Admission to the Health Care Billing Specialist certificate program requires candidates to be a high school graduate or have a General Education Development (GED) certificate. Entering students are also required to interview with an admissions representative and complete the NBC placement test as part of the admissions process.
Certificate programs do not require students to complete general education coursework and are most appropriate for individuals who wish to gain career skills in as short a time as possible without a degree. In order to obtain a Health Care Billing Specialist certificate, students must complete the courses below for a total of 25 credit hours.
AH113 Medical Terminology I 3 credit hours
AH114 Medical Terminology II 3 credit hours
HI211 Ambulatory Coding Systems 3 credit hours
HI212 Ambulatory Reimbursement I 3 credit hours
HI2222 Ambulatory Reimbursement II 3 credit hours
A101 Essentials of Accounting 4 credit hours
CS110 Introduction to CIS 4 credit hours
CS130 Intermediate Spreadsheet 2 credit hours
CS140 Intermediate Database 2 credit hours
CS230 Advanced Spreadsheet 4 credit hours
CS240 Advanced Database 4 credit hours
