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We have criticized, reported and warned about misleading advertisements and fake schools targeting potential medical assistant students seeking online courses on our website for years. Now, Donald Balasa of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) legal department is also raising awareness … Continue reading →

Medical assistants are unlicensed employees in the healthcare system, and local and state laws require that a supervising physician, surgeon, or podiatrist must be present whenever clinical tasks, especially direct patient care procedures, are performed.   Employers, often doctors, who … Continue reading →

When I enter the search term medical assistant into any search engine query box, I essentially mean “what is a medical assistant”, not medical assistant jobs, medical assistant training, or one page that gives me a general blah-blah-blah rewritten from … Continue reading →

MyAPMBA Networking to Success We are pleased to announce that the APMBA has officially opened and we are now accepting memberships. As an appreciation to Michelle Rimmer CHI, all former PMBA members (active as of 12/31/2011) we are offering ½ … Continue reading →

Healthcare is the largest industry in the American economy and includes public and private hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, offices of physicians, dentists and other licensed practitioners, home healthcare services, outpatient care centers and other ambulatory healthcare services and … Continue reading →

Front Desk Duties As an administrative medical assistant working the front desk for a doctor’s office, or medical center, you will be required to pull and file medical records and patient charts, register each new patient, and verify their address, insurance … Continue reading →

Gone are the days of clip boards and medical charts carried by the medical assistant, or nurse. Today’s medical assistants, especially certified medical assistants, are headed toward the future and need to be prepared and well trained in Information Technology … Continue reading →

Phoenix posted the following question in our medical assistant forum:  Friend With Criminal Record Wants to Become a Medical AssistantMy friend lives in California an considered becoming a MA. The problem is she has a criminal record. She wants to … Continue reading →

Most certified medical assistants today are trained in the art of venipuncture and phlebotomy. While medical assistants do not draw arterial blood samples, they are able to obtain blood from a vein, usually in the arm,  do the finger sticks and … Continue reading →

Can you see yourself in the role of a phlebotomist providing services to people who are seeking answers regarding their health? Can you imagine yourself helping them by collecting their blood for analysis so that a diagnosis can be made … Continue reading →