Back Office Medical Assistant reports to the office manager and encompasses both administrative and clinical aspects of medical assisting.
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program
- Current Medical Assistant Certification by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Certified or other equivalent certification organization highly preferred
- Current CPR certification preferred
- At least 1-year of relevant medical assistant experience in a physician office
- Broad understanding of clinical operations and physician office practice
- Nephrology medical office or dialysis experience highly preferred
- athenaClinicals electronic health record experience
- Experience with other secure clinical communication and billing applications such as PMD soft
- Ability to perform basic patient data entry into athenaClinicals electronic health record and use Microsoft Office suite
- Skill in use of computer, calculator, copy machine
- Basic knowledge of correct English usage, spelling, and punctuation
- Basic knowledge of modern office practices, materials, and procedures
- Basic knowledge of medical examination, diagnostic and treatment room procedures
- Basic knowledge of insurance requirements and procedures
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Proficient with general math skills
- Comply with all HIPAA, OSHA, Compliance, and IT standards and policies