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Medical Administrative Assistant
A degree in Medical administrative assisting will teach you to master the administrative matters of a doctor's office, a hospital, or any arena where medicine is practiced such as clinics, dentists' offices, and insurance companies. A medical administrative assistant must thoroughly train both in administrative support, medical office tasks, and medical transcription. Medical administration is one of the fastest growing fields in the U.S. The average salary is $27,000.
What you'll learn in a medical administrative assistant program:
- Transcribing reports: If you seek a job that requires transcription of medical reports, you'll need to know some aspects of anatomy and medicine. A degree will ensure that you can properly record patients' conditions.
- Composing and processing correspondence: Employees in the medical field must have impeccable communication skills. With the skills you'll learn from a degree program in medical administrative assisting, you'll be able to intelligently correspond with other practitioners in the medical profession about technical information alien to the layman.
You'll also learn:
- Accounting for payments and posting charges: No business can run without proper accounting. As an administrative assistant, you may be responsible for you organization's books. That means you'll gain detailed understanding of the expenses and incomes in your office.
- Coding: Medical coding is a highly specialized skill. Assistants who file reports must know the coding system used by insurance companies for doctors and hospitals to charge for their services. Likewise, if you plan to work for an insurance company, you'll need to know how coding works.
