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December (1) | 2023

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Happy Holidays!


The AAMA wishes everyone a happy holiday season! We hope you enjoy some much-deserved relaxation, delicious meals, and time with loved ones.

Reap the Benefits of AAMA Membership


Are you not an AAMA member, or is your membership expiring Dec. 31, 2023? Join online and enjoy all the benefits that come with membership:


  • The AAMA magazine. Get firsthand access to medical assisting news, continuing education articles, and health care information via the AAMA magazine, which is published six times a year.



  • Right to practice. Your dues dollars help the AAMA work to protect your right to practice as a medical assistant.


  • AAMA Member Perks Program. Membership gives you access to an exclusive savings marketplace with Beneplace, a partner of the AAMA. Get great discounts on favorite brands and local businesses on top of the many professional benefits of AAMA membership!
Join or Renew AAMA Membership

CMA (AAMA)® Uses Compassion to Create Lasting Bonds with Local Patients


Kristy Rabun, CMA (AAMA), grew up caring for her mother, which ignited her passion for health care. After graduating from a medical assisting program in 2017, she obtained a position in an oncology clinic where she forms close bonds with patients who frequent the clinic for cancer treatments. She supports these patients through the difficulties of treatment and as a familiar figure among her community.


“I wish my mom was here so I could say, ‘Thank you for letting me take care of you because taking care of you put me in the position to take care of others,’ ” says Rabun.


Current AAMA members and CMAs (AAMA)®, share your story by filling out the Call for Spotlight Profiles form on the AAMA website.

Read the Spotlight Article

Compensation Comparisons



How do your earnings compare with your peers? View the 2023 CMA (AAMA) Compensation and Benefits Report, available on the AAMA website, to see what CMAs (AAMA) of all experience levels earn across the country.

Review the Report

Become an Interviewee for the AAMA Magazine


Do you want to share your voice in the AAMA magazine? You need not be an expert in a specific topic—just an expert in medical assisting. All medical assistants are welcome!


Volunteer by filling out the AAMA Magazine Interviewee Sign-Up Consent Questionnaire! The questionnaire might be sitting in your inbox; search for the subject headline “We need AAMA magazine interviewees! Do you want to be interviewed or opt out?” When you find the email, click the “Sign Up or Opt Out Now!” button to fill out the brief questionnaire. Or, click the button below to begin.


Don't miss this opportunity to share your medical assisting experience with your community!

Sign Up to Be an AAMA Magazine Interviewee

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Recertifying via Continuing Education

Recertifying your CMA (AAMA)® credential via continuing education (CE)? Avoid missing the deadlinemake sure you know the last day you can apply to recertify by CE. Review the CMA (AAMA) Recertification by Continuing Education Application and apply to recertify by CE online or by mail.


Has your CMA (AAMA) certification expired? Check the “Last Date to Apply by Continuing Education Timelines” table on the “Recertification Policies” webpage, and see whether you are still eligible to recertify by CE.

News for Volunteer Leaders

News for volunteer leaders will now be shared in its own monthly e-blast. All current AAMA officers (chapter, state society, and national levels) are automatically subscribed to the monthly leadership e-blasts. 


If you’re not currently an officer but you’re interested in keeping your finger on the pulse or dipping your toes into AAMA leadership, you can subscribe!

Subscribe to AAMA Leader Insider

Featured AAMA Continuing Education Products

Cannabis Phenomenology, Therapeutics, Misuse—An Evolving Landscape


Examine the evolving cannabis landscape and policy, and generate ideas for how to discuss cannabis use with patients and others.

 

This free webinar is presented by Alan J. Budney, PhD, and provided by the Medical Assistant Partnership for Healthy Pregnancies and Families, a partner of the AAMA.

 

1 CEU (gen/clin)


Free for AAMA members and nonmembers.



Visit the AAMA e-Learning Center to browse the full catalog of online courses.

Earn an ABC in Geriatrics


Expand your understanding of common conditions of and advanced care planning for geriatric patients by completing the Assessment-Based Certificate Program in Geriatrics (ABC-G)! Begin the program via the AAMA e-Learning Center.

Featured Blog Posts

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“Partners in Prime: Learn and Grow via Opportunities from AAMA Partners



Learn how to make the most of available opportunities via numerous AAMA partnerships to earn continuing education units toward recertifying your CMA (AAMA)® credential. 

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Permissible Medication Tasks for Credentialed Medical Assistants


Learn whether medical assistants are permitted to carry out the clinical orders of the delegating licensed provider or alter medications for patients without the patient-specific order of a licensed independent provider.

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