What is a Medical Office Assistant Professional?
Medical office assistants are categorized as front and back office. Front office assistants perform primarily administrative tasks. Duties include greeting patients, scheduling appointments, maintaining patient records, billing and coding for insurance purposes, and arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services. Back office assistants handle the clinical aspects such as taking medical histories, recording vital signs, and preparing patient for exam. The MOAP program focuses on the front office. Career Outlook Medical Assistants is expected to be one of the fastest growing occupations through the year 2010. Employment growth will be driven by the increase in number of group practices, clinics and other healthcare facilities that need a high proportion of support personnel. Salary Trends In 2000, Medical Office Assistants held an estimated 330,830 jobs in the United States. Of those jobs, 16,610 were employed in the state of Ohio. In 2000, the national mean hourly wage for Med
