January 2017 is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, and the SCMA® wants you to know that there are a lot of materials and resources to assist medical assistants and other healthcare professionals interested in promoting birth defects prevention among their patients.
Continue reading...January 2017 is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and Specialty Certified Medical Assistant – SCMA® wants you to know that there's a lot you can do to prevent cervical cancer.
Continue reading...Along with the need to juggle admin roles and responsibilities, among the concerns medical assistants have to stay on top of is minimizing the risk of transmission-based diseases like Hepatitis and HIV in the clinic.
Continue reading...Healthcare gained 43,200 new jobs in July, slightly more than the 12-month average of 39,700 new jobs per month.
Continue reading...Health care and technical occupations are predicted to be the two fastest growing occupations groups in the near future. Together, they could have a gain of 2.3 million jobs over the next eight years, which is about one out of four new jobs.
Continue reading...Medicare Payments Up for Cardiology in 2017. Cardiology inpatient reimbursement will gain 2.7% overall compared with the prior year, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid previously proposed.
Continue reading...The healthcare industry is rife with complicated terminology, diseases and specializations, long waits and insurance blunders, angry and annoyed patients, and oftentimes, frustrated workers. There are a variety of ways to avoid falling into the pitfalls of back office politics, which can be detrimental to your career and cause job burnout.
Continue reading...Though providing quality customer care is the first concern of medical assistants, there are other attributes a good medical assistant must possess. Being fit and able is essential to helping patients but also comes in handy for the many physical requirements of this career.
Continue reading...As an SCMA professional, you will be required to perform a myriad of clinical tasks. Even though these duties may seem mundane and repetitive, they are more important than you realize.
Continue reading...Perfecting Paperwork. Medical assistants need to have a comprehensive command of medical forms, terms, laws and technology.
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