what does a medical assistant do?
January 30th, 2009 | by admin |The answer to the question “what does a medical assistant do?” is that a medical assistant will work with a physician performing both administrative and clerical tasks to help a medical practice run more smoothly. Administrative tasks may include answering the phone, arranging for hospital admissions or lab services, coding and filling out insurance forms, greeting patients, handling correspondence including billing and book keeping, scheduling appointments, updating and filing patient records and using various computer applications. As to clinical duties, you will usually find that these vary form state to state in the US.
