The Medical Assistant Job You Lose May Be Your Own

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Nowhere is it more important to manage one’s temper and overall demeanor than in the role of medical assistant.  Medical assistants as well as most other healthcare career positions require a well-cultivated bedside manner.  After all, medical assistants and their colleagues routinely deal with people at their most vulnerable.  This would be difficult enough if […] Read More

Best Time for Medical Assistants to File Tax Returns?

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So, you’ve leveraged your medical assistant school experience and landed a good-paying job.  Now that the first year of your employment in the medical assistant role is over, you’re facing tax season and you  may be hearing some conflicting advice with respect to when best to file your return. On one hand, as this article […] Read More

Medical Billing Classes Online Better with Latest OS

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Regular readers of this blog know we have been covering the happenings at Microsoft with respect to their popular Windows operating system (or OS) because this is a critical tool for those who study medical billing classes online with Allen School. Today, we’re sharing some good news if you’ve been unhappy with the latest Windows […] Read More

Double Down Dog – Doubling the Reasons to take a Nursing Assistant Course

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The Allen School Blog loves to poke fun at the abysmal eating habits of the American public.  We’ve covered such culinary travesties leading to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, etc such as the Heart Attack Grill’s Triple Bypass Burger, Taco Bell’s Waffle Taco, and KFC’s redonculous Double Down.  You remember the Double Down, no?  A bacon […] Read More

Medical Assistant Training Mentioned in SOTU

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Whether you love him or hate him, President Barack Obama delivered one heck of a barn burning State of the Union speech last night to Congress and the American people.  Did you notice the part of the speech where the president called out medical assistant training?  Well he didn’t exactly say the words, “Medical Assistant […] Read More

Establish Your Worth in Your Interview Questions

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So, you’ve completed your nurse assistant training with the Allen School and you’re setting out to land your first job in your new career.  It is important to be up to date on your knowledge of resume writing, cover letters and interview techniques.   This is something we’ve covered here for a long time.  But today, […] Read More

Healthcare Training Schools Rejoice – Guinea Worm Disease Eradicated!

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Healthcare training schools of every variety should celebrate today’s news about the Guinea Worm, another disease afflicting humanity about to be eradicated from the face of the Earth.  Whether you’re a medical school student training to become a physician or you’re taking medical assistant training with us here at the Allen School, it is always […] Read More

Argument Pro or Con for Medical Coding Training Online

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Well, it has happened again this year, as it has in January every year since 2002, New York City’s annual “No Pants Subway Ride”.  For those uninitiated, this is a day wherein subway riders, men and women alike, can opt to ride mass transit without the benefit of pants or other bottom-covering clothing. Depending on […] Read More

Evidence of Unlimited Job Security for Medical Assistants

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If there is any question in one’s mind about the potential longevity of a career as a Medical Assistant, allow us to offer the following few reminders (among an endless sea of reminders) as to why there will always be plenty of work for nursing assistants. Exhibit A – People continue to work in fireworks […] Read More

3 Reasons to Pursue Medical Billing Classes Online in 2015

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Yes, the year is new, the future is bright, the economy is seemingly on the mend and the employment figures appear to moving briskly in the right direction.  Not that it would have mattered to those who are currently enrolled or considering enrolling in medical billing classes online.  The reason why it wouldn’t have mattered […] Read More