Medical Office Management Associate of Science

Brown Mackie College — Michigan City

The Medical Office Management degree program at Brown Mackie College – Michigan City in Indiana is an associate’s degree program designed to prepare you for entry-level employment in the insurance coding and billing department of a physician’s office, clinic, or hospital. Graduates of this program possess a well-rounded foundation of coursework in general education and the health sciences. This foundation enables you to assume greater managerial responsibility as you gain experience, allowing for an expansion of career opportunities within the department or organization.

As a graduate of this Medical Office Management program in Michigan City, you may be prepared for entry-level positions such as medical secretary, medical transcriptionist, and medical records clerk, with the possibility to advance to medical office manager. Duties for these jobs include transcribing dictation, preparing correspondence, recording medical histories, ordering supplies, and organizing medical records.

This Medical Office Management degree program offers you courses on:
• The structure and function of the human body, and medical terminology related to the body systems.
• Automated scheduling and billing procedures, as well as fundamental accounting, office management, and correspondence.
• The rules for computerized coding systems and how to apply them to code patient diagnoses and procedures.