AAMA Installs Deborah A. Novak, CMA (AAMA) as Trustee

    RESTON, VA, October 21, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) met in Reston, Virginia for its 60th Annual Conference. Deborah A. Novak, CMA (AAMA), was installed as 2016-2018 AAMA Trustee. In this capacity, Trustee Novak, a resident of Cincinnati, represents medical assistants and CMAs (AAMA) across the nation.

Medical assisting is one of the nation's careers growing much faster than average for all occupations, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Medical assistants work in outpatient health care settings. Employers are seeking and recruiting these allied health professionals because of their uniquely diverse clinical and administrative patient-centered training.

Trustee Novak states, "It is an honor to serve the association and profession during this time of great change in the health care environment. The CMA (AAMA) plays an integral role on the health care delivery team, and the AAMA offers support and education to CMAs (AAMA) to always strive for service excellence."

Novak brings a great deal of experience to her office. She is currently employed by TriHealth Physician Partners (Anderson office) as the associate practice manager. Novak has been a medical assistant for 37 years and a member of the AAMA for 35 years. She has held many leadership positions on the local and state society levels, as well as in her roles at work.

Novak has served in many capacities for the AAMA. She is currently serving as the chair of the AAMA Marketing, Social Media, and Membership Development strategy teams. She also is chair of the AAMA and Ohio State Society Partnership task forces.

The Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA)--or CMA (AAMA)--credential represents a medical assistant who has been credentialed through the Certifying Board (CB) of the AAMA.

The CB of the AAMA was awarded accreditation by the International Accreditation Service (IAS) under ISO 17024, the global benchmark for personnel certification bodies, thus ensuring the CMA (AAMA) represents a world class certification.

The CMA (AAMA) Certification Program remains accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)--an accrediting arm of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE). Consequently, the CB and its CMA (AAMA) Certification Program are the only medical assisting certifying body and certification program (respectively) that hold accreditation under both IAS and the NCCA.

A rigorous credential, the CMA (AAMA) also is the only certification that requires postsecondary education. Only candidates who graduate from an accredited postsecondary medical assisting program are eligible to sit for the CMA (AAMA) Certification Examination. The CMA (AAMA) must recertify every five years. The National Board of Medical Examiners--responsible for many national examinations for physicians--serves as test consultant for the examination. As a result, the reliability and validity of the CMA (AAMA) credential are of the highest order.

Certification status is a matter of public record and may be released. Every day the AAMA responds to more than 100 employer requests for CMA (AAMA) certification verification--for both current and potential employees.

The mission of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to provide the medical assistant professional with education, certification, credential acknowledgment, networking opportunities, scope-of-practice protection, and advocacy for quality patient-centered health care.

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