Business Healthcare Technology BHT3, Associate of Applied Science

Program Description

The Business Healthcare Technology program is designed to prepare graduates for employment in a variety of positions in today's technology-driven workplaces. The Business Healthcare Technology program provides learning opportunities, which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes the use of software and technology. Students are also introduced to accounting fundamentals, electronic communications, internet research, electronic file management, and healthcare regulation and compliance. The program includes instruction in effective communication skills and terminology that encompasses office management and executive assistant qualification and technology innovations for the office. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of administrative technology. Graduates of the program receive a Business Healthcare Technology Associate of Applied Science degree.

Admission Requirements

Minimum Required Age N/A
High School Diploma or GED Required Yes
Placement Scores for Regular Admission (Next Gen Accuplacer) English Reading Math Algebra
249 236 N/A 245

Location(s)

Baxley

Camden

Golden Isles

Jesup

Waycross

General Education Core (Required minimum: 15 Semester hours)

Area I - Language Arts/Communications (3 hrs)

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 hrs)

Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics (3 hrs)

MATH 1100Quantitative Skills & Reasoning

3

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills & Reasoning

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Area IV - Humanities/Fine Arts (3 hrs)

General Education Core Elective (3 hrs)

One additional course from Area I, II, III, or IV

For a complete listing of General Education courses and electives select the following link: General Education Courses

Occupational Courses

BUSN 1015Introduction to Healthcare Reimbursement

3

BUSN 1440Document Production

4

BUSN 2190Business Document Proofreading & Editing

3

BUSN 2340Healthcare Administrative Procedures

4

BUSN 2350Electronic Health Records

3

BUSN 2375Healthcare Coding

3

Accounting Course

Choose one of the following:
ACCT 1100Financial Accounting I

4

BUSN 2200Office Accounting

4

Choose one of the following Technology courses

BUSN 1000Computers in Healthcare

3

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3

BUSN 1010 (Only) or MAST 1120 and 1 course from the Medical Terminology Cluster and 1 course from the Anatomy Clusters

BUSN 1010Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Diseases for Business

6

OR

MAST 1120
MAST 1120Human Disease

3

AND

Medical Terminology Cluster
Choose one of the following:
ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for AHS

2

BUSN 2300Medical Terminology

2

Anatomy Cluster
Choose one of the following:
ALHS 1010Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology

4

ALHS 1011Structure & Function of the Human Body

5

BUSN 2310Anatomy & Terminology for the Medical Administrative Assistant

3

BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3

AND

BIOL 2113LAnatomy & Physiology Lab I

1

Choose one of the following specializations

Compliance and Reimbursement Specialization 8C83

BUSN 2400Healthcare Procedural Coding

3

BUSN 2410ICD Coding

3

BUSN 2420Advanced Medical Coding

3

BUSN 2810Healthcare Compliance

3

BUSN 2850Health Record Auditing

3

Business Healthcare Specialization 8BH3

Courses for a total of 15-16 hours

Total Credit Hours: 61