A physician's office or hospital department office can be a hectic environment. Documents and information from multiple sources is processed, reported, disseminated, and stored for a wide variety of end-users such as consultants, billing agencies, insurance companies, other physicians and specialists, and patients themselves.

The major emphasis of the Medical Office Administration program is to prepare graduates to enter the job market (or advance within a health care organization) and provide superior clerical and administrative support to the health care office environment.

Graduates of this program receive the Associate of Applied Business degree in Office Information - Medical Office Administration Major.

To provide allied health students with a personal and professional learning centered education.

In this challenging associate degree program, students traditionally complete six quarters of consecutive study. Course work includes studies in records and data management, medical office procedures, communications, medical terminology, accounting, medical transcription, insurance coding, and a broad range of Microsoft® Office® software applications (an industry standard).

Additionally, students in this program complete a field "practicum'' experience in a physician's office or medical office setting to help demonstrate the link between MTC's hands-on curriculum and actual workplace demands.

Graduates of this program will be able to:

• Code, classify, and index diagnoses and procedures for reimbursement by Medicare, Medicaid, and medical insurances using ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 coding;
• Recognize and problem solve situations related to the medical office environment;
• Demonstrate professional interpersonal, oral and written communication skills;
• Demonstrate professional conduct and apply legal, social, and ethical responsibilities within the health care environment;
• Perform in a safe manner that minimizes risk to patients, self, and others;
• Perform administrative duties such as maintaining medical records, scheduling appointments, medical transcription and application of computer management tools and equipment ;
• Demonstrate proficient knowledge of computer software as it applies to document production, spreadsheets, and databases;
• Operate medical office equipment and technology;
• Manage finances including bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking;
• Perform mathematical calculations related to the medical office environment; and
• Review and interpret medical records for disease processes, surgical procedures, and other medical treatments;
• Apply business concepts to medical office management.

In the U.S., about 340,000 individuals currently work in this support field. National job opportunities for Medical Office Administrative graduates expected to increase between 10 percent and 20 percent through 2012; Ohio projects a 14 percent growth trend.

To apply for acceptance into the Medical Administrative Office Administration Program, your application file should contain the following:

1. MTC Application for Admission and nonrefundable application fee.
2. Final high school transcript [or GED results] and college transcripts [if applicable].
3. Successful completion of the Basic Skills Assessment [COMPASS] in reading, writing, and mathematics pre-algebra.
4. Minimum accumulative grade point average [GPA] of 2.5 in high school or college-level coursework [whichever is most recent], is required for program admission. Minimum accumulative grade point average [GPA] of 2.0 is required for program continuation and completion.
5. Completed Medical Office Administration Program application.

Additional requirements for entrance into the Medical Office Administration Practicum course [MS225] include:

• completion of medical physical
• testing for infectious diseases and updated immunizations
• purchase of liability insurance

Clinical/Practicum sites may require:

• random drug testing
• HIV testing, if exposed to blood-borne pathogen
• submission to treatment/counseling, if exposed to infectious diseases
• criminal background check

If required, College Foundation Courses are available to help you meet any specialized program admission requirements.

Students accepted to the program will be required to submit to a criminal background check facilitated by Marion Technical College and conducted by The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification.  Students with certain felony, misdemeanor, or drug-related arrests as specified in Senate Bill 38 and House Bill 160, will be ineligible for admission into the program.

A complete listing of program requirements and policies/procedures is available in the Medical Sciences Student Handbook.