PRESIDENT S MESSAGE · DEBORAH NOVAK [email protected] SUMMIT – District # 12 JENNIFER...
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Fall 2019 Volume 60, Issue 3 The Helping Hands -a quarterly official publication of the Ohio State Socie- ty of Medical Assistants PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: This has been such a whirlwind of a year so far! Our local chapters have been offering great CEU opportunities and it’s been wonderful to see so many of you attending. As we gear up for the second half of the business year, let’s take some time to reflect on our accomplishments this year. Our summer board meeting and leadership seminar were well attended and offered our members education on how our or- ganization advocates for medical assistants. We also learned how to become more involved to advance our profession and the OSSMA. The fall education seminar and board meeting were also popular events. Great CEU sessions were offered by our members in the Tri- County Chapter. We greatly appreci- ate their time and effort that went into making that event a success. I want to thank all of our members who volunteer in making the OSSMA the great organization that is. I’d also like to challenge you with a task. Consider contacting a medi- cal assistant that isn’t currently active with us and invite them to attend a local chapter meeting with you. Perhaps share a cup of coffee after the meeting and chat about how the organization has benefitted you. You never know the impact that can have in increasing our numbers and par- ticipation. In closing, I wish you a happy, safe and warm winter! And as always, I’m just a phone call/email away if you need anything. Judy
Transcript of PRESIDENT S MESSAGE · DEBORAH NOVAK [email protected] SUMMIT – District # 12 JENNIFER...
Fall 2019 Volume 60, Issue 3
The Helping Hands
-a quarterly official publication of the Ohio State Socie-ty of Medical Assistants
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
This has been such a whirlwind of a year so far! Our local chapters have been offering great CEU opportunities and it’s been wonderful to see so many of you attending. As we gear up for the second half of the business year, let’s take some time to reflect on our accomplishments this year. Our summer board meeting and leadership seminar were well attended and offered our members education on how our or-ganization advocates for medical assistants. We also learned how to become more involved to advance our profession and the OSSMA. The fall education seminar and board meeting were also popular events. Great CEU sessions were offered by our members in the Tri-County Chapter. We greatly appreci-ate their time and effort that went into making that event a success. I want to thank all of our members who volunteer in making the OSSMA the great organization that is. I’d also like to challenge you with a task. Consider contacting a medi-cal assistant that isn’t currently active with us and invite them to attend a local chapter meeting with you. Perhaps share a cup of coffee after the meeting and chat about how the organization has benefitted you. You never know the impact that can have in increasing our numbers and par-ticipation. In closing, I wish you a happy, safe and warm winter! And as always, I’m just a phone call/email away if you need anything. Judy
“PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, ARE THE ONES WHO DO.” – ROB SILTANEN
CHICAGO (April 2018)—The CMA (AAMA) has always set the bar for excel-lence. Now, to better ensure current com-petence and knowledge, and thus better protect patients, the Certifying Board of the AAMA has made the following change in policy regarding the time limit for recer-tifying the CMA (AAMA) credential by continuing education:
Recertification by Continuing Edu-cation Time Limit. Effective January 1, 2020, an individual whose credential has been expired for more than 90 days forfeits the right to reactivate the creden-tial by continuing education and must sit for the CMA (AAMA) Certification/Recertification Examination.
Candidates are allowed three attempts to sit for and pass the exam. If the candidate does not pass on the third attempt, the candidate is no longer eligible for the ex-am or to recertify the CMA (AAMA) cre-dential. Payment of a $50 reactivation fee plus the current exam fee is required.
The Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA)—or CMA (AAMA)—credential represents a medical assistant who has been creden-tialed through the Certifying Board (CB) of the American Association of Medical As-sistants (AAMA)—the only medical assist-ing certifying body that has earned accred-itation under ISO International Standard 17024, representing powerful evidence of quality, efficiency, and safety.
Certification status is a matter of public record and may be released. Every day the AAMA responds to more than 100 em-ployer requests for CMA (AAMA) certifica-tion verification—for both current and potential employees.
Medical assisting is one of the nation’s careers growing much faster than average for all occupations, according to the Unit-ed States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Medical assistants work predominantly in outpatient health care settings. Employers are seeking and recruiting these allied health professionals because of their uniquely diverse clinical and administra-tive patient-centered training.
The mission of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to provide the medical assistant professional with educa-tion, certification, credential acknowledg-ment, networking opportunities, scope-of-practice protection, and advocacy for qual-ity patient-centered health care.
For more information, visit www.aama-ntl.org or call the AAMA directly at 800/228-2262.
Source– American Association of Medical Assistants, website. https://www.aama-ntl.org/news/press-releases#2020recertchange
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CMA (AAMA) RECERTIFICATION POLICY CHANGE TO TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2020
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COUNTY CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
CHAPTER EMAIL
CUYAHOGA - District # 5
JENNIFER DIETZ [email protected]
FIRELANDS – District # 11
ATHENA SHAFFER [email protected]
FRANKLIN – District # 10
BETTY BALTES [email protected]
HEARTLAND – District # 11
VERA MERRICK [email protected]
MONTGOMERY – District # 2
NICCI SUTHERLAND [email protected]
MUSKINGUM
OHIO VALLEY
SOUTHWEST – District # 1
DEBORAH NOVAK [email protected]
SUMMIT – District # 12
JENNIFER KRIMASCHEWICZ [email protected]
NORTHWEST (formerly Toledo-Lucas) – District # 4
VERONICA BURGERT [email protected]
TRI-COUNTY- District # 6
ROSE MARIE OROLOGAS [email protected]
WEST CENTRAL – District # 3
AIMEE QUINN [email protected]
OSSMA STATE CON-FERENCE 2020
MARCH 26-28, 2020
The Northwest Ohio Chapter of
Medical Assistants will be host-
ing the 2020 OSSMA State Con-
ference in March.
The NWOCMA has been dili-
gently planning the conference
and will be posting information
soon to the website
(www.ohssma.org) and the next
edition of the Helping Hands.
For those of you who would like
to get a jump start on your hotel
reservations, you can contact:
Hilton Garden Inn 6165 Levis Commons Blvd Perrysburg, OH 43551
Rooms $119/night for 1-4 peo-ple
Room reservations must be made by March 5, 2019 to guarantee this pricing
Telephone: 419-873-3579
The full conference schedule
will be available mid-January on
the website.
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HISTORIAN
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tos from an OSSMA function?
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photograph archive! Please
submit any photographs or
digital pictures to Julie Fogt,
CMA(AAMA).
OSSMA Fall Seminar and Board Meeting Fall, 2019
OSSMA members, Tasha Jackson, Aimee Wicker, Lora Wilson, Aggie Root, and Sonya Harris enjoy meeting with a canine service animal and its handler.
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SUNSHINE COMMITTEE: OFFERING A SMILE WHEN YOU NEED IT
The OSSMA is proud to support the Sunshine Committee. This
committee is charged with sending out greetings in the event of
an illness, marriage, birth of a baby, death of a loved one or just
to say, “We are thinking about you.”
Natasha Geno, Sunshine Committee
Chair and Immediate Past President has
this to say about the importance of the
Sunshine Committee:
“The mission of the Sunshine Com-mittee is to motivate, support, and build caring relationships with the members of our organization when we are celebrating a happy occasion or facing a challenging time. A little spark of kindness can put a colossal burst of Sunshine into someone’s day.” 4
Natasha Geno, CMA(AAMA)
SPOTLIGHT AWARD WINNER
Natasha Geno , CMA(AAMA), recently received a Spot-
light Award from Nationwide Children’s Hospital for her
hard work and dedication as a School Based Asthma
Therapy Program Coordinator. Her supervisors were
very appreciative of her happy disposition, attention to
detail and positivity. Congratulations, Natasha! We are
proud of you!
OSSMA STUDENT EXCEL AWARD WINNER
Debra Hoagland is a student at Ohio University, Lan-
caster in the medical assisting program. She was the
recipient of a OSSMA Student Excel Award for 2019.
Ms. Hoagland was presented this award during the
Scholarship Luncheon at the annual OSSMA State
Conference, hosted by the Franklin County Chapter of
Medical Assistants. Great work , Debbi! We are look-
ing forward to watching you grow into a superb medi-
cal assistant!
““Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.” -Dennis Waitley
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Tri County Chapter of Medical Assistants held their Fall Seminar on Saturday, November 2, 2019. We had 42 registrants in attendance. Continental breakfast and lunch was provided.
Our Speakers included Kim Meters, speaking on Extreme Coding: Phy-sicians Visits, Mary Ann Turschak on Lead Poisoning, Deborah Hale on Prescription Assistance and Kathylynn Feld on Patient Care That Goes Beyond Pills: animal Can Heal the Body, Mind and Soul.
Tri County held a Chinese Auction and 50/50 raffle. Winners of the baskets were as follows: Dawna Pyle, Judy Harlan, Clare Hayes, Nata-sha Geno, Judie Alessi (she won 2!!!), Rhonda Hertzenranker, Aimee Quinn, Elizabeth Carpenter, Maria Keeler and the 50/50 raffle was won by Shareen Odeh for $99. Diana Rogers won the 50/50 Mary Buckley raffle which she donated it back to the Mary Buckley.
Ohio State Society of Medical Assistants held their Fall Board meeting immediately after the speakers were finished.
Thank you to all that attended. Tri County will be hosting another Spring Seminar April 25, 2020. Hope to see you there!
FALL SEMINAR AND BOARD MEETING RECAP DIANA ROGERS, CMA(AAMA)
Diana Rogers,
District 6 Councilor,
OSSMA Past President
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# Report Name # Report Name
1 President Judy Kronenberger
19 Physician Advisor Dr. Tabb/Dr. Minn
2 Vice President Julie Fogt 20 Judicial Council
Natasha Geno
3 Secretary Amy Adams 21 Advertising Melanie Shearer
4 Treasurer Agnes Root 22 Articles/Bylaws Aimee Wicker
5 Speaker Judie Alessi 23 Awards Julie Fogt
6 Vice Speaker Aimee Quinn 24 Mary Buckley Carol Watts
7 Immediate Past President
Natasha Geno
25 Budget/Finance Agnes Root
8 Parliamentari-an
Carol Watts 26 Bulletin Melanie Shearer
9 DC # 1 Clare Ley 27 Chapter Liaison Nicci Sutherland
10 DC # 2 Diana McDaniel
28 Continuing Educa-tion
Julie Fogt
11 DC # 3 Jennifer Young
29 Conference 2019 Rebecca Azbell
12 DC # 4 Amy McMasters
30 Conference 2020 Diane Morlock
13 DC # 5 Mary Elizabeth Browder
31 Historian Julie Fogt
14 DC # 6 Diana Rogers 32 Membership Clare Ley
15 DC # 10 Dianne Moreland 33 Nominating Amy McMasters
16 DC # 11 Judy Harlan 34 Policy Handbook Natasha Geno
17 DC # 12 Jennifer Krimaschewicz
35 Public Policy Lora Wilson
18 DC MAL Jennifer Dietz
36 Public Relations Deb Novak
Alt DC # 1 April Schachleiter
Alt DC # 2 Kim Hedgcorth
Alt DC # 3 Amber DeLashmutt
Alt DC # 4 Paula Birney
Alt DC # 5 Melanie Shearer
Alt DC # 6 Rose Orologas
Alt DC # 10
Elizabeth Baltes
Alt DC # 11 Vera Merrick
Alt DC # 12
Judy Heffner
Alt DC MAL
Suzette Best
37 Strategic Planning Aimee Quinn
38 Ways and Means Jennifer Young
39 Webmaster Jennifer Dietz
40 Social media Chair Clare Hays
41 Emergency Dues Carol Watts
42 Partnership Task Force
Cheryl Kuck
43 Leadership Com-mittee
Aimee Wicker
44 Sunshine Commit-tee
Natasha Geno
2019-2020 OSSMA Board of Trustees and Committee Chairs
Mentoring
Expiration Date: Never Expires!
Contact Clare Ley for Information. Get a mentor. Learn a lot!
Email: [email protected]
OSSMA
2020 State Conference
Ohio State Society of Medical Assistants
Information coming soon
to www.ohssma.org!
Northwest Ohio Chap-
ter of Medical
Assistants
Save the
date!
March 26
-28, 2020
NWOCMA Don’t forget to renew
your national and state dues
before December 31, 2019 if
you plan on running for an
OSSMA officer position for
the 2020-2021 year.
Ohio State Society of Medical Assistants State District Map
Northwest Ohio Chapter
Tri County Chapter : District 6
The Mary Buckley Scholarship Fund was established in 1959 in memory of the second president of the OSSMA, Mary Buckley of Toledo, who tragically died in a fire in her home 2 weeks before the end of her term as president. The first scholarship was awarded in 1972 making 2020 scholarships the 48th year of awards. Since 1972, the Ohio State Society of Medical Assistants has sponsored annual scholarships for Medical Assisting Students who are enrolled in AAMA-CAAHEP accredited medical assisting programs through its Mary Buckley Scholarship Fund. We will be awarding at least four (4) $1000.00 scholarships at the President's Luncheon at the annual meeting in April 2020. We will accept applications between December 16, 2019 through February 25, 2020. A student may apply in their second semester of the Medical Assisting program. Selection criteria are based on:
Desire to enter the allied health care profession
Financial need
GPA 2.5 or higher No application will be accepted without transcripts and 2 (two) letters of recommendations. In 2019, twenty-two applications were received for the scholarships. After much deliberation the following applicants received the 2019 Mary Buckley Scholarships: Makayla M. Gantz - Ashland County West Holmes Career Center
Taylor A. Kervin - James A. Rhodes State College
Angela S. March - Apollo Career Center
Puja Sanyasi - Stark State College
Morgan M. Carlson - Apollo Career Center
Applicants may find the application for the 2020 Mary Buckley Scholarship on the OSSMA web-site at www.ohssma.org. in addition to the following Helping Hands pages.
MARY BUCKLEY SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE – CAROL WATTS, CMA(AAMA)
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Carol Watts,
CMA(AAMA), Mary
Buckley Scholarship
Chair
Congratulations!
MARY BUCKLEY SCHOLARSHIP
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Mary Buckley Page 2
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