PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Administrative Medical Assistant Specialist is healthcare career program for students to pursue a career in the healthcare Industry. Administrative Medical Assistant are the front office professional working to maintain and coordinate the office in a streamline manner starting with opening the office to scheduling the appointments to ordering the supplies to billing the insurance companies and managing the financials of the medical office.
The intent is the program is to prepare the students for job position as an administrative medical assistant. As a student in our Medical Administrative Assistant Specialist program, you will learn the following topics: Administrative Medical Assistant Career, Healthcare Environment, Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare, Communication in Healthcare, Office Environment and Being a Receptionist, Medical Office Procedures for Handling Telephone, Medical Office Procedures for Scheduling Appointments, Medical Office Procedures for Filing, Medical Office Procedures of Medical Records, Medical Office Record Keeping of Drugs and Prescriptions, Managing Written Information, Procedure of Email and Mails in a Medical Office Environment, Medical office Revenue Cycle, Medical Office Banking Fundamentals, Medical Office Bookkeeping Fundamentals, Medical Office Procedure Coding Fundamentals, Diagnostic Coding Fundamentals, Medical Office Fundamentals on Health Insurance Claims and its Submissions, Medical Office Management Duties, Medical Office Financial Procedures.
As a medical administrative assistant, you will gain the skills needed to support office operations and improve patient care across multiple healthcare settings. Various quizzes are available within each module to evaluate the learner’s outcome, these quizzes will give the learner the feedback about their progress into the course as they proceed from one module to another. This course is designed for learner’s who want to advance their career and are unable to do so, due to their work and person obligations.
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PROGRAM OUTLINE OF ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTANTAdministrative Medical Assistant Career Healthcare Environment Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare Communication in Healthcare Office Environment and Being a Receptionist. Medical Office Procedures for Handling Telephone. Medical Office Procedures for Scheduling Appointments. Medical Office Procedures for Filing. Medical Office Procedures of Medical Records. Medical Office Record Keeping of Drugs and Prescriptions. Managing Written Information Procedure of Email and Mails in a Medical Office Environment Medical office Revenue Cycle. Medical Office Banking Fundamentals. Medical Office Bookkeeping Fundamentals. Medical Office Procedure Coding Fundamentals. Diagnostic Coding Fundamentals. Medical Office Fundamentals on Health Insurance Claims and its Submissions. Medical Office Management Duties Medical Office Financial Procedures.
PROGRAM MODULES OUTLINE
PROGRAM KEY DETAILS
DURATION
4 Months
PROGRAM PACE
Self Paced
START DATES
1st & 15th of Every Month
TIME COMMITMENT
25 Hours/Week
REGISTRATION
Online or Oncampus
CLASS SIZE
Under 15
DELIVERY
Online
LANGUAGE
English
PROGRAM ONLINE LEARNING FEATURES
LEARNING PATH
All programs have a learning path that students can follow without getting off track.
TEXT TO SPEECH
If you don't feel like reading the material, you can activate the audio reader in the program.
MODULE BASED
Each program is broken down into modules to simply the contents in a section.
DASHBOARD
You can view the overall program outline from 1 single dashboard without having to switch screens.
ONLINE ATTENDANCE
When you attend the online programs, you will be able to see the duration of time spent.
STUDY TOOLS
Majority programs is equipped with study tools such as flash cards, crosswords etc.
PROGRESS TRACKER
Now you have the ease of tracking your progress while you are in the program.
ORIENTATION
All programs come with an orientation towards your program to assist you.
PROGRAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES & KEY TERMS
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Understand the responsibilities of an administrative medical assistant.
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Learning the concept of medical office.
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Describe the procedures of scheduling appointments.
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Describing the procedures of opening a medical office.
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Describing the procedures of closing a medical office.
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Describe the procedures of managing the medical office.
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Understand HIPAA.
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Understand the health insurance system.
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Understand the basics of coding.
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Understand the basics of billing.
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Describe the banking procedures.
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Describe the book keeping procedures.
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Develop a basic understanding of medical terminology.
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Learn communication procedures.
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Understand the procedure of managing incoming and outgoing mails.
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Describe and understand the medical records.
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Understand and apply basic medical laws.
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Use the various types of consent form.
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Understand and use various medical forms in the medical office.
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Understand basic medical ethics.
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Understand and identify basic anatomy of human body.
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Understand the demonstrate telephone procedures for both incoming and outgoing calls.
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Demonstrate compiling medical records.
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Understand the financial documentation.
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Learn the patient information confidentiality issues.
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Identify the proper management procedures of managing medical office.
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Demonstrate appropriate interpersonal skills as an administrative medical assistant.
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Demonstrate use of communication skills with patient in the healthcare environment.
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Understand and describe drugs and prescription records.
PROGRAM COMPLETION REWARDS
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DIGITAL BADGE
At successful completion, you will receive digital badges that can be used online to display your achievements.
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CERTIFICATE
At the completion of the program, you will be awarded with a program completion certificate.
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CAREER HOURS
With the completion of this program, you will also be awarded with Career Enhancement Clock Hours (CECH), that may be displayed on your resume.
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TRANSCRIPT
Your completion also comes with a dedicated transcript that shows your areas of grades for each course you attended.