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Getting certified as a medical office assistant ensures that you have the credentials that doctor’s offices and clinics are looking for when they’re hiring.
The New York Institute of Career Development’s online Medical Office Assistant Course is your pathway to this certification.
Our course prepares you to take the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) certification exam offered by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA).The NHA is one of the country’s largest certification agencies for healthcare workers, and has certified more than 450,000 allied health professionals in the past 25 years.
NHA exams are administered at hundreds of locations nationwide to make the medical billing and coding certification exam experience convenient for you. NHA offers innovative certification preparation options that feature online practice drills, detailed test plans, review questions, case studies, and progress-tracking to help you assess your level of readiness for certification.
You will gain access to a study guide and practice exam to help you prepare for the real thing, at no added cost to you. And when you are ready to take the certification exam, we will pay for you to do that.
The certification exam will test your knowledge of the typical procedures and tasks that a medical office assistant is expected to do. And you will feel confident that your Medical Office Assistant Course, along with the exam study guide, cover everything you will need to know to pass the test and get certified.
Armed with your certification, you’ll be ready to join this growing field. If you have additional questions about certification, give us a call at 1-800-239-9275.