About the College
Anna E. Little founded Ladera Career paths in 1988. She felt the need to help with Southern California businesses with their human resources. Then Ladera career Paths training center was established in 1992 to provide more education for low-income people and give temporary jobs to those who wanted to have well paid careers. This is a private, for-profit school with degrees up to certificate. The most common major at this school is in a field related to medical administration. Ladera’s mission is to train and develop students for employment as health claims examiners, medical billers, medical records coders, and medical transcriptionists.
About the campus
Ladera Career Paths Training Centers do not have on campus housing and they also do not have any type of meal plan. You can speak with the student services department and they will help you find off campus housing. They also have a list of fine places to each for their students. They do not get the housing for you so they do not guarantee anything but they will help you look for some. There are many ads in the paper and some schools have a bulletin board with houses listed on them.
About the courses
The main courses are medical administration that includes Health and medical examiner, medical insurance specialists/medical biller and medical transcription/Transcriptionist. Then there is Medical Support and Technology, which includes Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder. They have financial aid and Pell Grants for those students who qualify. There were 12 enrolled in 2007 and they handed out 13 degrees in Medical Support and technology and 11 in Medical Administration. Ladera career Paths has an open enrollment policy. They also offer weekend and part time classes for those with busy schedules or they work.