Medical Office Management Technology (A.S.)

The Medical Office Management Technology (MOT) Program offers two tracks. All students take the same courses in the first semester. At the start of the second semester, students get to specialize in either Medical Office Management (Track A) or Billing and Coding (Track B). Both tracks prepare graduates for administrative positions in physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, insurance companies. and other health care industries. Entry-level job titles for both tracks include medical biller and accounts receivable clerk. Duties may include verifying insurance benefits, preparing insurance claims, billing, and collections.

The duties of the entry-level positions enable graduates to gain the experience to become a medical office manager, billing supervisor, or coding supervisor.

In addition, Track A graduates may have the following job titles: registration clerk, scheduler, receptionist, and admissions clerk. Duties may include registering patients, scheduling appointments, and preparing medical records. Track B graduates may have the following job titles: medical coder, and billing and coding specialist. Duties may include CPT and ICD-9 CM coding, patient, and third party billing.

Medical Office Management Technology graduates are able to:

• Communicate effectively in oral and in written forms.
• Follow directions.
• Use common computer applications for word processing and spreadsheets.
• Health information management.
• Hospital and office medical charts and the most common documents contained in each.
• Medical terminology and common medical abbreviations.
• Third Party Billing.
• Medical insurance terminology.
• Where and how to gather the necessary information to complete and submit current insurance claim forms, including using coding books.
• Knowledge of government programs, managed care, and commercial insurance to apply correctly the rules, particularly the rules of participation, and to know when to balance bill and when to contractually adjust.
• How to obtain information about the insurance rules and how to keep current concerning them.