Advance Your Physician’s Office Assistant with EHRM Career

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6 Months

Certificate Length

$5,000.00

Tuition

What Does a Physician’s Office Assistant Do?

This program prepares you to become a Physician’s Office Assistant, where you’ll manage electronic health records (EHRs), assist with patient scheduling, and ensure the efficient operation of a medical office. You’ll gain the skills needed to support both administrative and clinical functions in healthcare settings. 

Where In the AdventHealth Network Can You Work?

Physician’s Office Assistants work in various healthcare settings, managing administrative tasks and ensuring the accuracy and security of electronic health records. They can be found in hospitals, private medical practices, outpatient care centers, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, and health insurance companies. Their roles involve managing appointments, billing, insurance claims, and maintaining electronic health records to support healthcare professionals and patients efficiently and securely.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED

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Course registration & payment

Oral and written English proficiency is a requirement for course participation and certificate examination.

Training Materials Provided

Expert-led, video-based training

Competency assessments

National Certification exam fee

Physician’s Office Assistant with EHRM

Outcomes

This program covers information on medical administration and assistance, 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. Additionally, this program prepares learners to understand and use electronic records in medical practice. The content reviews the implementation and management of electronic health information using common electronic data interchange systems and maintaining the medical, legal, accreditation and regulatory requirements of the electronic health record. 

After completing this program, learners will be able to sit for up to five nationally recognized credentials and begin their career. 

Skills Learned

  • Assist with medical records management, confidentiality of the medical record, initiating a medical record for a new client and filing reports in the medical record 
  • Implement HIPAA procedures and adhere to the patient bill of rights and confidentiality 
  • Understand financial and practice management 
  • Understand health insurance coverage, and billing and coding procedures 
  • Understand professional fees, billing and collecting procedures, accounting systems and credit arrangements 
  • Perform medical accounting, financial statements, cost analysis, and budgets for the medical practice 
  • Understand the fundamentals of specimen collection, laboratory safety and federal and state regulations 

Physician’s Office Assistant with EHRM Job Possibilities

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Physician’s Office Assistant 

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EHR Specialist 

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Records Documentation Specialist 

CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Upon completion of your training, you’ll be prepared for the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) exam. 

ISSUING AUTHORITY

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CCMA

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant 

The Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) certificate helps you gain the skills to provide administrative support in a medical setting.  

Physician’s Office Assistant with EHRM Registration

If you need additional funding sources, we offer many convenient options

Pay in full using any major credit card, PayPal, or Venmo. Select “credit card” as your payment option.

Apply for PayPal Credit and pay zero interest if your balance is paid in full within 6-months. Complete a quick application and you’ll receive a credit decision within seconds.

 

Pay for your training with an education loan through Meritize.

Reserve your seat by completing the course registration process using the provided option.

 

CERTIFICATE COMPARISONS

PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Community College
Program & Tuition Cost
$5,000 average
Up to $20,000
Exam Fees, Books & Materials
Included
Up to $750
Job Ready In
3–6 months
24–48 months
Schedule Flexibility
On-demand 24/7
Set class schedule
Travel Requirements
None: 100% online
On-campus classrooms
Student Support
Personal Advisors: text, call and email access
Professors: scheduled office hours
Career Coaching
Professors: scheduled office hours
Exam-based + prerequisites and electives to meet credit
Content Delivery
3D animations, immersive environments, interactive activities, game-based learning
Professor lectures

MEET YOUR WORKFORCE TRAINING SPECIALIST!

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Amanda Lynn is your Workforce Training Specialist. She is here to help you understand your certificate of study, payment options and succeed! Get in touch with Amanda to learn more about your certificate, AdventHealth University and how to achieve your workforce development goals!

FAQ

Students will complete the online certificate in 4 to 6 months. The certificate is flexible, allowing for assignments to be completed anytime, from anywhere, 24/7. 

Ideal candidates for this online certificate are highly organized individuals who have excellent critical thinking skills, are able to effectively multitask and are both independent and flexible. 

Someone in a Physician’s Office Assistant role can expect to spend a good deal of their day processing billing and insurance paperwork, along with data entry, medical record review and addressing patient questions. 

 

Physician’s office assistants can use their training and expertise as a steppingstone to other opportunities, including Health Care Manager, Healthcare and Medical Insurance Specialist and Physician Biller. 

Interested In Another Workforce Development Certificate?

AdventHealth University is devoted to supporting you throughout your professional journey and believes learning is a lifelong endeavor. Our career development certificates provide leading-edge instruction and clinical training in high-demand fields, ensuring you will feel confident and competent as a certified professional.