MARWeek: How VAMAs can be the Game Changer in the Healthcare Field

Medical Assistants Day which is celebrated on October 18 is the flagship event of Medical Assistants Recognition Week commemorated every third week of October. This celebration honors not just on site medical assistants but also virtual medical assistants all over the world for their contribution in the advancement of healthcare.?

We, here at MedSpecialized, recognize our globally competitive Virtual Administrative Medical Assistants (VAMAs) who have been helpful in making sure that our partner healthcare facilities function smoothly.?

What is a Virtual Administrative Medical Assistant

A VAMA executes administrative duties for the smooth operation of a healthcare facility such as scheduling of appointments, entering patient data, collecting patient information, and checking patients after appointments. The emergence of VAMAs as transformative staffing solutions is due to the rapid advancement of telemedicine.?

Telemedicine has greatly expanded since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The demands of telemedicine made hiring a VAMA an increasingly popular opinion. However, now that the said pandemic has subsided, there is still a surge in demand for Virtual Administrative Medical Assistants.?

Our VAMAs here in MedSpecialized stand out from the current offerings because aside from performing administrative duties they can also execute any task that doesn’t need to be done personally at the clinic, such as billing, prior authorizations, eligibility checking, calling insurances to verify patient’s insurance plans, referrals, appeals, transcription, prepping of charts, and fax management.

How VAMAs Change the Game for Healthcare Professionals

Hiring a VAMA can help doctors avoid mismanagement and make their healthcare facility more patient-focused. They can change a doctor’s setbacks and make the medical field a much easier game to manage.

Here are 4 reasons why employing a VAMA is a good investment for doctors:

• They? empower patients through engagement

Patients need guidance from doctors but they most likely need someone to help them remain on track. According to Savitz, a technology journalist, a patient-centered medical assistant is important for effective patient communication. VAMAs can provide 24/7 access to patients who have inquiries about their medications over various communication channels.

• They offer a more flexible financial commitment

VAMAs usually work remotely which makes doctors save additional office space. Doctors can also match their contract according to their workload to save up money, while maintaining high quality service.

• They make less mistakes

Inaccuracies in the healthcare industry can cause serious consequences. VAMAs are thoroughly trained to sharpen their expertise in administrative tasks which reduces clerical mistakes and maintain the patient’s safety and the practice’s reputation.?

Here at MedSpecialized, our VAMAs went through HIPAA training to make sure that a patient’s Protected Healthcare Information (PHI) remains confidential.?

• They can free up a doctor’s valuable time

VAMAs can talk to patients over the phone so that doctors can focus on patient care. This way, repetitive tasks are minimized making it easier for doctors to recover valuable hours.?

Indubitably, VAMAs are great aids in the advancement of healthcare, but these are only some of the benefits they can provide. There is more to them than you can imagine.

MedSpecialized is the home of Virtual Administrative Medical Assistants who are not only adaptive to the ever changing demands of the medical industry, but also excel in their responsibilities. From sorting out the exact tasks needed to improving? healthcare practices, a MedSpecialized VAMA is the help every doctor needs!

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