Associate DegreeMedical Office Management

Healthcare is a business and, like every business, it needs good management to keep running smoothly. With a medical office management degree from Westwood College, you will learn to plan, direct, coordinate, and supervise the delivery of healthcare so that the clinical experts can focus on patient care. Your courses are modeled after the workplace, giving you the valuable experience you'll need as you enter the medical office management field. Our faculty of professionals who work in their fields will provide you with the knowledge, training and insight that you'll use in your career.

Program features include:

• courses that cover a wide range of topics critical to managing the business side of a medical practice
• training in commonly used computer applications to make front office operations run smoothly and accurately
• an understanding of accounting and insurance issues as related to managing a medical practice
• courses that focus on working with people in the medical practice, including employees and patients

• Course Info

  A medical office management associate degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:

  • Medical Terminology
  • Patient Relations
  • Introduction to Healthcare
  • Advanced Medical Office Management
  • Medical Insurance and Administrative Procedures
  • Introduction to Health Information Technology

  Course breakdown

  

  Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Perform generally accepted accounting and financial analysis practices
  • Explain reimbursement systems and coding practices
  • Apply principles of effective management to the medical office environment
  • Recognize how ethical values and legal standards apply to the medical profession
  • Apply critical thinking skills to medical office management situations

  Locations offering this program:*

  California Anaheim - Anaheim, CA Inland Empire - Upland, CA South Bay - Torrance, CA Colorado Denver North - Denver, CO Denver South - Denver, CO

  Georgia Atlanta Midtown - Atlanta, GA Atlanta Northlake - Atlanta, GA Virginia Annandale - Annandale, VA Arlington Ballston - Arlington, VA Online Online Campus

  *Not all programs are offered every term.  Check with the campus of interest for current program offerings.

  
  

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  Our fast-track approach can help you earn your bachelor's degree in as little as 3 years.

• Careers

  Where could your medical office management degree take you?

  Our medical office management program provides the educational background and hands-on experience necessary to successfully begin a career in healthcare. Take a look at one of the career paths that may be available to a graduate with an associate degree in medical office management from Westwood College:*

  • Medical insurance
  • Medical office management

  *Graduates without experience in the field will likely start in entry-level positions

  
  

  REQUEST MORE INFORMATION

  Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.

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  Our fast-track approach can help you earn your bachelor's degree in as little as 3 years.

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• Graduate Outcomes

  Occupation Disclosures

  The Department of Education lists the following occupation as a potential career for graduates of this program:*

  43-1011.00

  First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

  To see descriptions of the occupations, go to  www.onetonline.org and enter the six digit Standard Occupational Code (SOC) in the Occupation Search Area.

  *The list of SOC codes is based on Department of Education standards. Actual entry-level jobs for graduates in each program may vary from the list. The job code was pulled from IPEDS CIP-SOC crosswalk as of Sept. 10, 2012. Although the Department of Education requires all job titles to be listed, Westwood College has not found that all programs prepare graduates for all the jobs listed.

  Program Disclosures

  For information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program and other important information, please access the document below and refer to the the index page to locate  information on your campus of interest.

  Program disclosures