{"id":5660,"date":"2015-11-19T23:34:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T23:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2015-11-19T23:34:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T23:34:58","slug":"medical-assisting-certificates-and-degree-approved-by-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/medical-assisting-certificates-and-degree-approved-by-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Assisting Certificates and Degree Approved by State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/11\/MEDA-plus-Patient-Navigator-Info-Sheet_Page_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5647 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/11\/MEDA-plus-Patient-Navigator-Info-Sheet_Page_1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"MEDA plus Patient Navigator Info Sheet_Page_1\" width=\"326\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MEDA-plus-Patient-Navigator-Info-Sheet_Page_1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MEDA-plus-Patient-Navigator-Info-Sheet_Page_1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MEDA-plus-Patient-Navigator-Info-Sheet_Page_1-600x777.jpg 600w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MEDA-plus-Patient-Navigator-Info-Sheet_Page_1.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a>The Skyline College Administrative Medical Assisting (MEDA) Program began in fall 2015 and offers five certificates and an A.S. Degree, which are designed to meet cutting edge needs in the various areas of administrative medical assisting.\u00a0 The courses are available for registration and require no special application, offering a direct route for students who are interested in working within a medical environment.\u00a0 While students have been able to take part in the MEDA program and work towards their certificate or degree goal, the college has been waiting on the final approval from the State Chancellor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, Skyline College Counselor and Articulation Officer Jacqueline Escobar was able to announce the program approval to Ray Hernandez, Dean of the Science, Math, and Technology (SMT) Division.\u00a0 They are proud to announce that the following certificates and degree in the MEDA Program have been approved by the State Chancellor\u2019s office for Skyline College:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Administrative Medical Assisting<\/strong>, A.S. Degree<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administrative Medical Assisting<\/strong>, Certificate of Achievement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical Coding<\/strong>, Certificate of Achievement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical Editing<\/strong>, Certificate of Achievement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical Insurance Billing<\/strong>, Certificate of Achievement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical Office Receptionist,<\/strong> Certificate of Achievement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested students may see the Counseling Office or the SMT Division Office for further details.\u00a0 Additionally, flyers listing necessary classes for the certificates are available outside the SMT Office in Building 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Article by Bernadette Newland and Alana Utsumi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Skyline College Administrative Medical Assisting (MEDA) Program began in fall 2015 and offers five<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}