This course prepares students to function effectively in many of the administrative and clerical positions in the healthcare industry. Medical administrative assistants, medical secretaries, and medical records clerks are all positions in great demand. This program covers important background information on the medical assisting profession and interpersonal skills, medical ethics and law, medical terminology, basics of insurance billing and coding, telephone techniques, scheduling appointments, medical records management, and management of practice finances. This program is intended to provide students with a well-rounded introduction to medical administration so that they can gain the necessary skills required to obtain an administrative medical assistant position. This program meets the necessary requirements of a leading national certification examination – please call for more details.