Northwest Career College School Catalog - 2018

780-Hour Medical Administrative Assisting Program
Program Description
The program listed below will help prepare you for a career in medical administration and is designed for
students with little or no experience in the medical field. The program is a blended learning program and
instruction is provided with online distance learning for lecture materials, hands-on experience with instructor
supervision for laboratory skills, and externship. Upon satisfactory completion of the program detailed below,
students will be granted a diploma from NCC, which will qualify them to become a certified medical
administrative specialist and obtain an entry-level administrative position in a medical practice. A computer
meeting the technical specifications listed under Computer System Requirements in the Academic Policies
section of the catalog and internet access are required for completion of this program.
Program Schedule
Night Program (37 Weeks* of Class and Externship/780 hours/59.0 quarter credits)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday............................................ 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
*Actual program length (in Weeks) may vary due to holidays and externship schedules.
Course List
LIST EACH COURSE:
(Name & Number)
MAA101 – Introduction to Medical
Administration
MAA102 – Health Information and
Medical Records Management
MAA103 – Introduction to Medical
Terminology
MAA104 – Diagnostic and Procedural
Terminology
MAA105 – Introduction to Billing and
Coding
MAA106 – Accounts Receivable and
Claims Management
MAA107 – Financial and Practice
Management
MOS101 – Microsoft Office
Fundamentals
LECTURE
HOURS
LAB
HOURS
EXT/INT
HOURS
CREDIT
HOURS
CONTACT
HOURS
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
65 15 0 7.0 80
40 0 0 4.0 40
MAA201 – Medical Administrative
Externship
0 0 180 6.0 180
TOTALS 495 105 180 59.0 780
56 Northwest Career College, Effective – 03/26/2018