Overview
Medical coding specialists and medical front office staff play a vital role in the healthcare industry.
Key Features
- The duties performed include medical insurance billing and coding, completing and submitting medical insurance forms, creating and maintaining medical charts, preparing reports and correspondence, scheduling appointments, and greeting patients.
- This Medical Billing and Coding diploma program from American National University is designed to provide you with the skills to work as either a medical biller or a medical coder, or you may choose to incorporate both career paths as some employers prefer having one person capable of performing both functions.
Programme Structure
- In addition to serving as a strong foundation for pursuing an associate’s degree in Medical Assisting, this diploma program is designed to give you the skills and techniques needed for entry-level employment as a health claims examiner, claims processor, dental biller, or insurance biller.
- As a student in this program, you will learn how to use databases, industry software, and various reference materials as you train for the critical responsibility of quickly and accurately recording and reporting patient information.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 10 months
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Health Administration Health Sciences View 189 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Application for admission
- Passport
- Official Transcript
- English Proficiency (please provide one of the following)
- Financial Documents
- $125 (Application and I-20 processing Fee) – (I-20 issued)
Tuition Fee
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International
15984 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 15984 USD for the full programme during 10 months. -
National
15984 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 15984 USD for the full programme during 10 months.
Living costs for Danville
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.