For over 100 years, Indiana Business College's number one goal
has been to educate students and have them become productively
employed. Indiana Business College's motto is "We Change Lives,
One Student at a Time.®" We take this motto very
seriously. It is our vision to be an industry leader in
delivering quality educational services. It is our mission to
recruit students from a cross-section of academic and economic
backgrounds, to provide concentrated, career-oriented,
college-level training, and to provide career placement
assistance to our graduates.
Indiana Business College is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award associate of applied science and bachelor of applied science degrees.
IBC Online classes are completely online. You will never have to
set foot on a campus while attending IBC. You are able to access
your classes 24/7 with the Internet. The program that we use to
access your classes is called WebCT. You are given a username and
password and you will have access to your class schedule,
syllabus, assignments, lecture materials, grading policies,
quizzes and tests. Each class has an individual instructor and
class size ranges from ten to forty students from around the
state, country and world!
While attending IBC Online, you are on a weekly schedule which
goes from Monday through Sunday. You have specific assignments
and activities that are due each week. You will want to log onto
each of your classes a couple of times a week: first to complete
the assigned work for that week, and then, to keep up to-date
about any announcements that your instructors have made.
The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management program
provides medical students with an overview of accounting,
marketing, finance, law and management to prepare them for
managerial positions within the health care industry. Students
will develop knowledge and skills in research, critical thinking,
problem solving and current technology for application and use in
a health care setting. Students will foster teamwork and
leadership skills through participation in classroom activities.
Professional ethics, and its application within the health care
business environment, is also targeted.
Medical Reimbursement Technology - Associate of Applied Science
(Online)
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This program is designed to provide students with the knowledge
and skills needed to apply coding classification systems for
billing medical professional services to insurance companies,
maintaining patient accounts and performing billing procedures
for optimal claim reimbursement. The student will be trained to
utilize medical office software programs to input patient
insurance and registration data, manage health information files,
schedule appointments and submit electronic claims forms.
Emphasis will be placed on the importance of compliance with
state and federal regulations and managed care policies. A high
degree of accuracy and a working knowledge of medical
terminology, diseases and treatments are important skills for
this profession. Employment opportunities include physician's
offices, clinics, inpatient care facilities, medical billing
management companies and insurance companies.
Medical Office Assistant - Certificate (Online)
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This program trains students to perform medical administrative
front office duties that are vital in today's healthcare field.
It develops fundamental skills such as phone reception, word
processing, medical record filing, appointment scheduling, light
bookkeeping, and proficiency in medical practice software
functions. Employment opportunities include all physicians'
offices, clinics, med-checks, and virtually any healthcare
setting.
Degree Details
- Program duration is 5 quarters
- Program is offered at these locations:
- Indianapolis - Downtown
- Indianapolis - Medical East
- Indianapolis - Northwest
- Anderson
- Evansville
- Fort Wayne
- Lafayette
- Marion
- Muncie
- Terre Haute
- Estimated Salary (Entry Level to Mid-range)*
- National median: $26,300 – 29,200
- Indiana median: $25,100 – 30,200
- Possible job titles
- medical office assistant
- medical assistant
- clinical assistant
Skills, Tasks & Knowledge of the Job
- Perform duties as delegated by physicians
- Interact with patients prior to, during and after
examination, explaining paperwork, some treatments and follow up
procedures
- Prepare examination rooms, equipment and instruments
- Perform routine medical office procedures
- Other required skills include: phone reception, word
processing, medical record filing, appointment scheduling, light
bookkeeping and proficiency in medical practice software
functions
Typical Work Environments
All physicians' offices such as private practices, clinics,
med-checks, laboratories and virtually any health care setting.
* Salary information is an estimate based on several sources
of research data, including the U.S. Department of Labor, O-Net,
MSN Careers and PayScale.com. The salary estimates listed on this
website should be considered general guidelines, and IBC
encourages its students to conduct their own research. For
personalized career planning, contact an IBC Admissions
Representative.
Tuition and Fees
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We understand that funding your education is a big responsibility
and we are here to help you turn your dreams of education into
reality. There is a financial aid plan for everyone!
- 0-5 credit hours - $182 per credit hour
- 6-10 credit hours - $1820 per quarter (part-time, 2 classes a
quarter)
- 11-15 credit hours - $2730 per quarter (part-time, 3 classes
a quarter)
- 16-22 credit hours - $3245 per quarter (full time, 4-5
classes a quarter)
- 23+ credit hours - $182 for each credit over 22 credit hours
An online access fee of $85.00 is assessed for each online class
taken.