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Healthcare Administrative Assistant: Skills, Training, and Career Outlook in Connecticut

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Opportunities for healthcare admin assistants across Connecticut are growing, from clinics and hospitals to private practices like the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut. Their role improves the patient experience and helps doctors, nurses, and other providers work more efficiently. Is This the Right Career for You?

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Healthcare Jobs in Hamden, CT: Opportunities for Every Experience Level

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Front office assistant: Also known as medical receptionists, front office assistants handle tasks like greeting patients, answering phones, and scheduling appointments. Medical biller: Medical billers are responsible for submitting claims to patients’ insurance providers, and following up to ensure the practice receives payment.

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Is a Medical Office Assistant Career Right for You?

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

The demand for medical office assistants is growing in clinics, hospitals, and private practices, including here at PACT. Booking, rescheduling, or canceling appointments. Relaying information between patients and providers. Certifications provide proof of your skills and help you stand out during the job search process.

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Practice tip of the week: Be an on-time physician

Physician's Practice

This April 2024 article by Neil Baum, MD , on being an on-time physician gives this tip: Instruct new patients to arrive 20-30 minutes before their appointment to fill out paperwork or complete the paperwork online if your website provides the forms for patient demographics and a health care questionnaire.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Dave, MD, MPH , inquired how stressors may contribute to candidates failing the certification examination and Dr. McDonald stated that knowledge gaps were the primary cause, though ABIM provides safeguards to reduce stress like grace periods and consideration of compassionate exemptions for extraordinary life circumstances.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). I mean, the Laura, Carolyn and big shout out to Dr. Carolyn, who she and I were sleep fellows together and she’s a psychiatrist in private practice.

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William Condrell, MD now offering a more personalized approach to healthcare with theConcierge Choice from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

Membership is simply an option for those patients who want the assurance they will always see their chosen physician for appointments. “Within our large practice with multiple providers, it became increasingly difficult to always satisfy patients who only wanted to see me for appointments,” said Dr. .”