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Member Benefits

Those seeking AMT membership first need to be certified by AMT. Once certification is granted, individuals automatically become members and have a host of member benefits at their disposal:

An emphasis on education

AMT strongly advocates lifelong learning as part of a member’s personal and professional growth, and in fact requires its newer members to acquire a specific number of continuing education credits in order to maintain certification. A number of different educational opportunities are offered through AMT, including:

Annual Convention (Click here)
State society meetings and seminars (Click here)
Journal of Continuing Education Topics & Issues
STEP Online Continuing Education (Click here)
CE Modules (Click here)

AMT members also receive a 10% discount on a wide range of allied health books and publications offered by Cengage Learning.

Leadership and professional recognition

AMT encourages its members to grow professionally and be recognized as a leader in the community by participating in state and national committees and boards, taking advantage of scholarship programs, helping their institution celebrate a national allied health specialty week, and recognizing peers through various national and regional awards. (Click here).

AMT members can showcase their accomplishments by proudly wearing pins and patches (Click here) specific to their certification. AMT also makes available a variety of frames for the certificate.

Keeping current

AMT members keep current in their field not just through continuing education, but also through AMT Events which features news and commentary of interest to the profession, and the AMT website, which houses the latest legislative updates and other breaking industry news.

Career assistance

In addition to helping members get established as certified healthcare professionals, AMT also assists with job placement. AMT’s Career Connection is an online job bank that allows members to post resumes and conduct job searches. (Click here)

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If you are interested in becoming a member of AMT, you first need to be certified. Check out the eligibility requirements under your specific certification specialty and apply today!

CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Certified Medical Administrative Specialist

1. Applicant shall be of good moral character.

2. Applicant shall meet one of the following eligibility routes:

ROUTE 1 (EDUCATION): Applicant shall be a graduate of, or scheduled to graduate from, an accredited medical office administrative program. ^1,2,3,4

ROUTE 2 (RMA CERTIFICANT): Applicant shall be certified as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), or equivalent, and possess a minimum of two years of recent full-time experience working as a medical office administrative specialist.

ROUTE 3 (WORK EXPERIENCE): Applicant shall have been employed as a medical office administrative specialist for a minimum of five of the past seven years. Proof of high school graduation (or equivalent) is required.

3. Applicant shall take and pass the appropriate AMT certification examination.

Requirement Footnotes:

1. Accredited program: Program or institution is accredited by a regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or otherwise approved by the AMT Board of Directors

2. All training programs should include a minimum of 720 clock hours (or equivalent) of didactic training in medical office administrative skills, including a clinical externship of no less than 160 hours in duration.

3. The training programs must have been structured to include at least the following content areas: 1) medical records management, 2) health care insurance processing, coding and billing, 3) office financial responsibilities, and 4) information processing.

4. Applicants seeking certification under eligibility Route 1 must have graduated from their academic programs within the past four years. Applicants whose date of graduation is four years or more prior to the date of their application must also provide evidence of relevant work experience for at least three of the last five years.