«Our findings suggest that despite the insurance expansion under the Massachusetts reform, access to
timely outpatient
visits to a doctor may not have improved much,,» said Danny McCormick, MD, an associate professor at Harvard
Medical School, a primary care physician at Cambridge Health Alliance, and the study's lead author.
(3) the veterinarian is sufficiently acquainted with an animal being treated, whether through examination of the animal or
timely visits to the animal's habitat for purposes of assessing the condition in which the animal is kept, to be capable of making a preliminary or general diagnosis of the
medical condition of the animal being treated; and
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MEDICAL GROUP — Glen Ellyn, IL Jan 2010 — May 2013 Medical Assistant • Ensured comfort of patients and provided timely attention to them • Conducted all regular procedures such as hearing and visual examinations • Assisted physicians in healthcare activities and minor surgeries • Greeted patients during medical part of their visit • Created and maintained medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
MEDICAL GROUP — Glen Ellyn, IL Jan 2010 — May 2013 Medical Assistant • Ensured comfort of patients and provided timely attention to them • Conducted all regular procedures such as hearing and visual examinations • Assisted physicians in healthcare activities and minor surgeries • Greeted patients during medical part of their visit • Created and maintained medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
MEDICAL GROUP — Glen Ellyn, IL Jan 2010 — May 2013
Medical Assistant • Ensured comfort of patients and provided timely attention to them • Conducted all regular procedures such as hearing and visual examinations • Assisted physicians in healthcare activities and minor surgeries • Greeted patients during medical part of their visit • Created and maintained medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
Medical Assistant • Ensured comfort of patients and provided timely attention to them • Conducted all regular procedures such as hearing and visual examinations • Assisted physicians in healthcare activities and minor surgeries • Greeted patients during medical part of their visit • Created and maintained medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
Medical Assistant • Ensured comfort of patients and provided
timely attention to them • Conducted all regular procedures such as hearing and visual examinations • Assisted physicians in healthcare activities and minor surgeries • Greeted patients during
medical part of their visit • Created and maintained medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
medical part of their visit • Created and maintained medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
medical part of their
visit • Created and maintained
medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and pro
medical records and documentation • Scheduled treatment, care and diagnostic tests • Collected and labeled specimens • Helped patients with examinations and procedures • Obtained vital signs • Received and screened telephone calls • Created and organized patient files and records • Provided information to patients and families on departmental policies and procedures
• Greeted patients and verified their appointments by checking scheduling / appointment books • Ascertained that physicians have access to patients»
medical records prior to seeing them • Liaised with insurance companies to ensure
timely claims follow - up • Performed follow up activities by contacting patients to remind them of their appointments and follow - up
visits • Calculated and collected co-pays and patient balances and ensure that appropriate insurance billing activities are performed