Remington College

Remington College’s Diploma in Medical Office Administration program is designed to help prepare students for an entry-level position such as administrative medical assistant, medical office administrator or medical billing or collections specialist. Graduates from the Medical Office Administration diploma program may be able to work in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, medical supply businesses, and at home health agencies. Our Medical Office Administration diploma allows full-time students to complete their diploma in as few as 8 months!

With Remington College’s diploma program in Medical Office Administration, students will be able to study the fundamentals of medical office administration, healthcare practices, medical terminology, the structure and function of the human body, and the basics of medical coding.

The Medical Assisting Diploma Program provides training in both administrative and clinical procedures. The objective of this Program is to prepare graduates for entry level positions as medical assistants in a clinical or administrative role, to include insurance billing clerks, medical billers, laboratory technicians, or medical receptionist in work locations such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and home health agencies.

Program completion normally requires 9 months.* The Program is divided into 9 monthly academic periods (modules) comprised of 8 months of classroom and laboratory instruction and one externship period. Classroom and laboratory instruction may be delivered residentially and via distance education (i.e., online). In order to be eligible for the externship period, students must successfully complete all courses in the academic periods and must have earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Upon successful completion of all areas of this Program, graduates will be awarded a Diploma in Medical Assisting.