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Medical Office Assistant  AAS.HP.MOA

Medical Office Administrative Assistant CERT.MOAA

Academic Department Chair
Professor Steven Toth - Room S-220
201-612-5490
Fax: 201-612-3876
Health Professions Office - S-336
201-689-7025                                     
                       

Dean, Division of Health Professions: Dr. Susan C. Barnard
 201-689-7024
Academic Department Chair: Professor Steven Toth
201-612-5490
Program Secretary: Gerri Farrell
201-689-7025

MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT AAS.HP.MOA

Medical Office Assistants are multi-skilled practitioners who perform administrative and clinical as well as management duties. Graduates may work in physicians' offices, clinics, HMO's, billing companies, or other ambulatory care facilities, such as freestanding emergency centers and hospitals. Clinical responsibilities include: performing laboratory tests, taking electrocardiograms, injections, venipunctures, sterilization techniques, vital signs, and assisting with minor surgery. Administrative responsibilities include: scheduling appointments, billing and collecting, coding diagnoses and procedures, insurance claim forms, medical records, performing computer applications, and providing patient instructions. Graduates are prepared to take the Certified Medical Assistant examination by the American Association of Medical Assistants. The program is designed for the college student as well as the returning student who is career orientated. The program is credited by CAAHEP ( Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs) which adapts the AAMA (American Association of Medical Assistants) Role of Delineation Study.

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MEDICAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CERT.MOAA

Medical Office Administrative Assistants are multi-skilled practitioners who perform administrative and management duties. Graduates may work in physicians' offices, clinics, HMO's, billing companies, or other ambulatory care facilities, such as freestanding emergency centers and hospitals. Administrative responsibilities include: scheduling appointments, billing and collecting, coding diagnoses and procedures, insurance claim forms, medical records, performing computer applications, and providing patient instructions. The program is designed for the college student as well as the returning student who is career orientated. 

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