Hiring a virtual medical assistant in Georgia
A virtual medical assistant is a dedicated, full-time remote staff member who runs the day-to-day administrative workload of a medical practice — scheduling, intake, refills, message triage, follow-ups, and EHR documentation. Staffing For Doctors virtual medical assistants are HIPAA-trained, specialty-matched, and onboarded in 48 hours starting at $14/hour.
Georgia has more than 30,000 active physicians, with healthcare growth concentrated in Atlanta, Augusta, and Savannah. Fast-growing demand from independent primary care, OB-GYN, and dental practices.
What a Georgia medical assistant does
Staffing For Doctors places dedicated virtual medical assistants inside Athena, eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen, Practice Fusion, Dentrix, and most other major EHRs. Each VMA is full-time (40 hours per week), assigned to a single practice, and trained on your specialty's workflows before day one. They handle scheduling, appointment confirmations, intake, chart prep, message triage, refill routing, follow-up calls, and basic insurance work. For a typical clinic this gives providers back two to four hours per day and removes the after-hours documentation burden that drives burnout.
Daily responsibilities
- Patient scheduling, confirmations, and waitlist management
- Inbound and outbound calls, voicemail return, portal triage
- EHR chart prep before each visit
- Refill routing and message triage to the right provider
- Insurance verification and basic eligibility checks
- Post-visit follow-up and recall outreach
Why Georgia practices choose Staffing For Doctors
- Coverage scheduled to Eastern Time business hours
- Trained on the EHRs and payers Georgia practices use most
- HIPAA compliant with signed BAA and secure devices
- Onboarded in 48 hours with a dedicated Customer Success Manager
- Starts at $14/hour — no setup fees, no benefits overhead