WHAT DOES A MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT DO?

The Medical Office Assistant has a variety of responsibilities, including greeting and directing patients, answering telephones, updating and maintaining electronic medical records, obtaining insurance verification and authorization, admitting and scheduling patients, processing medical insurance claim forms, arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services.

The medical office assistant is responsible for patient and medical insurance billing, medical collections, accounts receivable and payable, general bookkeeping and other medical office assisting duties that are required for efficient health care delivery and reimbursement.

The Medical Office Assisting professional has become  essential to proficient medical office administration.  Private physicians, surgeons, medical clinics, long-term nursing facilities, insurance companies, and other healthcare related businesses are looking for Medical Office Assistants with the training and skills to help manage their day-to-day administrative operations.

ABOUT THE MOA PROGRAM

The Medical Office Assistant Program (MOA) at PCI Health Training Center prepares a graduate to work as an entry-level medical front office assistant: receptionist, medical billing, medical collections, appointment scheduler, front office clinic support or medical records clerk in a variety of healthcare settings.  Including physicians offices, physician medical centers, clinics,  community health centers, public and private hospitals, insurance offices, military health services, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, medical billing offices and related healthcare service businesses.

The Medical Office Assistant Program is designed specifically to provide students with necessary office management and technical skills to become an integral part of the professional office environment. Increasingly, doctors and healthcare facilities are in need of well-trained, highly skilled workers to assist them with the ever growing demands of medical information data coding, insurance billing, record processing, storage, and retrieval in order to provide efficient health care delivery and financial reimbursement. Medical office assistants are trained in areas including medical terminology, computer application skills, medical administrative and medical billing software, medical records management and basic medical front office functions.

Students will concentrate on medical terminology, medical assistant ethics and OSHA regulations, computer skills / data processing training, medical records management, patient charting, medical billing practices and medical insurance filing procedures and learn a variety of medical / dental office administration procedures. You will develop medical office administrative skills including: bookkeeping, medical billing and collection, medical records training, patient data collection, typing, medical insurance claims, medical record management, medical transcription, medical coding, CPT codes Icd9 medical diagnostic codes, word processing, appointment scheduling, written correspondence and telephone techniques.

MOA students will demonstrate these skills by utilizing medical administrative software such as Medisoft among others to schedule patient appointments, input patient medical and insurance information, insurance diagnosis coding, insurance billing, collection procedures and produce a variety of medical office reports. After successfully completing the in class portion of training MOA students will be provided the opportunity to use their newly acquire skills, knowledge and abilities in an actual real world medical job setting.

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CURRICULUM & EXTERNSHIP
Medical Office Assistant

SKILLS LEARNED
MEDICAL FRONT OFFICE SKILLS
COMPUTER SKILLS, DATA & OFFICE RECORD MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL ETHICS AND LEGAL CONCEPTS, TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, PATIENT APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING, PROCESSING MAIL, AUTHORIZATIONS, WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE AND TYPING.

MEDICAL PROCEDURES
COPING AND STRESS, MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY, FIRST AID, CPR, OSHA REGULATIONS, VITAL SIGNS AND CHARTING

MEDICAL BILLING, INSURANCE and MEDICAL COLLECTIONS
ICD9 (INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE VOLUME 9 (ICD9) - DIAGNOSIS CODES), CPT (CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY - (CPT Code) PROCEDURE CODES), PATIENT BILLING, INSURANCE CLAIMS, CODING, MEDICARE INSURANCE BILLING, MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC CODES AND MEDICAL COLLECTIONS, MEDICAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

MEDICAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT
MEDICAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL OFFICE BOOKKEEPING (ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE / ACCOUNTS PAYABLE) MULTI - CULTURAL AWARENESS, UTILIZING RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EXTERNSHIP
STUDENT WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE IN A REAL WORLD MEDICAL OFFICE BY APPLYING THE SKILLS LEARNED IN A VARIETY OF SPECIALTIES
 

Medical Office Assistant Training at PCI Health Training Center

WHO ARE WE ?

PCI Health Training Center – Dallas, is a private health careers training school organized to meet the educational needs of its students who desire a challenging and rewarding career in the growing allied health care industry. Long ago, PCI made the commitment to provide training only for allied heath careers, and we continue to concentrate our efforts in the medical technology area exclusively. Through focused, specialized, short-term training programs, PCI can prepare an individual with the necessary skills and technical knowledge to begin functioning immediately as a medical healthcare professional.

PCI Health Training Center offers three comprehensive academic training programs - The Medical Assistant, the Medical Office Assistant, Patient Care Technician Within these three broad program areas there a number of career specialties that a student may choose to pursue which offers the PCI Health Training Center graduate a multitude of career path possibilities from which to choose. Click here to learn More About The Schools Training Programs
Click here to learn more about becoming a National Certified Medical Office Assistant

WHY  PCI?

PCI Health Training Center
Are you serious about a new career in the allied health industry? Do you have the desire, self discipline and motivation that will be required to succeed in this fast-paced industry? If the answer is YES, you will find the following at PCI Health Training Center to assist students in quickly meeting their medical career goals and long-term career employment opportunities.

• Short-Term Training
  PCI Training Programs can be completed in approximately 6-9 months. The Medical Office Assistant program student will typically complete the MOA training course in about 6 months. That means your are less than a one year away from starting your new career in the medical office field. Through focused, short-term classes, taught by experienced medical professionals, your training ensures that you will be "job-ready" upon graduation.
  
• Hands-On Training From Week One Students receive laboratory training beginning with the very first week of classes. We believe that the graduate that is confident with their skills is the graduate that will get the job! Unlike online training that only delivers book training PCI students can apply their skills and knowledge with practical, hands-on laboratory exercises and training!
  
• Training From Experienced Professionals
  All PCI faculty members have a number of years of practical experience in allied health care. The faculty includes doctors, nurses and medical professionals with experience levels from five to twenty years in the industry.
  
• Small Classes & Personalized Treatment
  Our small classes sizes and open door campus organization make your training more personalized. Students are afforded as much one-on-one training time as necessary with their instructors to insure that each necessary skill is achieved by each student. The schools administrative offices maintain an open-door policy for any student with a question or concern about their training.
  
• Flexible Class Schedules
  Students may choose from a variety of class schedules that will accommodate their personal or work schedule. Many PCI students are currently working adults returning to school to upgrade their skills or find a new career. With day, afternoon and evening classes, we have a class schedule that can fit our students' needs.
  
• MOA Job Placement Assistance
  PCI MOA students receive guidance in resume development, conducting a medical job search, interview shills, and practice mock interviews during their training, and the school will help them in finding a job in their career field upon graduation. For former PCI graduates in good standing with the school, PCI offers Lifetime Career Placement Assistance.  PCI also provides information to in-school students about companies offering temporary or short-term employment to help students with their expenses while attending the school.
  
• Affordable School Tuition Financing
  Financial Aid assistance is available to all PCI students that qualify. As an accredited educational institution, PCI has federal financial aid assistance available for those who qualify and has a a number of loans, grants, and institutional financial aid programs that are available which makes the cost of education affordable for practically anyone.