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A Committee on Accreditation (CoA) of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)

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Welcome to the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB)

The resources on this site are designed primarily for medical assisting Program Directors seeking initial or continuing CAAHEP Accreditation for a medical assisting program and MAERB/CAAHEP Surveyors.

The MAERB Office is open from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm EASTERN, Monday through Friday.  

The Medical Assisting Education Review Board

The Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) is a Committee on Accreditation (CoA) for the Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).  As a CoA of CAAHEP, MAERB performs the everyday work of accreditation for medical assisting education programs: setting up and conducting site visits, organizing, and reviewing annual reports for compliance with established outcome thresholds, providing workshops, resources, and training for programs and site surveyors; and submitting recommendations for CAAHEP Board Action. 

MAERB works collaboratively with CAAHEP to develop the CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in Medical Assisting.  To guide the medical assisting programs accredited by CAAHEP, MAERB has created the MAERB Policies and Procedures Manual that works in conjunction with CAAHEP’s Policies and Procedures Manual.  

There are many virtues and benefits associated with academic accreditation and one of the most significant is the community that is created by educators, administrators, practitioners, and students who are dedicated to quality education.  That community is expanded by the workplaces and other communities of interest that have a stake in the quality education of medical assistants. 
 

Important Dates

Attestation Form for 2022 CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines

Due: October 15, 2023

Program Directors of all CAAHEP-accredited programs will be required to fill out an attestation form indicating that they have implemented the required components outlined in the grid below.  You can access the survey at the following link: Survey Monkey  

Fall Submissions, 2023 ARF (2022 admission and graduation cohorts and updates)

September 14-15, 2023:  Fall ARF open for sumission

October 20, 2023:  Firm deadline for submission of the 2023 ARF, Advisory Committee Minutes, Resource Assessment, and Tracking Tool

Spring Submissions, 2023 ARF (2022 admission and graduation cohorts and updates)

December 15, 2023: 30-day warning notice.

January 18-19, 2024:  Program Directors will be sent an email with brief ARF logistics along with the green light to proceed.

February 23, 2024:  Firm deadline for submission of the 2023 ARF, Advisory Committee Minutes, Resource Assessment, and Tracking Tool

 

MAERB Office Holidays

The MAERB Office will be closed on these dates. Phone calls and emails will be returned on the next business day.  

  • New Year's Day: January 2
  • Martin Luther King Day: January 16
  • President’s Day: February 20
  • Good Friday: April 7
  • Memorial Day: May 29
  • Independence Day: July 4
  • Labor Day: September 4
  • Thanksgiving:  November 23 and 24
  • Christmas: December 21, 22, 25 and 26
  • New Year’s Eve: December 29
  • New Year's Day: January 1, 2024