Medical Assisting

The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals to perform clinical, laboratory, and administrative procedures. Course work includes instruction in assisting with clinical examinations and treatments. Also in performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration, confidentially, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training, and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care; administratively instruction includes training in scheduling appointments, coding, and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, computer operations, and basic administrative office procedures.

Graduates of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants. Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, urgent care facilities, specialty offices, and health departments.

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