About
The Medical Insurance & Coding Specialist at School for Allied Health Professionals in Arlington, Texas, trains students to manage health information and perform medical billing, coding, insurance processing, records management, and related medical office duties. The program includes instruction and hands-on classroom and lab training in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, insurance billing and coding, medical office procedures, and health data management. Students attend classes Monday through Friday in a four-hour daytime or evening session, followed by a 160-hour externship completed over four weeks in a medical office or hospital setting. Admission requires a high school diploma or GED, a minimum age of 17, and a passing score of 12 on the Wonderlic Scholastic Level Exam.
Organization
School for Allied Health Professionals
School For Allied Health Professionals is a health professions school in Arlington, Texas. It trains people for work as Medical Assistants, Medical Insurance and Coding Specialists, Nursing Assistants, and Phlebotomy Technicians. The school provides online and in-person courses, with program lengths ranging from seven weeks to seven months. Its Arlington campus includes multiple labs where students receive hands-on experience in skills such as venipuncture, injections, urinalysis, electrocardiography, vital-sign measurement, basic nursing services, and health-information processing. Training also addresses personal care, mental health, social-service needs, and residents’ rights for Nursing Assistant students. The school describes its educational approach as emphasizing individual attention through small class sizes. Students may complete training before seeking positions or joining an externship.