Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)
Natalya Mytareva is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the field of language services and interpreter certification. Currently serving as the NCCA Administrative Commissioner at the Institute for Credentialing Excellence since January 2021, Natalya has also held various leadership roles at the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) since September 2009, including Executive Director and Chair, coordinating efforts to develop a national certification program for healthcare interpreters. Previous positions include Assistant Executive Director of Refugee Services and Communications Programs Director at the International Institute of Akron, Inc., where Natalya oversaw the delivery of resettlement services and managed interpretation and training programs. Natalya’s academic background includes a Combined BA/MA in Philology and Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Volgograd State University in Russia.
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Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) (www.cchicertification.org) serves the needs of bilingual, spoken-language healthcare interpreters committed to demonstrating their professional knowledge, skills and abilities by becoming certified based on national standards for competency assessment. At the same time, CCHI serves many stakeholders (healthcare providers and insurers, language agencies, government agencies, patients) who need qualified, certified, and competent healthcare interpreters to ensure effective communication between healthcare providers and patients to ensure access to high-quality healthcare. CCHI’s mission is to develop and maintain a national, valid, credible and vendor-neutral certification process: National – A portable credential that follows an interpreter throughout their career. Valid – The certification test measures what it intends to measure and is based on the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to competently perform the job of healthcare interpreting. Credible – Created by interpreters and other stakeholders, for interpreters and the public good. Vendor-Neutral – Developed from the ground up and not reliant on any existing certification, training, testing or assessment developed or licensed by other organizations. Further, no individual, organization, vendor or entity has any financial or other stake in CCHI’s program or its administration. To find out more about getting certified, start here: https://cchicertification.org/certifications/eligibility/