BECOME PROFICIENT IN CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PATIENTS’ LIVES
The mission of the Associate of Applied Science in Medical Assisting program is to give students theoretical and hands-on experience allowing them to demonstrate clinical skills including patient care, laboratory procedures, venipuncture, assisting with exams, collecting specimens, administering patient medication, recording vital signs, and taking patient history. Students are taught to be able to demonstrate administrative skills including scheduling; bookkeeping procedures; medical office and records management; processing of insurance claims; and procedural and diagnostic coding.
THE KEY AREAS OF FOCUS:
• Providing physician support
• Taking patient history and vitals
• Scheduling
• Insurance verification
• Preparing patient for exams
• Giving injections and phlebotomy
• Triaging
• Collecting copays/payments
• Patient care
• Processing medication refills
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
• Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Monitoring patient flow
• Patient intake
• Blood draws/venipunctures
• Explaining procedures and treatment
• Screening telephone calls
• Urinalysis
• EKG/ECG
• Greeting patients
• Filing and retrieving medical records
CORE REQUIREMENTS
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN MEDICAL ASSISTING
ARTS AND SCIENCES
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