Prepare for an in-demand healthcare career! Potential funding with eligibility.
This program is designed to help you pass the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) and Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS) exams and qualify you to become a skilled medical office administrative assistant.
As a medical administrative assistant, you’ll be in charge of providing stellar customer service to patients and keeping a medical office running smoothly. That includes, among various other daily tasks, scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, and submitting claims. With this program you’ll also get EHR training, which means you’ll be qualified to prepare and update patients’ electronic health records.
What You'll Learn
- Get acquainted with the computer programs you’ll use to create documents, organize information, and communicate digitally.
- Learn basic anatomy, medical terminology, and medical law and ethics.
- Acquire the skills to effectively manage daily office duties, process payments, and maintain medical health records.
- Know what’s required to take and pass the final course exam, which will prepare you for CMAA and CEHRS certification.
Course FAQs
This course is open enrollment, so you can register and start the course as soon as you are ready, if you are paying for the course yourself or through your employer. Access to your course can take 24-48 business hours.
If you are using WIOA funding to pay for this course, you will need to complete the ARIZONA@WORK funding process before starting the course.
This program includes 8 months of full access.
This course is eligible for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding through ARIZONA@WORK. To be eligible for WIOA funding, participants must be 18 or older, eligible to work in the United States, and meet income eligibility requirements, or must be unemployed, dislocated, or furloughed from work. To determine if you are eligible, please contact ARIZONA@WORK:
Funding is subject to availability.
Salaries for this job vary based on location and experience, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the average medical administrative assistant makes $40,640 per year.
Medical office administrative assistants basically run the show at the front desk. They answer patient phone calls, schedule appointments, manage payments, and update health records.