Medical Receptionist Program Description
Industry Description
The medical receptionist's job may include scheduling patient appointments, explaining clinic policy to patients, receiving and delivering messages, processing incoming and outgoing mail, receiving calls from hospital and x-ray labs, taking prescription refill messages, scheduling patient hospital admissions, filing medical reports and insurance forms, pulling patient charts, completing insurance and other forms, coding of diagnoses and procedures, opening the office in the morning and maintaining the receptionist area.
Program Description
The Medical Receptionist program consists of administrative courses designed to develop basic skills such as keyboarding and computer usage and medical specialty courses such as medical terminology and medical office procedures.
In addition to keyboarding and basic computer skills, the student will receive training in communications, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and medical procedures.
IMPORTANT Anoka Technical College requires all students seeking diploma or A.A.S. awards to meet the following requirement, new student assessment scores exempting students from taking Basic Math and Basic English, or Completion of Basic Math and/or Basic English courses with a "C" grade or better.
Program Essentials
Length of Program
Diploma 42 credits
Start Dates
Fall Semester August
Spring Semester January
Summer Semester May
Program Contact
Pat Rishavy
Phone (763) 576-4837
E-mail prishavy@anokatech.edu
For information on how to apply or to schedule a campus tour, contact the Admissions Office.
Phone (763) 576-4850
E-mail info@anokatech.edu
