--- title: How Care Transformation Empowers Medical Assistants to Reach New Heights description: Learn how medical assistants can provide a strong foundation for practices operating in a team-based care model in NHA's career laddering webinar. image: https://info.nhanow.com/hubfs/campaigns/2019/MA%20Week/3-reasons-to-be-an-MA-long.jpg --- [![Learning-Leading-Logo2](https://info.nhanow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Learning-Leading-Logo2.jpg?width=360&name=Learning-Leading-Logo2.jpg "Learning-Leading-Logo2")](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog) - [Trends & Data](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/trends-data) - [Trends & Data](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/trends-data) - Access - [access 2021](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/access-2021) - [access 2020](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/access-2020) - [access 2019](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/access-2019) - [access 2018](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/access-2018) - [access 2017](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/access-2017) - [Vantage Point](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/vantage-point) - [Allied Advocacy](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/allied-advocacy) - [In Practice](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/tag/in-practice) - [Webinars](https://info.nhanow.com/nha-resource-center) - ##### [Webinars](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/topic/webinars) # [How Care Transformation Empowers Medical Assistants to Reach New Heights](https://info.nhanow.com/learning-leading-blog/how-care-transformation-empowers-medical-assistants-to-reach-new-heights) National Healthcareer Association - November 13, 2019 - - - ![3-reasons-to-be-an-MA-long](https://info.nhanow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/campaigns/2019/MA%20Week/3-reasons-to-be-an-MA-long.jpg?width=1500&height=700&name=3-reasons-to-be-an-MA-long.jpg) As we continue to witness a shift in healthcare towards team-based models, there's an opportunity to improve operational efficiency and patient care by providing medical assistants with greater opportunities to grow their careers. Medical assistants can play central roles in team-based models, especially when they are able to practice at the top of their credential.  If you weren't able to tune in live to our webinar on career laddering for medical assistants, you can watch it now below. During the webinar, you'll hear from Kristle Funke, director of partnerships at NHA, as well as LeAnn Thorn, CCMA, a medical assistant at IU Health.  Click below to start watching! 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