Soar into the career of your choice with medical assisting's high growth potential, diversity of skills and workplace locations. Today's medical assistants are always expanding and changing as the healthcare environment changes. Medical Assisting: Administrative Procedures with Anatomy and Physiology was updated to help students as well as instructors learn these ever-changing tasks and stay current in the healthcare environment. This text is a condensed version of Booth, Medical Assisting, and offers only the units related to the administrative responsibilities. This includes units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9.

Unit One: Medical Assisting as a Career1 Introduction to Medical Assisting2 Healthcare and the Healthcare Team3 Professionalism and Success4 Interpersonal Communication5 Legal and Ethical IssuesUnit Two: Safety and the Environment6 Infection Control Fundamentals7 Safety and Patient Reception8 Office Equipment and Supplies9 Examination and Treatment AreasUnit Three: Communication10 Written and Electronic Documents11 Medical Records and Documentation12 Electronic Health Records13 Managing Medical Records14 Telephone Techniques15 Patient EducationUnit Four: Administrative Practices16 Schedule Management17 Insurance and Billing18 Diagnostic Coding19 Procedure Coding20 Patient Collections and Financial ManagementUnit Nine: Medical Assisting Practice56 Practice Management57 Emergency Preparedness58 Preparing for the World of WorkApp 1 Diseases and DisordersApp 2 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots in Commonly Used Medical TermsApp 3 Abbreviations and Symbols Commonly Used in Medical Notations