Certificate - Medical Billing Specialist 

The Medical Billing Specialist Certificate is a short term program established to prepare students for employment in physician's offices, medical insurance companies, and outpatient billing services.

Medical Billing Specialists provide patient billing services for physicians, dentists, physical therapists, and other healthcare providers.

They have knowledge in ICD-9-CM, CPT-4 and HCPCS coding, medical terminology; processing insurance claims, appeals and denials; fraud and abuse; HIPAA and OIG Compliance; information and web technology; reimbursement practices, and much more.

The Medical Billing Specialist can be completed in the traditional classroom setting, or completely online.

This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following program outcomes:
Medical Billing Specialist Short Term Certificate Outcomes.pdf

Suggested Semester Sequence

First Semester		Credits
IT-1010	Introduction to Microcomputer Applications	3
MA-1020	Medical Terminology I	3
MATH-1060	Survey of Mathematics or Higher  (1)	3
ENG-1010	College Composition I	3
	Total	12

  

 

Second Semester		Credits
HIM-1111	Physician Office Coding	3
HIM-1120	Medical Billing Practices	2
HIM-1311	Legal Aspects - Health Care	3
MA-2010	Medical Terminology II	2
	Total	10

Program Total		Credits
		23

 

 

 

	Notes
	(1)   MATH-1800-1819/2800-2819 & 1820/2820 may not be used to meet this requirement.