Healthcare Customer Service Representative - Certificate
Learn to provide excellent customer service in a health care setting. You'll be instructed on how to not only meet but to exceed customer needs. All courses in this certificate may be applied toward the Medical Assistant technical diploma program.
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Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $1,162, Books: $182, Supplies: $0
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Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tuition and fees for this program. https://www.nwtc.edu/admissions-and-aid/paying-for-college/tuition-and-fees?ProgramCode=615091
Curriculum
Students following the study plan below will complete the Healthcare Customer Service Representative Pathway Certificate in the number of semesters shown.
- Curriculum Note: All 10-501-XXX courses must be passed with a C.
Course Descriptions
Focuses on the component parts of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Students practice formation, analysis and reconstruction of terms. Emphasis on spelling, definition and pronunciation. Introduction to operative, diagnostic, therapeutic and symptomatic terminology of all body systems, as well as systemic and surgical terminology.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringPrepares learners to work in the healthcare environment as part of a healthcare team. Learners will investigate the healthcare community, patient privacy standards, and the professional behavior that is expected in today's medical community. Learner will examine various aspects of verbal and written communication skills, customer service principles, and problem solving techniques necessary to be a vital member of the healthcare workforce.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThe course will explore the use of the electronic health record, the role of social media in health care communication, the uses of wearable technologies that monitor activity and heart rate, the use of data to manage population health and the impact of new developments on the healthcare workforce.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring