Careers

The well-prepared healthcare administrative assistant has options. Depending upon the facility, they may be involved in many areas: receptionist, filing, medical records, transcription, and medical manuscript typing, insurance, general secretarial duties such as correspondence, scheduling, bookkeeping, and ordering supplies. A healthcare administrative assistant can enter the field as a receptionist and work up to office manager or supervisor. A healthcare administrative assistant may also advance to an administrative assistant position for one or two physicians in which he/she is in complete charge of the entire office and all of its personnel. The U.S. Department of Labor has ranked medical administrative assistant/transcription jobs among the top 25 fastest growing jobs in their Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Medical transcriptionists are also in high demand. They must also have a good knowledge of medical terminology.

Employers for graduates of both programs include:

Medical clinic/doctor’s office/hospital
Chiropractic office/dental office
Health insurance company
Medical device manufacturing companies and research facilities
Independent transcriptionist (work from your own home)

Placement Statistics Healthcare Administrative Assistant

Program	2022	2021	2020	2019
Healthcare Administrative Assistant AAS	9/80.0%	6/100.0%	2/100.0%	4/100.0%
Healthcare Administrative Assistant DIP	1/100.0%

Number of total graduates/related placement rate

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