Business - Medical Practice Management Concentration - A.A.S.

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The goal of this concentration is to prepare individuals for career entry and career sustaining position in support of on-site medical related business operations for a doctor, dentist, or other licensed medical professional. Responsibilities for medical practice management professionals include insurance records, patient billing, scheduling of medical procedures, and patient relations management. Graduates qualify for several professional certifications in coding and reimbursement. Students interested in this concentration must schedule an advisement session. Specific program courses are scheduled on a rotating basis. Full-time and part-time students may enroll in this concentration.

All Business students are required to take the business exit exam to meet graduation requirements.

General Education Requirements - Credits (16)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts Credits: (3)
Non-Sequential Science Course Credits: (4)
Social/Behavioral Sciences Credits: (3)

ENGL 1010 - ♦English Composition I Credits: (3)
MATH 1010 - ♦Math for Liberal Arts Credits: (3)
OR MATH 1530 - ♦Probability and Statistics Credits: (3)

Major Core Course Requirements - Credits (44)

ACCT 1010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: (3)
AHC 115 - *Medical Terminology Credits: (3)
BUSN 1305 - *Introduction to Business Credits: (3)
BUSN 1302 - *Keyboarding with Word Processing Credits: (3)
BUSN 1310 - *Business Communications Credits: (3)
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications Credits: (3)
BUSN 1370 - *Spreadsheet Applications Credits: (3)
HIT 212 - *Classification Systems: ICD-10-CM Credits: (4)
HIT 215 - *Classification Systems - CPT Credits: (4)
HIT 225 - *Pathophysiologic Science Credits: (3)
HIT 230 - *Reimbursement Methodologies Credits: (3)
BUSN 1380 - *Supervisory Management Credits: (3)
MPM 101 - *Introduction to Medical Practice Management Credits: (3)
MPM 270 - *Medical Practice Operations Credits: (3)

Total Degree Requirements - Credits (60)

Career and Salary Information

Career	Beginning Salary	Experienced Salary Median
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	$21,300	$31,100

Career and salary information taken from http://www.onetonline.org. Check out this website for additional information about education requirements and preferred work styles and abilities for these careers. Salaries are not guaranteed and depend upon location and position.

Recommended Schedule

This is a recommended schedule. Learning Support, pre-requisites and other academic factors may impact this schedule. See your advisor to create a degree plan.

First Year - Fall Semester - Credits (15)

ACCT 1010 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: (3)
AHC 115 - *Medical Terminology Credits: (3)
ENGL 1010 - ♦English Composition I Credits: (3)
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications Credits: (3)
MPM 101 - *Introduction to Medical Practice Management Credits: (3)

First Year - Spring Semester - Credits (16)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts (See General Education Requirements in Catalog) Credits: (3)
Non-Sequential Science (See General Education Requirements in Catalog) Credits: (4)

BUSN 1302 - *Keyboarding with Word Processing Credits: (3)
BUSN 1310 - *Business Communications Credits: (3)
BUSN 1370 - *Spreadsheet Applications Credits: (3)

First Year - Summer Semester - Credits (3)

HIT 225 - *Pathophysiologic Science Credits: (3)

Second Year - Fall Semester - Credits (13)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (See General Education Requirements in Catalog) Credits: (3)

BUSN 1305 - *Introduction to Business Credits: (3)
HIT 212 - *Classification Systems: ICD-10-CM Credits: (4)
MATH 1010 - ♦Math for Liberal Arts Credits: (3)
OR MATH 1530 - ♦Probability and Statistics Credits: (3)

Second Year - Spring Semester - Credits (13)

BUSN 1380 - *Supervisory Management Credits: (3)
HIT 215 - *Classification Systems - CPT Credits: (4)
HIT 230 - *Reimbursement Methodologies Credits: (3)
MPM 270 - *Medical Practice Operations Credits: (3)