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Medical Assistant Certification

     

 

 

Recognized Certification Providers

Today's health care training programs gear their programs specifically toward one, or several of the nationally recognized medical assistant certification exams, depending on which certification provider they have partnered their programs with.

Which Medical Assistant Certification Exams?

Most students are well prepared to pass the test to earn professional credentials they will use with their name when they introduce themselves to employers and patients, sign documents, or apply for jobs. However, the confusion around which professional certification is what continues!

  The questions asked most by medical assistant students are:

  • is one certification as good as the other
  • what is the difference between the exams
  • will I need more than one certification to land a job?
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Nicole (from the ip address 71.43.114.10)
Subject:
  NRCMA?
Your Professional Title/Credentials: RMA

I cruise through the job listings all the time, and I came across a listing for NRCMA... or for CMA through the AAMA. What is the difference between NRCMA, and CMA, or is that one in the same?

I am a recent graduate and I recently passed my RMA test, and people keep asking me if I have taken my national exam, so that I am certified in different states. I'm so confused! Which is better?



* NRCMA stands for Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant

 

Sources of Additional Information:
 
National health career Association (NHA)
7 Ridgedale Ave., Suite 203
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
Phone: (800) 499-9092

American Medical Technologists (AMT)
10700 West Higgins Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: (800) 275-1268

American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
20 N. Wacker Drive, #1575
Chicago, IL 60606-2963
Phone: (312) 899-1500

National Center for Competency Testing, Inc. (NCCT)
7007 College Boulevard, #705
Overland Park, KS 66211
Phone: (800) 875-4404

American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)
69 Southwick Rd.
Westfield, MA 01085
Phone: (800) 527-2762

California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants
P.O. Box 462
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: (888) 464-2622

American Society of Podiatric Medical Assistants (ASPMA)
2l24 S. Austin Blvd.
Cicero, IL 60804
Phone: (708) 863-6303

Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
2025 Woodlane Dr.
St. Paul, MN 55125-2998
Phone: (800) 284-3937

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314 N.
Falls Church, VA 22043
Phone: (703) 917-9503