The American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Installs Patty Licurs, CMA as Trustee

Portland, OR (MMD Newswire) October 14, 2015 — The American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) met in Portland, Oregon for its Annual Conference. Patty Licurs, CMA (AAMA), was installed as the 2015 – 2017 AAMA Trustee. In this capacity, Trustee Licurs, a resident of Gaffney, represents medical assistants across the nation. Medical assisting is an allied health profession whose practitioners function as members of the health care delivery team and perform administrative and clinical procedures.

Trustee Licurs states, “It is an honor and a privilege to serve the association and profession during this time of great change in health care delivery. Medical assistants play an important role in the physician’s office as part of the health care delivery team and I am proud to be a part of that team”.

Licurs brings a great deal of experience to her office. She has been in the health care field for 29 years, currently working for Medical Group of the Carolinas-Vascular Access Services as a certified medical assistant. She previously worked for Spartanburg Regional Medical Center for 24 years in various positions, including dark room tech, medical secretary, medical transcriptionist, and as a certified medical assistant for GYN Oncology. She also worked for Nuance Transcription Services for three and a half years as a medical transcriptionist.

Licurs has served on many committees and strategy teams for the AAMA, including the Health Information Technology Committee, Continuing Education Board, Task Force on Conference Sessions, Professional Expansion and Awareness Task Force, Membership Strategy Team, Leadership and Mentoring Strategy Team, and the Nominating Committee.

The purpose of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to promote the professional identity and stature of its members and the medical assisting profession through education and credentialing.

The AAMA offers the CMA (AAMA) credential, which verifies entry-level knowledge of medical assisting professionals. The CMA (AAMA) represents a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) who has been credentialed by the Certifying Board of the AAMA. The National Board of Medical Examiners-responsible for many national examinations for physicians-serves as test consultant for the examination.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of medical assistants continues to grow much faster than the average for all occupations.

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Contact: Jean M. Lynch, AAMA MarCom Director 800/228-2262

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