Chapter 1: Intro to medical assisting
HIPPA - correct answer ✔set of gov regulations that help ensure continuity
and privacy of healthcare, among other things
ABHES - correct answer ✔accredits private postsecondary institutions and
programs that prepare ind for entry medical assisting profession
CAAHEP - correct answer ✔works directly with the MA educational review
board (MAERB) of MA endowment to ensure that all accredited schools
provide a competency-based education
which of the following healthcare professionals must recertify credentials
every 5 years? - correct answer ✔CMAs (AAMA)
which of the following are considered clinical duties of the medical assistant? -
correct answer ✔a. assisting the doc druing exams
b. recording vitals
c. arranging for hospital admissions
d. reviewing billing info with a patient
a and b
c would a an administrative responsibility
term that refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal
development and career advancement? - correct answer ✔professional
development
, educational and experimental requirements to earn the RMA(AMT)
credential? - correct answer ✔- passing the AMT examination for RMA
(AMT) certification
-graduating from a medical assisting program that is accredited by ABHES or
CAAHEP
-working in the medical assisting profession for a min of 5 years, no more than
2 years of which may have been as an instructor
which of the following nonprofit certification agencies provides a variety of
allied health professionals with certification and membership programs? -
correct answer ✔AMT (American Medical Technologist)
similar to the AAMA
what are the two professional organizations that guide the profession of
medical assisting? - correct answer ✔the American medical technologist
(AMT) and the American association of medical assistants (AAMA)
Which of the following is membership benefit of the AAMA? - correct answer
✔a. discounted scrubs
b. group insurance
c. guaranteed job placement
d. subscription to physician publication
(b)
this is an independent agency that certifies the validity of competency and
knowledge of the medical profession through examination? - correct answer
✔NCCT (National Center for Competency testing)
HIPPA - correct answer ✔set of gov regulations that help ensure continuity
and privacy of healthcare, among other things
ABHES - correct answer ✔accredits private postsecondary institutions and
programs that prepare ind for entry medical assisting profession
CAAHEP - correct answer ✔works directly with the MA educational review
board (MAERB) of MA endowment to ensure that all accredited schools
provide a competency-based education
which of the following healthcare professionals must recertify credentials
every 5 years? - correct answer ✔CMAs (AAMA)
which of the following are considered clinical duties of the medical assistant? -
correct answer ✔a. assisting the doc druing exams
b. recording vitals
c. arranging for hospital admissions
d. reviewing billing info with a patient
a and b
c would a an administrative responsibility
term that refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal
development and career advancement? - correct answer ✔professional
development
, educational and experimental requirements to earn the RMA(AMT)
credential? - correct answer ✔- passing the AMT examination for RMA
(AMT) certification
-graduating from a medical assisting program that is accredited by ABHES or
CAAHEP
-working in the medical assisting profession for a min of 5 years, no more than
2 years of which may have been as an instructor
which of the following nonprofit certification agencies provides a variety of
allied health professionals with certification and membership programs? -
correct answer ✔AMT (American Medical Technologist)
similar to the AAMA
what are the two professional organizations that guide the profession of
medical assisting? - correct answer ✔the American medical technologist
(AMT) and the American association of medical assistants (AAMA)
Which of the following is membership benefit of the AAMA? - correct answer
✔a. discounted scrubs
b. group insurance
c. guaranteed job placement
d. subscription to physician publication
(b)
this is an independent agency that certifies the validity of competency and
knowledge of the medical profession through examination? - correct answer
✔NCCT (National Center for Competency testing)
