Institute of Medical and Business Careers

Medical office administrators perform a wide range of administrative activities, such as organizing files, preparing documents, scheduling appointments, checking in patients, and collecting payments. Additionally, you may be responsible for helping order supplies, assisting staff with various office functions, handling mail, and recordkeeping.

You may work with patients to record their medical histories, assist with arrangements for services such as hospitalization, or process insurance payments.

This online training program will teach you to perform these administrative and clerical skills so that you can contribute and support a medical office in a meaningful way.

The 48-week program does not require an internship or practicum and can be completed entirely online. Additionally, there is no certification required to work in this field so you can get started immediately upon graduation. IMBC’s career services team will help you search for and apply to various job openings.

You’re the type of person others call “detail-oriented,” and you enjoy working with data, information, and computers. In fact, you enjoy computers so much that you’re ready to earn your diploma online.

The healthcare and health insurance industries generate an enormous number of medical and patient records. In a medical billing and coding career, you are responsible for classifying individual diagnoses and medical procedures for billing and reimbursement purposes with ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS and PCS codes. You’ll typically work in an office environment at a computer workstation reviewing electronic healthcare records (or EHR).

You’ll learn about medical terminology and the reference codes used for reimbursement between the doctor’s office or hospital and the insurance companies. You’ll also study office management, computer basics, medical terminology, and anatomy and physiology. Students in this program will receive hands-on training in medical billing software and in the completion, submission, and claims resolution techniques for CMS-1500 and UB04 forms.

This diploma program is 18 weeks long, 360 clock hours and 24 quarter credits. The six courses are 100% online and the last four courses include 100 hours (25 hours per course) of in-person externship hours, at a vet clinic setting. The Veterinary Assistant program is designed to provide students with the knowledge to become an entry-level veterinary assistant in an animal care setting.

The program is structured on essential skills for veterinary assistants: office and hospital procedures, communication and client relations, pharmacy and pharmacology, examination room procedures, small animal nursing, surgical preparation and assisting, laboratory procedures, and radiography and ultrasound imaging. Students will learn to recognize behavioral signs and to assist with caring for a patient’s basic needs under the direction of a veterinarian or designated staff. Students will also learn soft skills for interacting with clients and the care team, effective communication, teamwork and cooperation, problem-solving skills, and organizational skills in a fast-paced setting.

Upon graduation students should be able to properly and safely handle and restrain animals, provide support to the veterinarian and veterinary technician in clinical procedures and laboratory testing, recognize disease and nutritional needs, explain preventative health practices, communicate with clients and veterinary team members, and apply critical thinking and problem-solving in a veterinary facility.

Potential barriers to employment include criminal background checks, drug testing, physical exams, required vaccinations, and site-specific requirements — and students are responsible for any requirements for job placement. IMBC maintains documentation of all required ABHES, state, and federal approvals for the online delivery of the program.

Students may need to relocate to obtain gainful employment.

This program is not under the scope of the school’s AVMA-CVTEA accreditation, as that accreditation does not accredit Veterinary Assistant programs. This program does not lead to licensure, education and employment requirements may vary by state, and the institution cannot guarantee certification or employment.