Learn about Issues Affecting the Profession
In Medical Assisting Today, AAMA Chief Executive Officer and Legal Counsel Donald A. Balasa, JD, MBA, covers critical issues, such as the right to practice and recognition of the CMA (AAMA) credential. Read the Legal Eye: On Medical Assisting blog for more information on legal issues.
2024
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Legally Allowable Medical Assisting Tasks in Telehealth
(September/October 2024)
The Final Gainful Employment Regulations
What CAAHEP Educators Need to Know
(July/August 2024)
New York Governor Urges New York Legislature to Allow Medical Assistants to Administer Immunizations
(May/June 2024)
Why a Strategic (Not Traditional) Occupational Analysis Is Essential for Medical Assisting Curriculum and Exam Development
(March/April 2024)
USDE Issues Final Regulations for Title IV of the HEA
(January/February 2024)
2023
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States That Require Medical Assistants to Meet Education and Testing Requirements
(November/December 2023)
A Department of Education Proposed Rule Could Impact Career and Technical (Including Allied Health) Education
(September/October 2023)
Boards of Nursing Should Authorize APRNs to Delegate to Medical Assistants
(July/August 2023)
Principles for Determining Whether to Develop a Microcredential
(March/April 2023)
Why Professional Regulation Laws Vary from State to State
(January/February 2023)
2022
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Two State Nursing Boards Recognize Educated and Credentialed Medical Assistants
(November/December 2022)
The Less-Regulation Movement
Why Certification Is a Viable Option for Professional Regulation
(September/October 2022)
Key Scope of Practice Legislation Is Enacted in Connecticut and South Carolina
(July/August 2022)
Delegation to Medical Assistants under Florida Law
(May/June 2022)
Utilizing Medical Assistants to the Top of Their Training
How Recent Law Changes Have Expanded Their Scope of Service
(March/April 2022)
How Will Medical Assistants Be Impacted by the CMS COVID-19 Vaccination Rule?
(January/February 2022)
2021
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AAMA Board of Trustees Creates the Advisory Program
(November/December 2021)
The AAMA Launches Order Entry Competence Outreach to Payers
(September/October 2021)
The AAMA Achieves Legislative Victories in Maryland and Washington
(July/August 2021)
Basics of not-for-profit and tax-exempt law
(May/June 2021)
Federal policy and the pandemic
How the pandemic and changes in federal policy have expanded medical assistants’ scope of practice
(March/April 2021)
What tasks are delegable to—and performable by—medical assistants?
Part II
(Jan/Feb 2021)
2020
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What tasks are delegable to—and performable by—medical assistants?
Part I
(Nov/Dec 2020)
Medical assistants' competence in performing diagnostic tests
Comments to the CMS
(Sept/Oct 2020)
Medical assistants answer the call to work in acute care settings
What is their scope of practice?
(Jul/Aug 2020)
Continuing education requirements for medical assistant-certified credential in WA
(May/June 2020)
Medical assistants’ role in remote physiologic monitoring services
(March/April 2020)
NP delegation in South Carolina
State law permits nurse practitioner delegation to medical assistants
(January/February 2020)