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Medical Administrative Specialist

Platt College’s Medical Administrative Specialist Hybrid program prepares you to enter the fast-growing health care field.

You can earn your Associate’s degree in as little as 15-months!

It's All About Your Future!

Medical Administrative Specialist
About the Program

Program Details

Medical Administrative Specialists are an essential part of the health-care office.

The Medical Administrative Specialist Hybrid Program at Platt College provides the knowledge and skills that will help you pursue opportunities to work in a physician’s office, outpatient clinic, or other clinical care setting.

Medical Administrative Specialists conduct the administrative procedures that are essential to running medical offices, outpatient clinics, hospitals, and other health care facilities.

A typical day for a Medical Administrative Specialist might include: medical billing and coding, patient scheduling, scribing, patient scheduling and other vital office functions.

Graduates are eligible to sit for their exam to receive their certification in Medical Administrative Specialist – graduates also receive a free tutoring session and first exam fee (up to $200 value!)

  • Program will be taught through a combination of online and on-campus courses.
  • All program courses have been predetermined to be either online or on-ground

GRADUATION FROM THE PROGRAM DOES NOT GUARANTEE ENTRY INTO ANY CAREER. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY DEPENDING ON AN INDIVIDUAL’S PREVIOUS EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE.

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Platt College’s Medical Administrative Specialist program is right for you

  • Earn your Associates degree, not just a certificate
  • Program will be taught through a combination of online and on-campus courses.
  • All program courses have been predetermined to be either online or on-ground
  • Full-time career services staff and a clinical externship coordinator
  • Financial Aid is available for those who qualify

 

Except as expressly provided in California Education Code Section 94898, Platt College reserves the right to modify policies, course schedules, curricula or courses within reason due to exigent circumstances, program upgrades and/or content changes, and to cancel programs of study, modes of delivery, upcoming start dates or individual courses as it deems necessary. If a course or program is canceled, the school may schedule course completion at a later date or refund all monies paid for the canceled course or program if the student does not wish to continue with the program at the later date. All Platt College programs are not available at all locations, please see an Admissions Representative for more information on specific enrollment information.

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