Allied Schools is an online school that offers several medical programs that students can complete from home, including a medical administrative assistant program. Allied's medical administrative assistant program teaches students to successfully work in medical offices in hospitals, private practices, nursing homes and clinics. Classes cover subjects from medical coding, scheduling appointments, updating medical records, correspondence and communicating with patients and other medical professionals. The program includes a virtual medical office, where students work with virtual patients as a medical office assistant, like they would in real life. Financial assistance is available for students that qualify.
Allied Schools
22952 Alcalde Drive
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
888-501-7686
alliedschools.com/med_admin_assistant.shtml
Breyer State University offers an online medical office assistant program that awards students with an associate degree in medical office assisting. Students take 75 semester hours of classes (12 classes total), from human anatomy and physiology to medical insurance coding. Each class must be completed in under 10 weeks, so the entire program should take you about two years to complete. All classes are taken online and students receive one-on-one mentoring with faculty. To gain acceptance into the program, you need to have a high school diploma or GED. Payment plans are available for students who need financial assistance.
Breyer State University
6080 Center Drive 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-242-5964
breyerstate.com/associate-medical-office-assist.htm
Blackstone Career Institute is an online school that offers a medical office assistant program, which consists of 16 units of study. Students learn a wide range of medical office information, such as payroll, transcription, communication, records management, health insurance and medical terminology. The program also teaches students how to job search, write resumes and prepare for job interviews. Monthly payment plans are available.
Blackstone Career Institute
1011 Brookside Road, Suite 300
P.O. Box 3717
Allentown, PA 18106-3717
800-826-9228
blackstone.edu/medical-office-assistant-training.shtml