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The Healthcare Administrative Assistant program provides the student with the educational training and skills necessary to assume entry-level employment in today’s ever-growing office environment. This program prepares the graduate to assist the physician with administrative medical duties. Students learn to work independently and as a team, demonstrating effective interpersonal and problem-solving skills, attitudes and work habits.
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| Program Specifics |
| Name of Program: | Healthcare Administrative Assistant |
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| Campus Location: | Altoona |
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| Program Length: | 12 Months (4 Quarters) |
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| Credential: | Graduates earn a diploma |
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| Credits: | 61 |
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| What will I study? |
Medical Office Procedures
Medical Transcription
Career Success Seminar
Computer Fundamentals for Health Care Professionals
ICD-9/CPT4 Coding
Anatomy & Medical Terminology I
Anatomy & Medical Terminology II
Pharmacology in Allied Health
Insurance Procedures and EMRs
English & Communication for Health Care Professionals
Professional Development
Externship
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| What are some of the things I'll learn? |
Retrieve medical data from databases
Code insurance forms
Schedule appointments
Handle office correspondence
Transcribe doctor's orders and reports
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| Where are the career opportunities? |
Hospitals
Clinics
Medical Group Practices
Medical Insurance Companies
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Occupational Outlook
Job prospects should be very good. Employment of medical records and health information technicians is expected to grow much faster than average for all occupations through 2014 because of rapid growth in the number of medical tests, treatments, and procedures that will be increasingly scrutinized by health insurance companies, regulators, courts, and consumers. Also, technicians will be needed to enter patient information into computer databases to comply with Federal legislation mandating the use of electronic patient records.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Medical Records and Health Information Technicians.
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YTI Healthcare Administrative Assistant graduates have started careers with:
Home Nursing Agency
Centre Medical Surgical
Rich's Optical
Central Pennsylvania Podiatry
611 MRI
Schroeder Chiropractic
Altoona Hospital
Dr. Wetzel
Tyrone Medical Associates
Pediatric Healthcare Associates
The Brande & Saad Group
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