Medical Office Support Specialist, Technical Certificate of Credit

Overview

Offered at the Piedmont Summerville and Waynesboro Sites.

Entrance Dates:	Fall, Spring, and Summer
Length of Program:	One Term
Credit Hours Required for Graduation:	13

Program Description: The Medical Office Support Specialist program provides learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills and attitudes required in today's medical offices. Medical Office Support Specialist answer the telephone and keep records of callers, schedule appointments, greet patients, and interview
patients to gain needed information. 

Program Objectives: The Medical Office Support Specialist program provides learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required in today's medical offices.

Employment Opportunities: The Medical Office Support Specialist will work in the front office, a physician's office, clinic, or other out-patient facilities greeting patients, answering the telephone, making appointments, and gathering information from patients for patient files. 

Curriculum Outline

Occupational Courses, 13 credits

ALHS 1090	MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FOR ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES	2
MAST 1010	LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONCERNS IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE	2
MAST 1060	MEDICAL OFFICE PROCEDURES	4
MAST 1100	MEDICAL INSURANCE MANAGEMENT	2
MAST 1110	ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT	3

Notes:

• Students in the health field have a special responsibility regarding grades in their programs. To be eligible for graduation, students must make a minimum passing grade of “C” in all courses.
• A student who does not earn a grade of a “C” or higher in any two courses will be suspended from the program for one year. After the third unsuccessful attempt of any course, the student will not be allowed to re-enter the Medical Coding program.
• Prerequisites required by medical coding students for MAST 1120 are ENGL 1010, ALHS 1011, and ALHS 1090.
• Conviction of a felony or gross misdemeanor may prohibit employment in field and may make a student ineligible to take licensing/certification exam(s) required for the profession. A background check and/or drug screen may be required by some agencies before a student attends a clinical practicum. For more information, contact the appropriate program advisor.
• Student activities associated with the curriculum, especially while students are completing his or her clinical rotations, will be educational in nature. Students will not be receiving monetary remuneration during this educational experience, nor will he or she be substituted for hired staff personnel within the clinical institution in the capacity of a medical coder.
• ALHS prefix courses must not be older than five years to be used as a prerequisite for MAST prefix courses.

Guided Pathway

You may click on any course below to view the course description and prerequisite information.

Students who do not follow the Course Sequence listed below may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown.

Piedmont Summerville and Waynesboro Evening Program

PROGRAM NAME: Medical Coding

AWARD: Technical Certificate of Credit

CAMPUS: Piedmont Summerville and Waynesboro Day Program

Year 1 Semester 1

ALHS 1090	MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FOR ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES	2
MAST 1010	LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONCERNS IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE	2
MAST 1060	MEDICAL OFFICE PROCEDURES	4
MAST 1100	MEDICAL INSURANCE MANAGEMENT	2
MAST 1110	ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT	3