Grace Health celebrates CMAA graduates

(Story by Rebekah Riggs)

A cohort of 22 Grace Health employees gathered at 2nd and Main in Corbin recently to receive their Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) pins, signifying completion of the seven-week program and the certification exam.

Photo by SIDNEY HOLCOMB
Pinning ceremony: A cohort of 22 Grace Health employees gathered at 2nd and Main in Corbin recently to receive their Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) pins. (L-R) Sr. HR Director Kim Bingham, MaKenna Knuckles, Tabitha Janes, Ann Sizemore, Brandy Nelson, Rebecca Scott, Vonnie Holland, Tracy Reid, Loretta Reedy, Ginger Gould, Instructor Kelly Philpot, and HR Generalist Patty Miller. Not pictured: Hannah-Lynn Barton, Crystal Bobbitt, Tasha Brandenburg, Carrie Burns, Niesha Cloud, Katie Collett, Emily Hacker, Tiffany Martin, Brandy Meyers, Allie Mills, Betty Sims, and Crystal Yaden.

These employees worked full time and took care of their families while completing nearly 80 modules and passing 80 assessments. While the national average for completing the CMAA class is 78 percent with only 88.8 percent of those passing the exam, Grace Health is proud to announce that 100 percent of its fifth cohort completed the training program and passed the national certification exam.
Newly pinned CMAAs Loretta Reedy and Tracy Reid placed in the top 20 of over 100 Grace Health employees who have taken the exam in the past three years. Classmates Crystal Bobbitt and Ginger Gould tied for the top third score in their class.

Kelly Philpot, a Grace Health front office receptionist, successfully facilitated and led the training for this cohort. During the pinning ceremony, Grace Health HR Generalist Patty Miller presented Philpot with the Together We Can award for Philpot’s commitment and dedication to helping others as a trainer and a co-worker. As a further testament to her commitment and hard work, Philpot recently received a promotion to Front Office Lead for the Grace Health Levi Center and Manchester clinics.

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HR Generalist Patty Miller presents Instructor Kelly Philpot with the Together We Can Award.

At the ceremony, CEO Michael Stanley shared “Our employees continue to impress us and demonstrate their dedication to making Grace Health the best it can be. Grace Health wants to encourage every employee to participate in opportunities for academic growth” leading to versatile growth opportunities for all of us.” Stanley expressed that Grace Health hopes “to encourage other employees to become students of Grace University where we will continue to grow and better serve the people of eastern Kentucky with Christ-centered care.”

He concluded by commending each graduate for understanding Grace Health’s strategic plan of giving people in its community access to quality care and demonstrating those skills in Grace Health clinics.
Grace Health has 11 locations throughout southeastern Kentucky. Its mission is to show the love and share the truth of Jesus Christ to southeastern Kentucky, through access to compassionate, high-quality, primary health care for the whole person. Grace Health is working diligently to build a healthcare team focused on you.