Not exact matches
Graduates who come from a
recognized medical assisting training
school can gain the following certifications in the
medical assisting field: 1.
In order to become an eligible candidate to embrace the designation of a Registered
Medical Assistant, a student should attend and successfully pass a medical assisting set of courses at a recognized training school that is accredited by either CAAHEP or
Medical Assistant, a student should attend and successfully pass a
medical assisting set of courses at a recognized training school that is accredited by either CAAHEP or
medical assisting set of courses at a
recognized training
school that is accredited by either CAAHEP or ABHES.
However, there are only two accrediting bodies that are
recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as programmatic accreditors of postsecondary
medical assisting programs: (1) the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP); and (2) the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education
Schools (ABHES).
... «Approved
medical assistant training program» means: (1) a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education
Schools (ABHES) or a
medical assisting program accredited by any accrediting agency
recognized by the United States Department of Education; or (2) a program in a
school institutionally accredited by an accrediting body
recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; or (3) a United States Armed Forces
medical services training program.
(1) have graduated from an accredited, postsecondary
medical assisting program that is accredited by either the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education
Schools (ABHES)-- the only academic accrediting bodies that are
recognized by either the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; and
The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education
Schools are the only programmatic
medical assisting accrediting bodies
recognized by either the United States Department of Education (USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
It is the position of the OSSMA and the AAMA that individuals who have graduated from a postsecondary
medical assisting academic program accredited by either the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education
Schools (ABHES) have «successfully completed education based on a
recognized body of knowledge concerning drug administration.»
Two agencies
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education accredit programs in
medical assisting: The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education
Schools (ABHES).
What makes this certificate stand out is that it is the only
medical assisting certification that includes a requirement for students to graduate from a
school that is accredited by an agency that is
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.