A rewarding career as a medical office professional awaits you at DBI Downriver!
The medical office diploma program is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary for an entry-level position in a variety of health care settings. Students will learn medical terminology, medical coding and billing, medical transcription, electronic health records, handling of patient files, as well as other general office skills and several different software applications.
CERTIFICATION
Upon completion of the medical office program, students are eligible to sit for the National Health Association certification exam to become certified as a medical billing and coding specialist, as well as a medical administrative assistant. Taking these exams is voluntary; however, it is recommended that all graduates of the medical office program take either one or both of these exams.
The pass rate for those DBI-Downriver graduates who have taken the medical and coding exam is 80%, and the pass rate for the medical administrative assistant exam is 100%. The skills and applications that the students acquire in the medical office program not only make it possible for the successful results on the NHA exam, but also assist the student in obtaining employment after graduation.
DAY AND EVENING SCHOOL PROGRAMS
For the student’s convenience, DBI-Downriver offers both a day school program (Medical Office), and an evening program (Medical Office Specialist). Day school students attend five days per week, and evening school students attend four evening per week, Monday through Thursday.
INFORMATION FOR JOBS RELATED TO THESE PROGRAMS
Click on the links below for job-related information related to this program:
Medical Secretaries
Medical Transcriptionists
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
PROGRAM COSTS
| DAY SCHOOL (Medical Office) |
EVENING SCHOOL (Medical Office Specialist) |
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| Tuition and fees | $12,800 | $9,980 |
| Estimated supplies, and other costs* | $200 | $200 |
| *Book costs are included in tuition cost On campus room and board is not offered |
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FINANCING OPTIONS
In addition to any grant and scholarship aid for which the students are eligible, 56% of the graduates in the year July1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 used federal loans to finance their education. The median federal debt for graduates of the Medical Office and Medical Office Specialist programs was $1509. None of the graduates used institutional financing or private educational loans to finance their education.
PROGRAM LENGTH
Both the day and evening programs are designed to take twelve months to complete. Of the graduates in the year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, 78% finished in this time period.
PLACEMENT RATE
DBI-Downriver provides employment statistics to its accrediting body, the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools on an annual basis. The placement rate for the year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 was 56%. This placement rate includes the graduates from the Medical Office and the Medical Office Specialist programs who found employment by September 15, 2011 in their field of study or a related field of study and does not include unrelated employment.
