Course Duration: | |
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| 720 Hours | 33.3 Semester Hours |
| Course # | Date | Day | Time | Location | Instructor |
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| TBA | TBA |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Course Type: |
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| Workforce Development |
| Standard Occupational Code (SOC): |
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| 43-6013.00 - Medical Secretaries |
| Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: |
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Protect the security of Medical Records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
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Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.
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Prioritize data such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures and treatment into computer.
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Process and prepare business and government forms.
| Learning Outcomes Assessments Used: |
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Participant Evaluations (Indirect Method)
Instructor Evaluation(s) (Indirect Method)
Standardized Testing (Direct Method)
| Completion: | |
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| Yes: 100% | No: 0% |
| Reason for Non-Completion: |
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| N/A |
| Student Reported Learning Objective Met: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not 0% |
Strongly 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Strongly 0% |
Attendance Policy
Participants are expected to attend all class sessions. Sign-in sheets are completed at every class session. Participants must attend all classes
in order to satisfactorily complete the course. For every fifteen (15) hours of instruction, one hour of instruction can be missed. Arriving more than 15 minutes late at the
start of a class will be documented as a tardy or leaving more than 15 minutes early at the end of a class will be documented as an early departure.
Standards of Progress
Attendance, completion of assignments, quiz/exam scores, and satisfactory performance of all skills/tasks contribute to the overall grade. Possible
grades include:
(CR) is used to indicate passing with a “C” or higher for non-credit courses. All assignments completed with a score of 70% or higher, a score of 70% or higher on each quiz/exam, and all skills performed satisfactorily.
(NC) is used to indicate not passing with a “C” or higher for non-credit courses. Participants earning a grade of “NC” may repeat a course once. Additional repeats may be allowed after discussion with a Program Coordinator, and participants may be required to repeat the entire course at an additional expense. Participants may not progress to the next higher level course until a “CR” grade is earned.
(I) is used to indicate that the participant has yet to complete one or more requirements by the scheduled end date of a course. Participants will be given an additional opportunity to successfully complete the requirements after instructors provide counseling/remediation. An additional fee may be required for remedial instruction beyond two (2) attempts. Participants that are unsuccessful after four (4) attempts shall be assigned a grade of “NC”. Completion of course requirements must be accomplished during the next offering of the program/course or the grade will be converted as “NC”.
| Student Reported Satisfaction with Course | ||
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| No Response: N/A | ||
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