Administrative Medical Assisting Associate Degree

A foundation of administrative medical assistant duties and procedures in a medical office, such as health care law and ethics, office management and finance, and interacting with patients and other care givers from all walks of life. Some of these skills you will learn include, but are not limited to, scheduling and coordinating inpatient or outpatient appointments, submitting claims of insurance, monitoring third-party reimbursement, and performing diagnostic coding. You will also apply principles of finance by managing accounts receivable within a practice.

Pathology, body systems, and medical terminology to assist in analyzing and diagnosing patients through identifying structure, function, major organs, directional terms, and genetic concepts. You will also learn things like structure and function of major organs, directional terms, genetic concepts, and pathology for diagnostic measures and even treatments.

Background in medical technology and computers to access electronic medical records, billing and coding procedures, and insurance claims. This also includes the legal and ethical boundaries with confidentiality in preparing and maintaining patient medical records.

Communication with patients and with other professionals within a practice, office, or clinical setting. Students will learn to utilize sensitivity when it comes to patient backgrounds, cultures, and diversity. This includes adapting communication for a patient's understanding through modes of verbal, non-verbal, and written communication. You will understand medical terminology to be used appropriately with patients and act as a liaison and navigate diagnoses and treatments for a patient with compassion and empathy.