Medical Office Administration (Diploma)
Program Overview
The Medical Office Administration (MOA) program is a generalist program that equips graduates with the skills necessary to function in a wide range of medical office business and financial settings. Specific skills include accounts receivable and payable, billing and fee collection, payroll and taxes, records management, insurance claims processing, insurance coding, typing and word processing, medical terminology, anatomy, oral and written communications, and public relations.
Skills Proficiency
Students must perform certain skills to work in a medical office position and be proficient in program work. Keyboarding/10-key lessons are designed to enable the student to perform at an acceptable rate. Hands-on instruction with tools of the trade facilitates the transfer from theory to practice. All students must participate.
Program Delivery
Online – all coursework, including theory, lab hours, and virtual externship courses, is completed in a distance education environment.
Program Objectives
The objective of this program is to prepare students with sufficient theoretical knowledge to secure entry-level employment in front office positions at physicians’ offices, dental offices, hospitals, insurance companies, and ancillary medical and dental organizations.