A practical Medical VA role for the work that slows practices down.
From scheduling and intake through eligibility, prior authorization tracking, inbox cleanup, and billing-adjacent admin, MVAs help reduce front-office and patient-access workload while keeping the work inside your existing systems. Clinical judgment, medical advice, and licensed work remain with the provider and licensed clinical team.
Choose a Medical VA package around oversight, reporting, and workflow complexity.
Each package includes a dedicated full-time associate. The difference is how much management, KPI reporting, workflow documentation, QA, and continuity planning you want layered around the role.
Core Medical VA
Best for practices with defined SOPs that need reliable full-time scheduling, intake, inbox, and administrative support.
- Full-time dedicated Medical VA
- Scheduling and appointment reminders
- Patient intake and demographics
- Records, fax, and inbox queues
- EHR data entry
- Front desk support
- Annual HIPAA training
- BAA included
- Client interview and approval before placement
Plus Managed Medical VA
Most PopularBest for practices that want a more experienced Medical VA with account management, reporting, and RCM workflow support.
- Everything in Core
- Experienced Medical VA
- Dedicated account manager
- Weekly performance check-ins
- Productivity monitoring
- Basic KPI and queue reporting
- Eligibility and prior authorization support
- Priority replacement support
Executive Medical VA
Best for higher-complexity workflows that need senior support, structured onboarding, QA, security controls, and continuity planning.
- Everything in Plus
- Senior Medical VA
- Managed onboarding and workflow documentation
- HIPAA-aligned device and access control setup
- Managed email, phone, and fax workflow support
- Monthly KPI scorecard
- Enhanced QA review
- Escalation support
- Backup and continuity planning
- Quarterly workflow improvement review
All packages include a dedicated associate for up to 40 hours per week. Part-time schedules, specialty-specific roles, bilingual workflows, and billing-heavy scopes may be quoted separately based on complexity. Request a Medical VA →
- No setup fees
- No long-term contract
- BAA signed before any PHI access
- Fixed rate, never a % of collections
Compare Medical VA packages by role complexity and operating support.
| Feature | Core | Plus | Executive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time dedicated Medical VA | Included | Included | Included |
| Annual HIPAA training | Included | Included | Included |
| BAA | Included | Included | Included |
| Client interview and approval | Included | Included | Included |
| Scheduling, intake, inbox, and EHR admin | Included | Included | Included |
| Eligibility and prior authorization support | Limited | Included | Included |
| Account manager | Standard support | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Performance check-ins | As needed | Weekly | Weekly / structured |
| KPI and queue reporting | Basic | Basic | Monthly scorecard |
| Phone, email, and fax workflow support | Optional | Included | Managed |
| QA review | Limited | Included | Enhanced |
| Replacement support | Standard | Priority | Priority + continuity plan |
| Workflow documentation | Client-led | Supported | Managed |
Four ways to hire a medical VA in the Philippines, and what you trade at each.
The right model depends on how much you value healthcare screening, compliance, and continuity versus the lowest possible headline rate.
| Model | Best for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Freelance VA | A few hours of overflow admin. | You verify healthcare experience, coverage is inconsistent, and HIPAA training, security, and continuity are usually absent. |
| General VA marketplace | Generic administrative tasks. | Healthcare and U.S. payer familiarity vary widely, associates often rotate, and PHI handling is rarely structured for healthcare. |
| Dedicated healthcare staffing (RCM Staff) | Ongoing front-office and patient-access work you want to own. | Confirm the associate is dedicated to you, screened for healthcare experience, and covered by a BAA and documented HIPAA training. |
| General offshore BPO | Very large, undifferentiated call volume. | Healthcare depth and individual accountability can get lost at scale; verify who actually sits in your workflows. |
Healthcare virtual assistants, not generic offshore admin labor.
Our talent standard is built around healthcare experience, revenue cycle knowledge, communication quality, and professional accountability, so your associate can fit the realities of a U.S. healthcare practice.
A simple, concierge staffing process.
We handle the sourcing, screening, and matching. You stay in control of who joins your team.
Tell us the role you need
Share the workflows, systems, schedule, and patient-facing responsibilities you are looking for. We help you scope the role.
Choose the right package
Pick Core, Plus, or Executive based on the level of management, reporting, and revenue cycle support your practice needs.
We screen and match
We source, screen, and shortlist healthcare-trained candidates against your role using our talent standard.
You interview and approve
You meet the matched candidates and approve the person who fits your team. You stay in control of the decision.
Your dedicated Medical VA starts
Your associate onboards into your systems and workflows and begins working as a dedicated member of your team.
We support the relationship
We stay involved with performance check-ins, coaching, and continuity support so the engagement keeps working.
Integrated administrative support without operational disruption.
Every engagement includes a signed BAA and structured HIPAA onboarding before access begins. See our HIPAA and compliance posture →
Healthcare professionals, proud of the work they do.
The people behind RCM Staff are skilled Filipino healthcare professionals, not gig workers passing through. We hire for healthcare background and U.S. experience, invest in their growth, and treat them as career team members. That shows up in how they represent your practice.
See the standard every associate is held to in our careers and talent approach →
Common questions about hiring a medical VA in the Philippines.
What is a medical virtual assistant in the Philippines?
A medical virtual assistant is a non-clinical, remote administrative professional who supports a U.S. healthcare practice from the Philippines, working inside the practice's own EHR, phone, portal, and scheduling tools. The work is front-office and patient-access support, not clinical judgment or licensed care, which stays with the provider and licensed clinical team.
How much does a medical virtual assistant in the Philippines cost?
RCM Staff Medical VA packages start at $400 per week or $1,600 per month for a full-time dedicated associate. Plus Managed Medical VA is $575 per week or $2,300 per month. Executive Medical VA is $750 per week or $3,000 per month. Specialized, bilingual, or billing-heavy roles may be quoted separately.
What is the difference between a VA hourly rate and the price I pay?
On a freelance marketplace you pay an hourly rate directly to an individual and take on screening, training, security, and coverage yourself. With a dedicated staffing model, the weekly price covers a screened healthcare associate, HIPAA training, a signed BAA, oversight, and replacement coverage if someone is unavailable. The headline rate can look lower on a marketplace while the total cost of managing it is higher.
How is this different from a general VA marketplace?
A general marketplace connects you with an individual for generic tasks and leaves screening, HIPAA, security, and coverage to you. RCM Staff provides a dedicated, healthcare-screened associate inside a managed model with a BAA, documented HIPAA training, oversight, reporting, and replacement coverage. The model is healthcare-specific staff augmentation, not generic VA outsourcing.
What is the difference between Core, Plus, and Executive?
Core is for practices with clear SOPs that need full-time front-office and administrative support. Plus adds a more experienced Medical VA, account management, weekly check-ins, KPI reporting, and revenue cycle workflow support. Executive adds senior-level support, managed onboarding documentation, security-controlled setup, enhanced QA, and continuity planning.
Is the assistant dedicated to my practice or shared?
Each associate is dedicated to your practice for up to 40 hours per week. They are not shared across unrelated clients. They work inside your systems, follow your workflows, and integrate with your team like an in-house team member.
Can your team work in U.S. time zones?
Yes. Associates are available across East Coast, Central, Mountain, and Pacific schedules so they can match your front-office and operating hours.
How do you handle HIPAA and patient information?
Every engagement includes a signed Business Associate Agreement, structured HIPAA onboarding, and annual HIPAA training with documented completion before access to patient information begins. Associates use MDM-managed or client-approved devices, unique credentials with role-based access, and written incident escalation procedures, and they work only through approved systems that follow the client's privacy and security requirements.
Which systems and phone tools do medical VAs work in?
Associates work inside your existing EHR, practice management system, scheduling, phone, and portal tools rather than requiring a platform change. Common environments include eClinicalWorks, TherapyNotes, IntakeQ, WRS Health, AdvancedMD, and standard VoIP phone systems. No migration is required.
Can a medical VA do medical billing tasks?
A Medical VA handles administrative and patient-access work: scheduling, intake, communication, eligibility checks, prior authorization tracking, and EHR updates. Full billing production, coding, and claim-level work belong to a dedicated medical biller or coder. Many practices staff a Medical VA alongside a biller so the front end stays clean and the biller focuses on claims.
Which Medical VA package should a practice choose?
Core is usually the starting point when your workflows are documented and your internal team can supervise day-to-day work. Plus is better when you want account management, recurring check-ins, and basic productivity reporting. Executive fits higher-complexity practices that need senior support, stronger QA, managed workflow documentation, and continuity planning.
What does the Executive package include that the other packages do not?
Executive includes a senior Medical VA, managed onboarding and workflow documentation, HIPAA-aligned device and access control setup, managed email, phone, and fax workflow support, monthly performance scorecards, enhanced QA, escalation support, backup planning, and quarterly workflow reviews.
What do Medical VAs not do?
Medical VAs handle administrative and revenue cycle support work. They do not make clinical decisions, provide medical advice, diagnose patients, prescribe treatment, or replace licensed clinical staff.
How quickly can a Medical VA start?
Timelines depend on the role, package, system access, and candidate approval. Most engagements move from approved candidate to onboarding within about one to two weeks, but we confirm a realistic start date during the staffing call.
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