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MEDICAL ASSISTANT-ADMINISTRATIVE & CLINICAL

Program Overview

Designed to respond to the ever-increasing need for well-trained, skilled personnel to fill positions in the allied healthcare industry as medical assistants. Today’s healthcare industry demands a higher level of thinking and performance skills than ever before. The medical office professions programs prepare students for careers as administrative or clinical medical assistants, medical billers and coders, medical interpreters or as medical office managers.

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Associate Degree

Certificate

Medical Assisting-Medical Insurance Billing & Coding - Certificate of Achievement

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics has placed medical offices and healthcare facilities among the top ten industries expected to generate the largest number of new jobs. Employment in health services is expected to grow quickly during the coming decades because of the expanding healthcare needs of an aging population. Few fields are as immune to recession as healthcare. Potential employers include, but are not limited to, hospitals and doctors’ offices, urgent care, outpatient surgery, industrial and sports medicine clinics; insurance companies, skilled nursing facilities, state and federal health agencies, and medical research institutions.

Career options available for the medical office professions major include medical assistant-administrative or clinical, office clerk, medical secretary, medical transcriptionist, medical records clerk, medical records coder, medical records technician, registered records administrator, health insurance specialist, health information administrator, medical office manager, quality assurance specialist, and medical interpreter. Some careers require a certificate of achievement and most require an associate in science degree or higher degree.

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MEDICAL ASSISTANT-ADMINISTRATIVE & CLINICAL

Program Overview

Program Awards

Medical Assisting - Associate in Science

Medical Assisting-Administrative - Certificate of Achievement

Medical Assisting-Clinical - Certificate of Achievement

Medical Assisting-Medical Insurance Billing & Coding - Certificate of Achievement

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Program Contacts

Department

Medical Laboratory Technology

School

Christine Perri Dean

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Faculty Contacts

Luis Osuna Professor

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