Medical Administrative Assistant

The Medical Administrative Assistant program is designed to prepare individuals for careers as entry level medical administrative assistants for diverse health care delivery systems including private medical practices, clinics, public health departments, insurance agencies, government agencies, or out-patient departments of hospitals.

The program offers a foundation in keyboarding, document processing, and integrated office systems software programs with specialized training in medical billing, billing and coding, medical transcription, medical records, and modern medical office procedures.

Graduates of the Medical Assisting associate degree program are prepared for entry-level employment in private medical practices, outpatient departments, clinics, or governmental institutions.

Skills You'll Learn

1. Apply coding, billing, records management, transcription and scheduling skills to administrative health care industry standards.
2. Practice professional interpersonal relations with diverse patient/client customers, using knowledge of medical/legal and ethical issues.
3. Perform diverse administrative responsibilities including the management and processing of information and the organization and design of communication procedures.

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