Medical Administration
Students wishing to gain employment in the healthcare field may take this course to learn how to use medical terminology and apply administrative procedures necessary to be productive employees in a healthcare environment. Students will learn how to manage office activities, enhance communication and employability skills, identify legal and ethical issues in healthcare practices, and manage financial activities. Work-based learning opportunities are available for this course.
Recommended prerequisite(s): Keyboarding course(s) or teacher-approved demonstration and documentation of touch keyboarding skills
Course Sequences
A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.
- Accounting (36 Weeks)
- Accounting, Advanced (36 Weeks)
- Business Law (36 Weeks)
- Business Law (18 Weeks)
- Business Management (36 Weeks)
- Business Management (18 Weeks)
- Computer Information Systems (36 Weeks)
- Computer Information Systems (18 Weeks)
- Computer Information Systems, Advanced (36 Weeks)
- Computer Information Systems, Advanced (18 Weeks)
- Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies (36 Weeks)
- Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies (18 Weeks)
- Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies, Advanced (36 Weeks)
- Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies, Advanced (18 Weeks)
- Digital Applications (36 Weeks)
- Digital Applications (18 Weeks)
- Information Technology Fundamentals (36 Weeks)
- International Baccalaureate Business Management (36 Weeks)
- International Baccalaureate Information Technology in a Global Society (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences (36 Weeks)
- Medical Terminology (36 Weeks)
- Medical Terminology (18 Weeks)
- Office Administration (36 Weeks)
- Office Administration (18 Weeks)
- Office Specialist III--Preparation (36 Weeks)
- Office Specialist II--Preparation (36 Weeks)
- Office Specialist I--Preparation (36 Weeks)
- Principles of Business and Marketing (36 Weeks)
- Principles of Business and Marketing (18 Weeks)
Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36 week courses)
- AAPC Medical Coding Examinations
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) Examination (NHA)
- Electronic Health Record Certification (EHRC) Examination
- Medical Administrative Assistant Certification (MAAC) Examination
- Medical Coder & Biller Certification (MCBC) Examination
- National Certified Insurance and Coding Specialists (NCICS) Examination
- National Registered Certified Administrative Health Assistant (NRCAHA) Examination
- Nationally Registered Certified Coding Specialist (NCCCS) Examination
Career Clusters
| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Administrative Support |
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| Business Information Management |
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| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Support Services |
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| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Information Support and Services |
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