Who is/are MTIA?
Posted By: cj on 2008-09-02
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I never even heard of this organization before. It was always AAMT which is now AHDI. Has MTIA been around long and how did I miss them? Been an MT for 30 years!
Can anyone tell me anything about them and are they actually a significant voice in the MT workforce?
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MTIA
MTIA = Medical Transcription Industry Association. The MTSOs belong to this and AHDI is partnered with it.
check out MTIA.com
seems to be a website for MTSOs, not MTs - may have some info you are looking for
MTIA **is** AHDI
see "driving directions" in post below.
MTIA's statement on credentialing
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Re: AHDI / MTIA address -- (sm)
I read the posts below about AHDI & MTIA having the same address. So I looked each of them up online and YES, it's true. Right down to the suite number. Obvioiusly these "two" companies are one and the same. AHDI probably fabricated the newer MTIA to "recommend" a CMT "title" for all MTs in order to up it's dwindling U.S. membership. And since it would be obvious to all if AHDI "recommended" its own certification title, they came up with this bogus "other company" to do the recommending, since it's doubtful that any hospitals/MTSO's/Indian MT companies, etc. would bother to scrutinize the addresses of the two.
It's especially sad for me, a Californian, to see that these are Modesto, California "companies". Not long ago there was a bill in California to ban offshoring of American medical records, and it was voted down by "Ah-nold". (The "Governator" of California.) Hmmm. How much do ya wanna bet there was quite a bit of lobbying from AHDI/MTIA, and a large bit of cash moving about under the table?
MTIA...we want you certified, or you won't work. That's what it boils down to.
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They are required to be licensed by the state. MTIA is a private sm
organization and has no standing of any kind with the govt. If they want to press for credentialing by a government organization, and not themselves, to fill their pockets, I am all for it. They are NOTHING.
I agree. MTIA is not a government organization. Credentialing comes from state government and
sometimes at the federal level. This mandatory credentialing is ludicrous and a scheme to make money, in my humble opinion.
I have to agree with the other poster, if not having CMT after my name after 25 years of experience prevents me from being employable, I have a very good lawyer who will take up my cause!!!
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