What is a Medical Assistant?
A Medical Assistant is a certified medical professional that shares clinical and administrative responsibilities with other medical professionals in healthcare facilities. A medical assisting career offers a dynamic work environment and valuable insights into inner workings of private medical practices and all hospital departments. Medical Assistants are key members of all medical teams and work directly with patients, Physicians, Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants!
Responsibilities of a Medical Assistant
Medical assistants perform the following responsibilities:
- Preparing patients for medical procedures
- Drawing patients’ blood and sending samples for lab testing
- Administrative tasks like patient billing and medical records management
- Processing insurance claim documents and payments
- Providing patient care after clinical procedures
- Performing medical laboratory procedures
- Understanding and implementing HIPPA standards and regulations
- Maintaining and ordering inventory supplies
- Managing patient appointment schedules
- Recording patient medical history
- Medical accounting payroll processing and audit reports
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What do you need to get started as a professional medical assistant?
Have you decided to pursue a career as a medical assistant? Check out the basic qualifications you’ll need to get started:
- Entry requirements include a high school diploma, GED or equivalent achievemnts.
- Completing a Medical Assistant program from an accredited institute in NY.
- Hands-on training with on-site clinical externships
- Successfully completing a specialty Medical Assistant Certification
Why choose ACS?
Alliance Computing Solutions (ACS) is the leading institute providing accredited medical and vocational training courses in Queens, Manhattan and New York City. Our experienced industry veteran instructors specialize in theoretical and hands-on training required to prepare students to work on private healthcare and hospital sites immediately after completing their training.
With nearly two decades of training successful healthcare professionals, our Medical Assistant program in NY is designed in sync with the constantly evolving medical field to provide students a smooth transition into professional careers.
ACS expert healthcare instructors constantly strive to ensure that our graduates are equipped with all the necessary skills required to succeed as medical assistants, including communication proficiency required to compete in today’s job market.
