At Empire College, we believe that education is one of the most
important assets that you will acquire during your lifetime. We
also believe that our graduates' success is our legacy.
Since Empire's founding in 1961, thousands of successful
graduates have developed and added to the College's reputation as
a training institution that cares for its students and produces
top graduates. Empire College is as successful as its graduates.
Our reputation and ultimate growth are dependent upon
producing high-caliber employees and placing them in
meaningful employment. Over the past five years, Empire graduates
have been placed in over 1500 companies, earning a combined
income of more than $200,000,000!
The health care field is one of the nation's largest growth
industries, and Sonoma County is no exception. Job prospects for
graduates from Empire's medical programs are excellent.
Expand your potential for assumption of supervisory or management
responsibilities within a medical setting through additional
emphasis on communications, critical thinking, human relations,
decision making, and other skills required of well-qualified
medical personnel.
This program is designed to educate medical administrative
assistants and clinical assistants with a solid foundation in
both areas. The emphasis on administrative and clinical skills
includes extensive instruction in medical terminology, medical
insurance billing, medical office procedures, medical clinical
procedures, as well as instruction in beginning medical
transcription, basic anatomy and physiology, and pharmacology. In
addition, a medical office management class is offered to
increase the student's skills in standard management duties
and patient information protection and privacy. Students will be
instructed in various medical-related software to include data
protection and transmission. A 125-hour externship is included.
Clinical Medical Assistant
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Attain the clinical skills necessary for back office medical
assisting positions in doctors' offices, hospitals
(laboratories, EKG departments, and outpatient areas), private
laboratories, and other medical institutions.
This program includes extensive instruction in medical
terminology, medical office procedures, medical insurance
billing, basic healthcare math, as well as instruction in basic
anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology. In addition to clinical
procedures, students participate in a 125-hour externship.
Students completing this course are prepared for front or back
office medical assisting positions in doctors' offices, hospitals
(laboratories, EKG departments, and outpatient areas), private
laboratories, and other medical institutions.
Program Length: 5 quarters (12 months - 50 weeks - daytime; 75
weeks evening)
Medical Administrative Assistant
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Train for medical billing, booking of appointments, and
interacting with patients. This program includes extensive
instruction in medical terminology, medical office procedures,
medical insurance billing, claims reimbursement, various
medical-related software for data protection and data
transmission, as well as instruction in basic anatomy and
physiology.
Students completing this course are prepared for front office
medical assistant positions in doctors' offices, hospitals,
private laboratories, and other medical institutions or
facilities requiring a medical background.
Program Length: 5 quarters (12 months - 50 weeks - daytime; 75
weeks evening)
Medical Coding and Billing Technician
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Prepare for a specialty field which continues to expand. This
course is designed to develop skills used in theory and practice
of CPT (procedure codes), ICD-9-CM (diagnoses codes), and HCPCS
codes for medical outpatient billing. In addition to coding
procedures, students learn billing software programs, claims
reimbursement, and various medical-related software for data
protection and data transmission. Students completing this course
are prepared for insurance billing positions in the health care
outpatient industry.
Program Length: 4 quarters (9 months - 40 weeks - daytime; 60
weeks evening)
Medical Transcriptionist
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Prepare to interpret and type medical records quickly and
accurately. This specialty skill is increasingly in demand, and
working conditions can be flexible.
This course in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, word
processing, medical insurance billing, and transcription prepares
graduates for entry-level front office positions in medical
facilities or as entry-level medical transcriptionists. Medical
cases used in transcription include history and physicals,
radiology, surgery, pathology, discharge summaries, and
autopsies.
Program Length: 4 quarters (10 months)
Phlebotomy Technician
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Empire College's Phlebotomy Technician program leads students towards certification as a California Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPT I). The program is approved by the State of California Department of Health Services.
Individuals who successfully complete the 100-hour, 11-week program will receive a certificate of completion from Empire College allowing them to sit for the National certification examination. Upon passing the National examination, graduates are eligible to apply to the State for CPT I certification.
Program length:100 hours (11 weeks)