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Billing Specialist

This degree pathway prepares individuals to work in an administrative role as a medical insurance billing specialist. Skills are developed in medical account management and in health care coding and billing for reimbursement. 

Requirements

Required Courses

ACC 101Fundamentals of Accounting

3
or
ACC 121Accounting Principles I

4
 
CIS 118Introduction to PC Applications

3
HPR 106Law and Ethics for Health Professions

2
HPR 137Human Diseases

4
MOT 120Medical Office Financial Management

3
MOT 130Insurance, Billing and Coding

3
MOT 184Billing Specialist Internship

4
MOT 184 may be taken for 3 credits if the student completed the career readiness component in a prior MOT internship (MOT 180-183). Students may apply 1 credit of their completed career readiness component to MOT 184 taken for 3 credits to satisfy the 4 credit requirement.

Choose 2 credits from the following

HPR 208Medical Terminology For Health Professionals

2
or
HPR 178Medical Terminology

1
and
HPR 285Independent Case Study

1
Total Credit Hours:24
HPR 178 may also be taken for 2 credit hours to fulfill this requirement.

Required General Education Courses

BIO 106Basic Anatomy and Physiology

4
or
BIO 201Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab

4
and
BIO 202Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab

4
 
ENG 121English Composition I

3
 
MAT 107Career Mathematics

3
or
higher MAT course
 
PSY 101General Psychology I

3
or
PSY 235Human Growth and Development

3
 
Arts and Humanities Elective (Spanish recommended)

3
Total Credit Hours:16

Arts & Humanities Elective: Electives must be selected from the Approved Electives Lists for the AAS degree or from the list of additional courses.

Electives

20 additional credits of electives must be selected from the Approved General Education Electives List for an A.A.S. Degree or from the following additional list:

ACC 121Accounting Principles I

4
ACC 122Accounting Principles II

4
BUS 115Introduction to Business

3
BUS 216Legal Environment of Business

3
BUS 217Business Communication and Report Writing

3
BUS 226Business Statistics

3
 
CIS 115Introduction to Computer Information Systems

3
Total Credit Hours:20

Note: Electives must be selected from the Approved Electives Lists for the AAS degree or from the list of additional courses.

Total Credit Hours: 60