About the Program
Medical billing and coding career specialists and medical
front office staff play a vital role in the Sacramento healthcare career industry.
The duties performed include medical insurance billing and coding, completing and
submitting medical insurance forms, creating and maintaining medical charts, preparing
reports and correspondence, scheduling appointments, and greeting patients. Working
environments for Sacramento medical billing and coding program graduates include
private medical offices, hospitals, clinics, and insurance companies.
Learn more about the Medical
Billing & Coding Specialist program.
Related occupations
Sample occupations for students completing the Medical Billing and Coding Specialist
diploma program:
43-6013.00 Medical Secretaries [O*NET]
The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) provides information about hundreds
of regularly-updated occupation descriptions.
For a complete look at occupations related to this program, please review
O*NET Online's Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code 51.0714.
On-time graduation rate
Percentage of students who graduate within the published timeframe: 49%
Note: The percentage shown above represents students who graduated from the program
on or before the published graduation date. The majority of the remaining students
completed the program within the timeframe allowed by the U.S. Department of Education,
which is 150% of the normal program length. A student’s graduation date may be delayed
by a few days or a few months due to circumstances such as the need to retake a
course or the need for a leave of absence to care for an ailing family member.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition and Registration: $13,200
Books and Supplies: $1,745
Job Placement Rate
Program Job Placement Rate: 97%
Based on the number of Medical Billing and Coding Specialist program graduates in the 2010-2011 award year (7/1/2010 - 6/30/2011) who registered for graduate placement services and secured employment in their field of study, and those who did not register and successfully obtained employment on their own.
Median Loan Debt
Incurred by Students
Title IV: $4,727.50
Private Educational Loan Debt: $2,633.50
Institutional Financing Debt: $0
All information provided in compliance with U.S. Code 75 FR 66948 §668.6.