MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE DEGREE
Gain the skills needed to take on a role in a medical office handling front-end administrative duties or medical billing with the Medical Administrative Assistant associate degree program from Bryant & Stratton College. The Medical Administrative Assistant associate degree program does not focus on patient care; rather, it focuses on the business and administrative sides of the medical field.
Students will develop a foundation of business and administrative practices specific to the medical field while also gaining a strong background in the key practices of medical billing. Graduates will be prepared to take the Certified Medical Reimbursement Specialist certification exam.
The Medical Administrative Assistant associate degree program provides students with the ability to:
- Apply coding, billing, records management, transcription, and scheduling skills to administrative healthcare industry standards.
- Practice professional interpersonal relations with diverse patient/client customers, using knowledge of medical/legal and ethical issues.
- Perform diverse administrative duties, including the management and processing of information and the organization and design of communication procedures.
- Use computer and informational skills required to perform administrative duties in a healthcare setting.