The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transcription, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.

Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Program criteria are governed by the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). A student must be a graduate of CAAHEP-accredited Medical Assisting program to be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification examination to become Certified Medical Assistants.

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs (CAAHEP), 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL  33756, www.caahep.org,
Phone:  727-210-2350, Fax: 727-210-2354 and American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA),
20 N. Wacker Dr., Ste. 1575
Chicago, IL 60606, www.aama-ntl.org,
Phone:  312-899-1500, Fax:  312-899-1259. 

Specific Requirements

     General college admission requirements.

a.  Complete application for admission.

b.  Successfully complete College Placement Test.

c.  High School transcript or GED scores on file with admissions office.

d.  Official transcript of any prior college credit on file with admissions office.

2.  High School units:

a.  Algebra and Biology strongly recommended.

3.  This program has a competitive selection process.  See Selection Criteria and Procedures for Allied Health Programs on the college admissions office web page for full details. 

http://www1.abtech.edu/content/allied-health-and-public-service-educatio...

4.  Acceptable reports of medical examinations by first day of Second Semester (Spring I).

5.  Satisfactory completion of required immunizations by first day of Second Semester (Spring I).

6.  Criminal background checks and drug screenings will be required prior to admissions to any Mission Hospitals Inc. clinical sites.

7.  Current CPR certification for the Professional Rescuer or Healthcare Provider by the first day of Fifth Semester (Spring II).

1. Courses requiring a grade of "C" or better: BIO, CIS, MED and OST