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Health/Medical Claims Examiner Major

Health/Medical Claims Examiner

Types of Degrees Health/Medical Claims Examiner Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many health/medical claims examiner graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Undergraduate Certificate 4

What Health/Medical Claims Examiner Majors Need to Know

In an O*NET survey, health/medical claims examiner majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.

Knowledge Areas for Health/Medical Claims Examiner Majors

This major prepares you for careers in which these knowledge areas are important:

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  • Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  • Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Skills for Health/Medical Claims Examiner Majors

The following list of skills has been highlighted as some of the most essential for careers related to health/medical claims examiner:

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  • Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Abilities for Health/Medical Claims Examiner Majors

A major in health/medical claims examiner will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

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  • Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
  • Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
  • Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Some degrees associated with health/medical claims examiner may require an advanced degree, while others may not even require a bachelor’s in the field. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

Find out what the typical degree level is for health/medical claims examiner careers below.

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Education Level Percentage of Workers
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) 12.7%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) 3.9%
Some College Courses 6.9%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree) 8.0%
Bachelor’s Degree 67.0%

Online Health/Medical Claims Examiner Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 1 0
Certificate (2-4 Years) 0 0
Associate’s Degree 0 0
Bachelor’s Degree 0 0
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 0 0
Post-Master’s 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to health/medical claims examiner.

Major Number of Grads
Health Care Management 29,812
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 10,462
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder 9,463
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller 9,252
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary 7,299
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist 4,140
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 3,686
Health Information Management 2,960
Medical Office Management/Administration 2,810
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 2,008
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist 1,278
Medical Reception/Receptionist 913
Clinical Research Coordinator 328
Healthcare Innovation 197
Long Term Care Administration/Management 182
Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk 140
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant 114
Regulatory Science/Affairs 94
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist 79
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor 35
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician 32
Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security 8
Disease Registry Data Management 6

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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