Medical Assistant
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Answer telephones
- Greeting patients
- Updating and filing patients medical records
- Filling out insurance forms
- Handling correspondence
- Scheduling appointments
- Arranging for hospital admission
- Laboratory services
- Handling billing
- Bookkeeping
Salary: $30,590
Education: Associate’s degree, diploma or certificate in medical assistance
Demands or Need for this profession: You must graduate from a 2-year associate degree program in medical assistance accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or the Accrediting Bureau Health Education Schools. Graduates will be qualified to take the AAMA certification exams to become Certified Medical Assistants the certification must be renewed every 5 years.
Reflection: I would like to be one because i have an interest in this type of field. I would want to work in a hospital knowing that i can help someone.
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