Medical Billing Specialists employ proper record keeping, billing and coding techniques, and computer skills to ensure that healthcare providers and/or patients receive accurate and timely reimbursement from medical insurance companies. Students will be trained to monitor patient accounts through insurance billing and third party payers such as insurance companies, Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, and Workers' Comp.Completion of the Medical Billing Specialist certificate helps students develop computer literacy in Microsoft Office software, medical terminology, insurance reimbursement, front office scheduling and registration, and ethical decision-making skills. Employment opportunities for trained medical billing specialists are expected to experience faster than average growth. Employment is generally found in health-related office environments such as physicians offices, hospitals, clinics, group medical practices, and other medical-care facilities.Anyone with a felony conviction should reconsider the program choice because a conviction could prevent employment in the medical field. The certificate is offered online with most classes also being offered on campus. Every course is not offered each quarter, so please consult the class schedule and a program advisor to plan course selection. Students entering the program should have basic keyboarding and basic math skills. Eligibility for Math 076 or higher is required. Students entering the program without basic keyboarding skills should take BT100.