Program Info
Effective Term
Fall 2018
Year Established
2006
Program Code
MPFBM.AB
Degree Type
Associate in Business
Program Description
Description
Builds on the Medical Insurance Specialist certificate and prepares students to manage the specialized business functions of a medical practice or medical facility. Course work covers medical billing, coding, and insurance claim forms as well as accounting, customer service, management, medical terminology, and effective oral and written communications.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Interpret basic financial statements.
- Apply management theory to effectively supervise the human resources of an organization.
- Evaluate management decisions given an organization’s relationship to the external business environment.
- Creatively solve common problems in managing the business office of a medical or medical related organization.
- Demonstrate effective non-verbal and verbal communication skills for a business environment.
- Demonstrate effective written communication for a business environment.
- Employ computer applications to perform business activities.
- Prepare billing and insurance reimbursement documents to insure proper payment.
- Apply quantitative skills to analyze situations and make decisions in a business environment
Admission Requirements
Additional Program Requirements
Students must complete a Criminal Background Check and Drug Screen per Michigan Public Health Code 20713.
General Education
See General Education Requirements for details.
Category 7
Complete any 3 credit hours.
Credit Hours
3.00
Program Requirements
Required Core Courses
Course name | Credit Hours |
---|---|
BBA-110: Business Grammar and Punctuation | 3.00 |
BBA-131: Introduction to Business | 4.00 |
BBA-133: Business Behavior and Communication | 3.00 |
BBA-153: Customer Service | 3.00 |
BBA-231: Business Communications | 3.00 |
MGT-230: Principles of Management | 3.00 |
MGT-231: Supervision and Teambuilding | 3.00 |
Accounting: Complete one |
4.00 |
Credit Hours: 26
Required Support Courses
Course name | Credit Hours |
---|---|
AH-100: Medical Terminology | 4.00 |
HIT-150: Basic Coding: Theory and Practice | 3.00 |
HIT-230: Ambulatory Coding | 3.00 |
MOA-100: Medical Office Procedures I - Administrative | 3.00 |
MOA-110: Processing Health Insurance Claims | 2.00 |
MOA-165: Physician Billing Concepts | 4.00 |
MOA-168: Facility Billing Concepts | 4.00 |
MOA-181: Medical Collection and Legal Issues | 3.00 |
MOA-205: Insurance Coding and Reimbursement | 3.00 |
ENG-131: Introduction to College Writing | 3.00 |
English Composition or Communication: Complete one |
3.00 |
CIS-100: Introduction to Information Technology | 3.00 |
BMA-110: Business Math | 3.00 |
Credit Hours: 41
Minimum Total Credit Hours
70.00