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Medical Office managers are responsible for the overall of the medical office. This person must ensure that the medical office is running smoothly and proficiently.
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Medical O�ce Managers are responsible for the overall operations of the medical o�ce. This person must ensure that the medical o�ce is running smoothly and pro�ciently. The person in this capacity can be expected to constantly look for ways to save the practice money by running more e�ciently and reducing operating costs. The individual also oversee the critical coding and billing processes.
Career Overview
Medical O�ce Managers work in private practice, hospitals, clinics and elsewhere. In medicine, “private practice” includes general and family doctors, or those in specialties such as pediatrics, surgery, psychiatry, obstetrics, orthopedics, etc. In dentistry, it includes general practitioners, oral surgeons, orthodontists, periodontists, etc. In addition, other health care providers, some of whom do not necessarily have an M.D. or D.D.S. degree, use assistants: optometrists, chiropractors, physical therapists, podiatrists, osteopaths, psychologists, counselors, nutritionists, and homeopaths. Trained medical and dental o�ce assistants also work in hospitals of many sizes and specialties, in emergency rooms, clinics, and convalescent centers.
Career Path
Medical O�ce Manager
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Why Meditec?
Median annual wages of wage and salary medical and health services managers were $80,240 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $62,170 and $104,120. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $48,300, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $137,800. Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of medical and health services managers in May 2008 were:
General medical and surgical hospitals
Outpatient care centers
O�ces of physicians
Home health care services
Nursing care facilities
$87,040
74,130
74,060
71,450
71,190
EarningsEmployment Outlook
SOURCE: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos014.htm#outlookNOTE: Data in this table are rounded. See the discussion of the employment projections table in the Handbook introductory chapter on Occupational Information Included in the Handbook
Projections data from the National Employment Matrix
EMPLOYMENT2008
PROJECTEDEMPLOYMENT 2018
CHANGE,2008-2018
283,500 328,800
for Medical and Health Services Managers
16%
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