Career Institute of Florida

Career Institute of Florida (CIF) provides you with the training you need for professional success and lifelong rewarding careers. Our short-term, affordable training programs are focused on areas of high job growth.

CIF specializes in short-term or accelerated career training programs. Our goal is to transfer new skills to you in the shortest practical time in order to enable you to embark on a new career and an enhanced lifestyle more quickly than traditional education allows. We accomplish this by using experienced and knowledgeable instructors, computer-equipped classrooms, current and pertinent texts and proven adult learning methodology.

Main Campus: St. Petersburg; Satellite: Holiday

Accreditation

CIF is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT). ACCSCT is listed by the US Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.

Hospital Billing and Coding - Diploma

The program is designed to prepare entry level coders for advanced employment as Professional Coders/Billers in a variety of facilities-based health care settings. This course prepares students for their CPC-H certification.

Medical Assistant - Diploma

You will learn many diverse clinical and administrative skills associated with this career. These skills include but are not limited to:

• Taking medical histories
• Recording vital signs
• Preparing patients for examination
• Collecting and preparing laboratory specimens
• Instructing patients about medications and special diets
• Prepare patients for x rays
• Take electrocardiograms
• Remove sutures
• Change dressings

You will also learn how to update and file patients' medical records, fill out insurance forms, schedule appointments, and billing and bookkeeping.

Medical Coding - Diploma

Medical coding was developed as a universal language for the medical profession. It is essential for the accurate transmission of procedures and diagnosis data between health care providers and the many insurance companies that now act as third-party payers for the health care services rendered to patients. Numerical codes provide the clarity that insurance firms need to keep paperwork and payments flowing. Learning this numerical language puts a whole new world of employment possibilities at your fingertips. US and Canadian health care facilities of all kinds are searching for trained medical coders. Our course in medical coding fully prepares you for positions in this growth industry by providing you with a firm grasp of all aspects of medical coding.

This program covers the following:

• Intro to health care
• Computer fundamentals
• Human diseases
• Pharmacology
• Medical terminology
• Anatomy and physiology
• Insurance basics, medical billing and claims
• ICD coding
• CPT coding

In addition, you'll complete extensive practicums and an externship at a billing service or coding company.

Medical Transcription - Diploma

Medical transcriptionists transcribe medical reports from doctors' dictation to document a patient's medical care and condition. These may include office chart notes, history and physical examinations, consultations, letters, memos, admission notes, emergency medicine reports and many laboratory and diagnostic studies. Because each report becomes a part of a patient's permanent healthcare record, the medical transcriptionist transcribes it with care, demonstrating an extensive knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, pharmacology, human diseases, surgical procedures, diagnostic studies and laboratory tests to produce an accurate and complete medicolegal document. A mastery of English grammar, structure and style; a knowledge of medical transcription practices; skill in word processing, spelling and proofreading; and the highest professional standards contribute to the medical transcriptionist's ability to interpret, translate and edit medical dictation for content and clarity.

This program covers the following:

• Intro to health care
• Computer fundamentals
• Human diseases
• Pharmacology
• Medical terminology
• Anatomy and physiology
• Medical transcription

In addition, you'll complete extensive practicums and an externship in a medical office or transcription company.

Information

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