Medical Law and Ethics

Credentials in Medical Administrative Assisting demonstrate competencies that include overall office operations, financial and practice management, basic billing and coding, privacy and handling of medical records, and overall professionalism in a medical setting. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the structure of the legal system and discuss laws that impact the healthcare industry including healthcare reform, informed consent, HIPAA, standard of care, treatment of minors, Patient Bill of Rights, physician-patient relationship, legal disclosures that a physician must report, and the concept of negligence.