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?
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* 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
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