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Program Codes
10295
Employment Percentage
9.780413932
SOC ID
43-6013
SOC Title
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
ONET ID
43-6013.00
ONET Concat ID
43601300
Median Salary
44801.67
EMSI Interest Area Term
Kinesiology, Health and Athletics
Ed Level High School
52.959999
Ed Level Certificate
19.879999
Ed Level Some College
1.18
Ed Level Associates
25.969999
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.
Core Tasks
  • Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.
  • Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations.
  • Complete insurance or other claim forms.
  • Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff.
  • Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.
  • Maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files.
  • Transmit correspondence or medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.
  • Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, or forms, such as intake or insurance forms.
  • Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records.
  • Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.
  • Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
Start Annual Earnings
31628.06
Top Annual Earnings
63286.72
EMSI Career Title Slug
medical-secretary