Associate Degree in

Medical Office Assisting

Online Degree Program

Our online distance education program offers students the opportunity to study a comprehensive curriculum in the Medical Office Assisting degree program.   Medical Assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep physician or health care offices and clinics running smoothly. As a caring, dedicated member of a health care team, the Medical Assistant generally handles duties such as scheduling appointments, patient billing, health insurance coding, taking vital signs, assisting with patient examinations, and collecting laboratory specimens.

Through this program students will learn the skills needed to succeed in this field. All of the courses are focused on the major. This allows students to maximize their learning in the core courses and succeed in their educational and career goals.

Students begin with the basics in physiology, business communication, computer fundamentals, patient assistance, and medical terminology. In the higher division courses students learn medical procedure, medical ethics, insurance coding/billing, and complete an internship. This internship allows students to experience the medical assisting field first hand.   Several career fields this degree will prepare you for are:

* Medical Insurance Claim Processor
* Medical Assistant
* Hospital Administrative Assistant
* Outpatient/ambulatory Clinic Clerk
* Medical Receptionist

The perquisites for this program are: a high school diploma or an earned GED

The online curriculum offers an innovative approach to higher education. Enrollment is open and students may begin the program at any time. All courses are provided in online classrooms, with on-to-one faculty mentoring. Students also have free access to our comprehensive Study Tactics and Resources Center, with links to subject related websites, online libraries, articles and research assistance. Our online Medical Office Assisting degree curriculum includes:

TOTAL: 75 Semester Hours

Courses in this curriculum are to be taken in sequence as above.

TUITION: $400.00 per course. Students may register and pay for one course at a time.

* Note: cost of tuition does not include cost of text books.

** There is also a one time $ 50.00 admission processing fee.

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Course Completion Times: Students are permitted 10 weeks to complete an online course. This may be extended with the permission of the instructor. For all Symposium Courses, students are permitted up to a six month period for completion. Doctoral students are permitted one year for all Dissertation/Doctoral Project courses.

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