Medical Office Assistant

The Medical Office Assistant program prepares the student to assist the physician in the general and administrative areas of the medical office or heath care facility. The program prepares a student to perform duties under the direction of a facility manager or physicians.
Entry level and position titles include:

• Medical Office Assistant
• Medical Records Clerk
• Claims Processor
• Patient Accounts Personnel
• Medical Receptionist
• Billing & Coding representative

Medical Office Assistants are multi-skilled allied health professionals specifically trained to work in the ambulatory medical settings such as the physician’s offices, clinics and group practices. They are trained to perform a variety of administrative duties in a medical office or clinic. The following are partial lists of some of the duties of a medical office assistant.

ADMINISRATIVE DUTIES

• Using computer applications
• Maintaining and filling patient records
• Coding and filling out insurance forms
• Answering telephones & scheduling appointments
• Arranging hospital stays and outpatient testing
• Handling mail, billing and bookkeeping

Gainful Employment Statements

Medical Office Assistant A.A.S

The Medical Office Assistant Associate Degree program is offered as a program leading to Gainful Employment. As such we want all potential students to be able to make a reasoned decision on enrolling in this program at Rockford Career College. To that extent we offer the following information:

Potential Job Positions:
Entry Level position as a Medical Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor’s Standard Occupational code: 43-6013.00 – Medical Secretary
You may view the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Information for this at: www.onetonline.org/link/summary/43-6013.00

Program Length:
This program requires 91 quarter credits. A full-time student can complete the program in 8 quarters (2 years) if they maintain full-time status, do not take any quarters off, successfully pass each course the first time, and do not need any pre-curriculum classes.

On Time Graduation Rate:
For the 2010-11 Award Year (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011) less than 10 people graduated from the program. Thus the On-Time completion rate is not reported per regulation.

Tuition, Books and Fees:
Total tuition and fees for the program is $22,950.
Estimated Books and Supplies for the program is $3,356.
Students who need pre-curriculum courses or have to repeat courses will incur additional tuition. Students who transfer in credits from other colleges will have a reduced tuition total. The college reserves the right to increase tuition in the future. All tuition increases will be announced at least 30 days before implementation.

Placement Rate:
Our placement rate for this program as reported to ACICS our Accrediting body for the most recent year (2010-11) is 80.0%.

Median Loan Debt of graduates: For the 2010-11 Award Year (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011) less than 10 people graduated from the program. Thus the median loan debt is not reported per regulation.