Medical Administrative Assistant AAS Degree Courses

This course presents the technique and development of touch keyboarding. Basic functions of a computer are introduced with emphasis on learning alphabetic, numeric and symbolic keys, and the numeric keypad. The minimum competency of 25 net words per minute, with no more than five errors per timing, on 3 five-minute timed writings is required.

Lab Hours: 32

The Business English course focuses on having the students improve their English language skills. Students learn to apply the principles of English grammar, punctuation, and style. This course will emphasize correct grammar usage, spelling, vocabulary, and proofreading/editing skills for the office professional.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of D- in ENG-061 or appropriate placement score.

This course will provide word processing concepts, terminology, and experience producing entry-level and advanced documents found in typical business offices. The major focus of the course is on mastery of word processing functions and concepts.

Lecture Hours: 48

Co-requisite(s): ADM-105 Introduction to Keyboarding.

This course is designed to orient technical business students to the college campus, business and general resources, college services, and expectations. This course will provide an introduction to career portfolios and certifications

Lecture Hours: 16

This course introduces the concepts necessary for building a basic medical vocabulary.

Lecture Hours: 48

Course will provide the student with the legal and ethical implications of practice in a medical setting. Issues covered will include scope of practice, confidentiality, HIPAA privacy and security requirements, legal terms and elements in the delivery of care, ethical guidelines of practice, and legal documentation requirements.

Lecture Hours: 32

This course is designed to present basic facts of arithmetic including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, powers, roots, English and metric measurement, ratio-proportion, percents, introduction to algebra, and introduction to geometry. Instruction includes use of scientific hand-held calculators and emphasis placed on critical thinking, problem solving skills.

Lecture Hours: 48

This is a one semester, liberal arts mathematics course that satisfies the minimum general education requirement for math. The course is designed to impart math skills which are helpful in everyday life as well as to expose students to areas of mathematics they may not have seen before. Topics include problem-solving skills, set theory, algebra, consumer mathematics, probability, and statistics. Other topics may be included.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of D- in MAT-063 or appropriate placement score.

This course provides an intensified study of algebraic techniques and prepares students for future study in mathematics. The central theme is the concept of functions, their properties, graphs and applications. Functions studied include polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic.

Lecture Hours: 64

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in MAT-102 or equivalent placement score.

This course presents the fundamental concepts, procedures, and applications of the accounting cycle for service and merchandising businesses. The proprietorship form of ownership is studied. Topics include the special journals, payroll accounting, and accounting for cash.

Lecture Hours: 64

This course is an introduction to basic financial accounting concepts and procedures for service and merchandising businesses and the corporate form of ownership. Topics included are the accounting cycle; accounting systems; financial statements; accounting for cash, receivables, payables, inventories, plant assets, bonds, and stock.

Lecture Hours: 64

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of D- in MAT-063, or minimum score of 42 on the Algebra test, or Math ACT score of 19 or higher.

The skill building process is continued. This course assists students to improve speed and accuracy. The minimum competency of 40 net words per minute, with no more than five errors per timing, on 3 five-minute timed writings is required.

Lab Hours: 32

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of D- in ADM-105.

This course builds and strengthens skills in machine transcription. Students are provided instruction for using transcription equipment with emphasis on language skills, including spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and word usage. Emphasis will be on editing, proofreading, and mailability of documents.

Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of D- in BCA-134.

Pre/Co-requisite(s): A minimum grade of D- in ADM-157.

An introductory course in electronic information processing and information system management designed to provide the students with a general understanding of computer hardware and software and the facility to use this knowledge in the creation and management of useful information. Students will be given hands-on experience with operating system, word processing, database management, presentation and spreadsheet software. Exposure to and use of the Internet, including security and privacy concerns, is an integral part of the course. Basic computer literacy is expected for students entering this course.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): The ability to enter data using a computer keyboard at a rate of no less than 15 words per minute on a three-minute timing. A minimum grade of C in RDG-039.

This course emphasizes file management and learning to generate and format spreadsheets and databases. File management tasks include managing folders and moving, copying and deleting files. Spreadsheet tasks include making entries, correcting entries, entering formulas and creating charts. Database tasks include designing and creating tables, generating queries, creating forms and reports, and database maintenance. Basic computer literacy is expected of students enrolling in this course.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in RDG-039 and appropriate math placement score.

Co-requisite(s): Ability to type 15 net WPM on a five-minute timing. Test will be given on the first day of class.

This course familiarizes students with the origin, uses, content and format of health records, including both paper and electronic health records. It covers required standards for health records, organization of records, and analysis of health record data.

Lecture Hours: 32

This course continues to build a medical vocabulary through the study of anatomy and physiology, common diseases and surgeries of the body systems including musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, and integumentary.

Lecture Hours: 48

This course is designed to prepare students to enter the workplace with the skills required in a professional setting. This course will cover workplace behaviors such as communicating in a professional manner, conflict resolution, accountability, and business etiquette. This course will also cover career development skills.

Lecture Hours: 32

Composition I emphasizes fluency, thesis-driven organization, the use of supporting details, and research techniques. Writing is approached as a recursive process that includes prewriting strategies, drafting, revising, and editing. The course helps students shape writing to serve readers' needs and define a sense of purpose in their writing. It also gives students strategies for reading college-level material.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): Appropriate placement scores or equivalent.

The course continues to build a medical vocabulary through the study of anatomy and physiology, common diseases and surgeries of the body systems including digestive, urinary, male reproductive, female reproductive, and endocrine.

Lecture Hours: 48

This course provides an introduction to the administrative skills needed for a medical office. Students will learn information management, how to organize and maintain medical records, manage appointments, and perform routine office administration duties. Focus is on the financial aspects of the medical office including essential financial management concepts and procedures, medical office bookkeeping, cash control, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing and collection procedures. The student will be prepared to work with commercial software, computerized medical records, billing, and patient scheduling. Communication skills are applied to deliver strong customer service. Ethical and legal rules concerning consents and the confidentiality of health information is presented with particular emphasis on the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act. Principles of legal liability, contracts, release of medical information, reporting, operation of the legal system and how it relates to the role of the office employee will be presented.

Lecture Hours: 48

This course continues to build and strengthen skills involving grammar, punctuation, spelling, and use of reference materials by transcribing a variety of medical reports.

Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32

This is an introductory level course designed to explore wellness in all dimensions. Students will assess their overall level of wellness, assess current lifestyle choices, and be enabled with strategies that will lead to an improved lifestyle and overall level of wellness.

Lecture Hours: 48

An introductory course in electronic communications designed to provide the students with a basic understanding of electronic mail, presentation software, and desktop publishing software. Students will be given hands-on experience with the software.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): CSC-110 or ADM-105 and BCA-134.

This course covers advanced computer applications including word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software. Topics include using mail merge, desktop publishing, using database functions in a spreadsheet, templates, creating customized reports and forms in database, advanced features of presentation software, importing and exporting data.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in BCA-205, BCA-201, and BCA-134.

This course provides students with the opportunity to gain practical work experience, while applying skills and techniques learned in their program of study, under the supervision of an employer, manager, or supervisor.

Co-op Hours: 192

Prerequisite(s): 2.00 cumulative GPA

This course covers advanced medical administrative procedures using insurance and billing software to determine physician reimbursement through accurate claim submission. Topics including maintaining files, entering patient data, inputting insurance, posting transactions, and generating reports. Students will learn how to complete and submit electronic and paper insurance claim forms, perform referrals, and apply the correct procedure and diagnostic codes. This course is designed to teach students to correctly complete the universal Form CMS-1500 (Health Insurance Claim Form) and the coding rules for the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) , International Classification of Disease, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and HCPCS level II coding systems (products, supplies, and services not included in the CPT codes, such as ambulance services and durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) when used outside a provider’s office), and then apply the rules to code patient services, medical billing and insurance claims. A variety of payment systems and other topics of Medicare fraud/abuse, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and other legal acts are also reviewed. Compliance reporting will be addressed.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in MAP-111.

The basic knowledge, understanding, and skills necessary to use common pharmaceutical references and spell commonly used drugs.

Lecture Hours: 16

Human Relations is the study of self and social behavior. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and application of social science theories and research for the development of effective interpersonal and organizational relationships.

Lecture Hours: 48

This course provides an introduction to the study of behavior and mental processes with emphasis in such areas as learning, cognition, motivation, personality, behavioral disorder, therapy, and social influence. An understanding of the impact of both theoretical perspectives and experimental evidence on the formulation of the science of human behavior is also stressed. Psychological theories and principles are utilized to explain and predict behavior.

Lecture Hours: 48

This course surveys the basic principles, concepts, and research findings of social life from small groups to societies. The course examines a range of sociological explanations for the various forms of social behaviors and establishes a basis for reflection and further study in the field.

Lecture Hours: 48

This course presents elements of the oral communications process with emphasis on developing interpersonal, small group, and public speaking skills. Students will be involved in activities that provide opportunity for the understanding and improvement of their oral communication skills.

Lecture Hours: 48

This one-semester pre-calculus course is intended for the student with a solid algebra background who intends to take calculus. It is also beneficial (but not required) for the student to have a background in trigonometry. The course will emphasize functions using an analytical, numerical, and graphical approach. The student will study linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions along with their applications.

Lecture Hours: 64

Prerequisite(s): Appropriate placement scores.

The second course of a two-semester pre-calculus sequence. Topics include trigonometry and applications, vectors, analytic geometry, and polar and parametric equations.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in MAT-121 or equivalent placement score.

This course is a study of descriptive statistics including graphical representation, central tendency, correlation and regression, intuitive treatment of probability and inferential statistics including hypothesis testing.

Lecture Hours: 48

Prerequisite(s): MAT-063.

The first in a calculus sequence, this course covers topics including functions and their graphs, limits, derivatives, applications of the derivative, and integrals.

Lecture Hours: 64

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in MAT-134 or MAT-128 or appropriate placement scores.

A continuation of MAT-210, this course covers topics including integration techniques, applications of integration, infinite series, conic sections, parametric and polar equations.

Lecture Hours: 64

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in MAT-210.

This course covers topics including integration and differentiation techniques related to vectors, vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, multiple integration, and vector analysis.

Lecture Hours: 64

Prerequisite(s): MAT-216.