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Delegate Report - 73rd AMT Educational Program and National Meeting

What an awesome week we had in San Antonio, Texas! Congratulations to Texas for hosting this great National Convention.

Central District took home their fair share of awards. I want to congratulate all the award winners. You all are very deserving of your awards. I want each Central District member to begin preparing for the award convocation next year in Pittsburgh. If you qualify for an award begin the preparation now. Ask your state officers to nominate you and get the appropriate forms off the AMT website. Fill them out and get them sent in.

I am also very proud of all our first timers who attended the convention in San Antonio. I urge you to begin making plans to be second timers in Pittsburgh. I do hope all came away from convention with a “re-union” feeling and you are looking forward to getting together again in the years to come.

Now on to other topics covered at convention. Please be aware of how hard our employees are working in Chicago. The AMT website contains many great tools to assist each of you. All manuals are now available there. Many forms are now also accessible on the website.

After the business meeting we had election of officers. New officers of the Board of Directors and AMTIE are as follows:
Mary Burden and Jeff Lavender were re-elected to the board. Heather Herring was elected to the RMA opening.
The new Board officers are:
President: Mary Burden, Vice President: Everett Bloodworth, Secretary: Jeff Lavender, Treasure: Jan Sessor.
The new AMTIE officers:
President: Linda Jones, Vice President: Art Contiono, Secretary: Marty Hinkle, Treasure: David Yocom. The newly elected Trustee is Norma Durfee.
As I mentioned the 2013 meeting will be in Pittsburg, Pa., the dates are July 8th -12th. This is the first meeting that the Board has incorporated the four day meeting into, which will be Monday thru Thursday. The 2014 National Convention will return to the Great Lakes region. Sites being mulled over include Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago and some others.

Concluding I urge all member to attend their fall meetings in the respective states. Election of officers will occur at this time in many of your states. We need you to get
involved in your state. Why not run for an office? Your present officers will help you and be so glad when you step up to the plate. Be safe and be blessed.

Randy Swopes, MT(AMT)
Central District Councilor

CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Certified Medical Administrative Specialist

1. Applicant shall be of good moral character.

2. Applicant shall meet one of the following eligibility routes:

ROUTE 1 (EDUCATION): Applicant shall be a graduate of, or scheduled to graduate from, an accredited medical office administrative program. ^1,2,3,4

ROUTE 2 (RMA CERTIFICANT): Applicant shall be certified as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), or equivalent, and possess a minimum of two years of recent full-time experience working as a medical office administrative specialist.

ROUTE 3 (WORK EXPERIENCE): Applicant shall have been employed as a medical office administrative specialist for a minimum of five of the past seven years. Proof of high school graduation (or equivalent) is required.

3. Applicant shall take and pass the appropriate AMT certification examination.

Requirement Footnotes:

1. Accredited program: Program or institution is accredited by a regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or otherwise approved by the AMT Board of Directors

2. All training programs should include a minimum of 720 clock hours (or equivalent) of didactic training in medical office administrative skills, including a clinical externship of no less than 160 hours in duration.

3. The training programs must have been structured to include at least the following content areas: 1) medical records management, 2) health care insurance processing, coding and billing, 3) office financial responsibilities, and 4) information processing.

4. Applicants seeking certification under eligibility Route 1 must have graduated from their academic programs within the past four years. Applicants whose date of graduation is four years or more prior to the date of their application must also provide evidence of relevant work experience for at least three of the last five years.



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