Define the MA’s combined clinical and administrative role and why coordination matters.

Decode prefixes, roots, suffixes, and the combining vowel with cardiomyopathy.

Contrast supervised in-scope duties with actions an MA must not perform independently.

Compare inpatient, outpatient, primary, specialty, and ancillary care with Maslow’s hierarchy.

Follow referrals, navigation, education, transitions, and barriers through a connected care pathway.

Show how MAs help identify and close preventive-care gaps safely and accurately.

Explain telehealth, patient portals, documentation, and HIPAA responsibilities.

Compare capitation, value-based care, fee-for-service, HMO, PPO, POS, PCMH, and ACO models.

Apply the chapter’s central boundary to a lab-result scenario and synthesize the MA role.