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Alamo Colleges in San Antonio and Goodwill Industries plan to partner to offer select medical certification programs, the San Antonio Business Journal reports. The Good Careers Academy will offer a six-week Certified Nursing Aide program, which will include basic training and the first round of exam testing. The course will cost participants approximately $500. The academy will also offer a medical front office certification program that includes instruction on office administration, medical billing and coding, patient privacy regulations and insurance vocabulary. The four-month program, which will be led by a San Antonio College professor, will cost approximately $575 and include the first round of exam testing necessary to obtain certification. Tuition discounts are available to those who qualify, with some students eligible to receive as much as a 25 percent tuition discount. Goodwill is also offering classes in several non-medical career fields, including information technology (IT) technician training and IT networks certification (Phinisee, San Antonio Business Journal, 9/3/09).