North-West College can provide you with a great healthcare education! North-West College focuses on teaching you the specific technical skills necessary for success in your chosen career. By taking short-term courses at North-West College, you can invest in your long-term future in an exciting medical career!
At North-West College, our instructors are professional and knowledgeable, and your education is our highest priority. Facilities are well-equipped and designed to present you with a warm and friendly environment in order to help aid your learning experience. North-West College also provides job placement assistance to qualifying graduates!
North-West College offers a number of programs for you to choose from:
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This Healthcare Information Management program is designed to empower students with skills and knowledge to increase their workplace competence and advantage. Learning is reinforced throughout the program with many “real world” scenarios (case-studies) and practice test questions. Hands-on, interactive teaching methods provide students with the skills necessary to compliment the Medical Office/Facility’s overall professionalism and efficiency. This also prepares them to sit for the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) Certification exam, enhancing their ability to enter their new career path and providing evidence of the depth of knowledge they have acquired. This really gives the new Medical Administrative Assistant an “edge” in climbing the ladder of success in their new career!
Program Length: 21 weeks, 352 hours
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| Medical Administrative Assistant
This Healthcare Information Management program is designed to empower students with skills and knowledge necessary to fit easily into the workplace, along side other industry personnel, as an entry-level employee - to increase their workplace competence and advantage. Hands-on, interactive teaching methods, combined with actual “real world” documents and case studies used in the classroom and lab settings, allow for the best possible learning and retention for use in the industry. The realistic setting acquaints the student with the “experience” of the workplace duties. This program prepares students to sit for two certifications: the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) and the Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS), which enhances their potential not only for faster employment, but for a faster climb up the career and pay scale ladder!
Program Length: 29 weeks, 480 Hours
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| Medical Assistant
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This Healthcare Information Management program is designed to provide the skills necessary for a medical insurance billing professional in the physician office/out-patient setting. Completion of this program provides the skills necessary to sit for the CBCS (Certified Billing and Coding Specialist) certification exam. Graduates of this comprehensive program possess the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance their employment opportunities in the career path of Medical Billing and Specialist. Career choices include but are not limited to occupations such as medical records manager, reimbursement specialist and medical billing specialist.
Program Length: 12 weeks, 192 Hours
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| Medical Insurance Biller
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This Healthcare Information Management program is designed to empower students with skills and knowledge to increase their workplace competence and advantage. Learning is reinforced throughout the program with hundreds of real world scenarios (case-studies) and practice test questions. A balanced learning approach provides students with an appropriate skill set for their field of study and enhances their management potential while preparing students for premier industry certifications in Coding, Billing and Insurance, Administrative Medical Assistant, and Microsoft Office computer technologies. Students achieve proficiency in Microsoft Office computer technologies, a thorough understanding of certification level medical coding, HIPAA compliance regulations, office administration, and medical facility computer applications. Knowledge of source document, medical documentation, extraction of information for billing, and claims form completion.
Program Length: 49 weeks, 800 Hours
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| Medical Receptionist
The New Horizons Game Programming Curriculum, comprised of six courses and totaling 150 hours of instruction, covers topics essential to success in the game programming profession, including: the history and state of the game industry, C++ programming for games, 2D game programming, and Microsoft DirectX.
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| Paralegal
The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification has clearly emerged as a key certification for security professionals. (ISC)2 CISSP provides comprehensive coverage of the ten core subject areas fundamental to the understanding of security for CIOs, managers, and engineers. This course covers the ten domains that are required knowledge for the CISSP® certification exam. Prerequisites include experience with Information Security concepts and practices, 4 years of full-time experience in information security or 3 years plus a B.S. degree is required.
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| Pharmacy Technician
The Certified Ethical Hacker (Certified Ethical Hacker) offering is designed to arm Information Technology professionals with the fundamental knowledge required to scan, test, hack, and secure their own systems all within an interactive environment. The lab intensive environment provides students with in-depth knowledge and practical experience with current essential security systems. Certified Ethical Hacker training begins with the understanding of how perimeter defenses work and then students are lead into scanning and attacking their own Windows and Linux networks, no real network is harmed. Students then learn how intruders escalate privileges and what steps can be taken to secure a system. Prerequisites include firm understanding of the Windows Operating System, exposure to the Linux Operating System or other Unix-based OS grasp of the TCP/IP protocols, and security+ certification or equivalent experience.
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| Vocational Nurse
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While not all programs are available at all campuses, with four California college locations to choose from, North-West College can provide you with the education you need for your future! |
