The College of Health Care Professions

Medical Assistant Program Length:

• Ground – Daytime: 35 Weeks
• Ground – Evening: 54 Weeks
• Blended – 36 Weeks

Are you looking to begin a career in health care that allows you to work in administrative and/or clinical tasks to support the work of physicians and other health professionals? At The College of Health Care Professions, our accredited Medical Assistant Certificate Training Program will prepare you for a health care career that includes performing administrative and clinical duties. You will have the chance to work alongside doctors and nurses to assist in patient care.

With an Associate of Applied Science in Health and Medical Administrative Services, you will be able to enter the workforce as a health care administrator. A health care administrator handles the administrative tasks in a healthcare facility. Health care administrators must employ effective communication and customer relations as well as perform organizational and administrative tasks. The College of Health Care Professions' Health and Medical Administrative Services Associate of Applied Science Degree Completion Program prepares you to join the workforce as a health care administrator in less than eight months.

Medical Coding and Billing Program Length:

• Blended – 38 Weeks

If you’re looking for a career in medical administration, The College of Health Care Professions offers an accredited Medical Coding and Billing Certificate Training Program that will prepare you for an administrative health care career. Through our comprehensive blended-learning environment, Medical Coding and Billing students will learn to complete medical billing forms, filing medical insurance claims, both manually and by automation, practical application of CPT-4, ICD-10, and HCPCS codes.

An ophthalmic assistant helps ophthalmologists and optometrists perform their day-to-day duties with patients performing preliminary exams and diagnostic tests, administering medications and assisting in minor office procedures.

An ophthalmic assistant can work in a variety of environments like ophthalmic and optometric practices, general medical and surgical hospitals, outpatient care centers, and clinical research facilities.

The goal of our Ophthalmic Assistant Certificate Program is to prepare you for an entry-level career as an ophthalmic assistant. You will learn how to evaluate patients, assist with interventions and procedures, perform imaging, and perform office and clinical skills.

Graduates of our Ophthalmic Assistant Certificate Program acquire the skills necessary to become an assistant in an ophthalmology or optometry practice. You will be able to provide assistance in patient evaluation, administrative tasks, and help create a caring environment for patients and their families as they move through the examination and treatment process.