Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

I recently received the following question from an Indiana medical assistant: I am looking into getting my surgical technologist degree, but I am wondering if I can use my medical assisting degree in the [operating room]. I have read some articles, but I am not seeing where it states yes or no.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I recently received the following question: In researching the use of medical assistants in the Medicare Chronic Care Management (CCM) program, I came across your excellent talk in 2018 on YouTube.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I received the following interesting and important question from a CMA (AAMA): I graduated from an accredited medical assisting program and am a current CMA (AAMA).

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

OCTOBER 16, 2024

I recently received the following question: [I am located] in Ohio. [I was] wondering if you have any knowledge/experience with medical assistants being permitted to compound medications (mixing 2–3 different medications together under the direction of a provider).

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

AUGUST 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) issued final regulations for the Financial Value Transparency and the Gainful Employment requirements that must be met for a program to participate in financial assistance programs for students under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. These regulations went into effect July 1, 2024.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

AUGUST 14, 2024

I recently received the following email: I have moved to Georgia, and I am encountering medical assistants being called nurses at almost all levels in this clinic. Medical assistants refer to themselves as nurses. The providers state, “My nurse will be back in to speak with you.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

JULY 17, 2024

I recently received the following question about California medical assisting law. I periodically receive this type of question about the laws of other states.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

JUNE 13, 2024

The following question is from a program director of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)–accredited medical assisting program: We are in the process of trying to ensure that our medical assisting certificate program will adhere to the new program length requirements for gainful employment. Under this new federal regulation, certificate programs… Continue reading U.S.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

MAY 31, 2024

I received the following question from a CMA (AAMA)®: I work in a state that does not have education or credentialing requirements for medical assistants. Our clinic is planning to hire certified nursing assistants to work as medical assistants.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

APRIL 10, 2024

I received the following question from a CMA (AAMA)® who is also a surgical technologist: I am a CMA (AAMA) and am also certified in surgical technology in the state in which I am currently working. I am planning to move to New Jersey, a state that does not recognize surgical technology in its law.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

MARCH 20, 2024

I recently received the following request for information from a medical group in South Carolina: We [need] to find out what tasks certified medical assistants can do and what uncertified medical assistants cannot do.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

OCTOBER 18, 2023

I recently received the following question: As a [credentialed medical assistant], am I allowed to change prescription medications (e.g., discontinue, stop date, different doses, new medication)? I work in the infusion room. My company started making infusion medical assistants responsible for this with no training.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The American Association of Medical Assistants® (AAMA) Board of Trustees, other AAMA volunteer leaders, and AAMA staff salute all medical assistants on this 2023 Medical Assistants Recognition Day—October 18, 2023.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The United States Department of Education (USDE) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would impose new requirements on academic programs that “prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation,” which became final Oct. 31, 2023. This requirement encompasses allied health professions such as medical assisting.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

I recently received the following question: I have been reading and hearing conflicting information about whether California law requires medical assistants to be certified or licensed. Can you please clarify the California law for me? California medical assisting law can seem confusing. However, I am happy to explain it in understandable terms.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

MARCH 6, 2024

A medical assistant recently sent me the following email: I was curious about my scope of practice under the law of my state and went to your “State Scope of Practice Laws” webpage. I could not find anything in my state’s section that mentioned “medical assistants.

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