BECOME An electronic health
records professional
Certified Electronic Health Record Professional
Overview
Electronic Health Record Professionals work in various healthcare facilities namely the Hospitals, Clinics, Multi-provider Clinics, Urgent Care Centers, and many more areas in healthcare. The duties of Electronic Health Record Professionals are very similar to those of an Administrative Medical Assistant may vary with specialty, and size of the practice. Electronic Health Record Professionals mainly perform tasks in medical offices, clinics, hospitals of healthcare providers such as the physician and/or other healthcare professionals.
The duties of Electronic Health Record Professionals vary from facility to facility; however, the administrative duties include tasks such as managing the front office with medical reception, handling phone calls, scheduling appointments, scheduling follow-ups, assisting managing office finances, handling patient medical records by creating, storing, updating them using an Electronic Health Record Software (EHR), other duties may include obtaining pre-authorization from insurance companies, using codes for billing the insurance companies, maintaining and ordering medical supplies, maintaining equipment logs, patient checking and check outs and other administrative duties as assigned by the facility.
Requirements
Candidates registering for the exam must qualify in (at-least 1) of the GROUPS (A or B or C) as shown below. Training and experience may be completed within united states of america or outside united states of america.
Duties
Administrative & Clerical Skills
Managing Front Office Duties
Communication with Patients
Provide Patient Education
Enter Patient Data using EHR Software
Enter Specimen Data using EHR Software
Appointment Scheduling using EHR Software
Follow Up Scheduling using EHR Software
Office Finances using EHR Software
Billing and Coding using EHR Software
Opening and Closing Office
Renewal
AECA believes in continuing education more frequently so that the candidate can have a constant touch with knowledge, Candidate’s are required to attend the continuing education units / credits every year to renew their certification.
Reinstatement
Certification that are expired must apply for reinstatement.
If you wish to apply to reinstate your expired certification you may proceed by submitting a reinstatement application.
Fee Schedule for Reinstatement
Expired Less than 1 Year: $99
Expired More than 1 Year but Less than 2 Years: $199