What Stands Behind a Medical Assistant’s Name?

All medical assistants we know stand with pride. Behind the smiling face greeting patients as they arrive for their appointments stands their knowledge, training, professionalism and dedication. Their highest goal is to provide outstanding services to everybody that comes in and out the  medical office and be an active contributor to the community’s wellbeing. While their days can become extremely busy at the end of the day they go home with the knowledge and satisfaction that they’ve made a real difference in people’s lives, not only of patients and their family members, but also their employer’s and colleagues. Their name and reputation stands behind everything they do.
 

Medical Assistant Career

As you already know, the medical assisting career is a about CARING. It is a highly rewarding discipline, but it can also come with unexpected challenges and hidden pitfalls mostly because of its lack of regulation and so many subspecialties in various health care and medical fields a medical assistant can work in. One thing is for sure: all medical assistants MUST understand what is expected of them and what they can and cannot do. Medical assistants must ALWAYS work under the direct supervision of a licensed health care practitioner, such as medical doctor, or registered nurse practitioner whenever the provide direct hands-on patient care as part of their job.
 
In your medical assistant role you will appreciate connecting with your patients, co-workers, and medical assistant peers, and enjoy sharing tips, interests, passions, worries, and concerns. While most medical assistants do not hold a college or graduate degree it is their certification that speaks volumes. By passing a recognized medical assistant certification exam the individual has demonstrated his/her abilities and knowledge that are essential on the workplace. It also speaks about the person’s interest, motivation, pride, dedication and commitment to the career.
 

Credentials Behind the Medical Assistant Name

When you notice such letters as CMA, RMA, or CCMA added immediately behind a medical assistant’s name, such as on their name tag, or signature, it means that you are dealing with a fully accredited professional and the letters represent the person’s credentials. These credentials are earned by passing a standardized certification exam within the medical assistant discipline through a professional membership association. It covers a wide spectrum of clinical and administrative competencies in the medical assisting field and any person who passes it has achieved the highest level of professional accomplishment and pride.
 

While medical assistants are often expected to write out prescription orders while being directly supervised by the attending physician, a medical assistant is not authorized to sign them. A medical assistant was just arrested for forging doctors’ signatures on prescription pads and charged with second-degree forgery and petty larceny for illegally taking the prescription documents. Learn more about the medical assistant’s scope of practice at MedicalAssistant.net.
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In a medical offie, the doctor is the ultimate person in charge of the entire medical office team; that’s every staff member that works under his, or her employ. He/she has the ultimate say-so when it comes to hiring and firing staff members and is also responsible for the entire practice’s needs. Next is the senior medical office manager who oversees all hired medical office staff in the front and back offices; then there is the administrative medical office supervisor who oversees the front office’s clerical, secretarial and receptionist staff.
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