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Sanford Community Adult Education



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Medical Administrative Professional (2 programs) with Medical Coding and CMAA National Certification (SET CLASS TIMES)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professions

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 15, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 36 weeks

Registration is Free

There is a cost of $6,750 to enroll in the class.  If you choose to do a payment plan through Academy of Medical Professions, Cost is $7,000.

This is an online course.  There are set times for classes.  

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $6,750 to enroll in the class itself.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professions.  Payments go directly to American Medical Professions.  They offer multiple payment methods.

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professionals.  Once you have filled out the paperwork and the requested information, the Academy of Medical Professionals will contact you to complete your registration process.

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This course track combines two programs: Medical Administrative Assistant with Billing, as well as, Medical Coding with CPC-A, leaving you with 2 national certifications. It also includes our programs at a discounted rate. The Medical Professional courses are designed to be completed one after the other; course timing will be coordinated with you by our Education Advisors.

$6,750 includes National Certification, all books, fees, and resume and job assistance. 

If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at AdultEd@Sanford.org

Medical Coding with CPC Certification with Practicode (SET CLASS TIMES)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professions

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 30 weeks

There is a cost of $5,150 to enroll in the class.  If you choose to do a payment plan through Academy of Medical Professions, Cost is $5,375.

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime anywhere.    All classes are pre-recorded for you to take at your own pace.  You still have instructor support for this self-paced class.

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $5,150 to enroll in the class.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professions. Payments go directly to American Medical Professions.  They offer multiple payment methods.  

All Medical Coding Programs Offered

     $3,950 Medical Coding (CPC-A Certification) (20 - Weeks)

     $5,150 Medical Coding w/Practicode (CPC Certification) (20 - Weeks)

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professions.  Once you have filled out the paperwork and the requested information, Academy of Medical Professions will contact you to complete your registration process.

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This 20-week, in-depth medical coding for CPC certification through AAPC.  This program is designed to teach all aspects of medical coding, providing you with the skills needed to become nationally certified and to get into the job market as a Certified Professional Coder.  This certificate program includes Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, 2 CPC-A exam attempts, AAPC membership, 3 practice CPC tests, and all books. Basic computer skills are required. $3,950; Adding Practicode (6 - 10 - week online program) will remove the apprenticeship designation from the CPC Credential; $5,150.  Payment plans available.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@Sanford.org

 

Medical Coding with CPC-A National Certification (SET CLASS TIMES)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professions

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 20 weeks

There is a cost of $3,950 to enroll in the class.  If you choose to do a payment plan through Academy of Medical Professions, Cost is $4,325.

This is an online course.  There are set times for classes.

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $3,950 to enroll in the class.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professions. Payments go directly to American Medical Professions.  They offer multiple payment methods.  

All Medical Coding Programs Offered

     $3,950 Medical Coding (CPC-A Certification) (20 - Weeks)

     $5,150 Medical Coding w/Practicode (CPC Certification) (20 - Weeks)

     $1,200 Practicode only (6 - 10 Weeks) - Adding Practicode will remove the apprenticeship designation from the CPC credential.  

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professions.  Once you have filled out the paperwork and the requested information, Academy of Medical Professions will contact you to complete your registration process.

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This program will be held once a week for 20 weeks. Upon completion of the program, you will sit for your CPC national certification which is included in tuition. Your title will be a CPC-A, for the first year; CPC-A means you will be considered a certified coder with an Apprentice designation for one year. Once you have worked for a year, you will have your Apprentice title removed and be an official CPC! This program consists of Medical Terminology/Anatomy for ICD-10 and Medical Coding curriculum.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@Sanford.org

 

Medical Coding with Practicode Only (SET CLASS TIMES)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professions

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 10 weeks

There is a cost of $1,200 to enroll in the class.  If you choose to do a payment plan through Academy of Medical Professions, Cost is $1,625.

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime anywhere.    All classes are pre-recorded for you to take at your own pace.  You still have instructor support for this self-paced class.

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $1,200 to enroll in the class.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professions. Payments go directly to American Medical Professions.  They offer multiple payment methods.  

All Medical Coding Programs Offered

     $3,950 Medical Coding (CPC-A Certification) (20 - Weeks)

     $5,150 Medical Coding w/Practicode (CPC Certification) (20 - Weeks)

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professions.  Once you have filled out the paperwork and the requested information, Academy of Medical Professions will contact you to complete your registration process.

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This course is a 6-to-10-week online practicum taken after earning your CPC-A. CPC-A’s get real-world experience coding actual medical charts. This new coding practice course helps to improve coding skills across multiple specialties, allows a new coder to gain coding experience. It is comprised of 3 modules of 200 actual, redacted medical records per module. Upon completion of this program, you will have your Apprentice designation removed immediately- providing you an equivalency of 2 years’ experience in the field in under 30 weeks.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@Sanford.org

 

Instant Piano (for hopelessly busy people) Zoom

$79

with Craig Coffman

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 25, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Oct 27, 2025

This is an online course.

In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment.  Learn to play piano the way professionals do using chords.  The chord method is LOTS of fun and dramatically easier to learn than reading notes.  The fee includes the online book, online follow-up lessons, a recording of the class, and also an optional periodic question-and-answer session.  Class is held online using ZOOM and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture demonstrations.  Ages 13+

Instant Guitar (for hopelessly busy people) Zoom

$79

with Craig Coffman

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 25, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Oct 28, 2025

This is an online course.

In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won't have to take private lessons to do it.  This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. 

Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic questions and answer session.  Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands-on instruction and partly lecture/demonstration.  For ages 13+

 

Digital Photography II - Intermediate Series

$89

with Steve McGrath

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 28, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 5 weeks
1 additional session on Feb 17, 2026

This is held on ZOOM.

You are comfortable with your camera and you want more!  In this class, we will explore the use of intermediate camera controls such as metering (spot, matrix, center weight), exposure and exposure compensation, ISO, aperture, and shutter priority.  We will take an in-depth look at the manual focus and its use, fill flash and flash modes, as well as controlling motion, composition, and many other intermediate and advanced techniques.

Steve McGrath

Landscape Photography

$59

with Steve McGrath

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 28, 2025 at 7:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This is held on ZOOM.

In this beginner/Intermediate Landscape Photography Class, Steve will show you all the various camera settings you can use when taking Landscape Photography utilizing your Shutter and Aperture settings and Hyper Focal Distance, Exposure Compensation, and ISO.  Including understanding and using natural light, finding the best Composition, understanding the ways different focal length lenses behave, and using depth of field and filters.  And you can use a Smartphone or Digital camera for this class.





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