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Indiana County Technology Center

As part of their training to become community-minded professionals, students in the Medical Assistant program at the Indiana County Technology Center engage in philanthropic activities throughout their training.

This years Medical Assistant students choose to collect toys for the Salvation Army's "Treasures for Children." The toy drive was highly successful. The students collected over 100 toys for donation

Past Schools in the Spotlight

Miller Motte Technical College GA

First Institute in Crystal Lake, IL

Miami-Jacobs Career College in Independence, Ohio

Kaplan College, Charlotte North Carolina

Keiser University – Fort Meyers Campus

ECPI College of Technology for Medical Assisting, Richmond, VA

The Kaplan University

Northeast Technical Institute

Remington College, Colorado Springs Campus

Heald College, Fresno California

Spencerian College, Kentucky

BGMAS, Kentucky

Heald College, Honolulu Hawaii

Southwestern Oklahoma University at Sayre, Oklahoma

Who doesn’t like a few moments of fame?? AMT can make that happen for your school and students. Simply submit interesting tidbits of information to mail@americanmedtech.org and we’ll include them on this page or in the student newsletter. Include pictures or stories about how you celebrated an allied health week, a special accomplishment of a student or group of students, or any other human interest stories that pertain to a profession. Be creative!

AMT is also looking to highlight your school – if you are interested, please submit the following information:

Name of your school/campus
Name of program director
List of allied health certification programs you offer
The total number of students you graduate from all allied health programs each year
Any specific or special information you may have about your school or program(s)
Picture of your current student group (let us know group name)

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.