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AAPC was founded in 1988 to provide education and professional certification to physician-based medical coders and to elevate the standards of medical coding by providing student training, certification, ongoing education, networking, and job opportunities. Since then, AAPC has expanded beyond coding to include training and credentials in documentation and coding audits, regulatory compliance, and physician practice management. AAPC's membership includes over 275,000 healthcare professionals worldwide, of which more than 150,000 are certified. AAPC has the largest network of billing, coding, auditing, and practice management professionals. We provide a suite of software and services that support healthcare organizations with training, accreditation, and the tools necessary to ensure revenue optimization. Learn more at this link: https://www.aapc.com/business/auditing-and-coding-services.aspx AAPC certifications encompass the entire business side of provider care, with physician coding (CPC®), hospital outpatient facility (COC®), hospital inpatient facility (CIC®), risk adjustment coding (CRC®), payer perspective coding (CPC-P®), practice management (CPPM™), and more. All certifications demonstrate a hands-on, working knowledge to support cleaner claim submissions, faster reimbursement, fewer denials, and better run practices. Specialty coding credentials are currently offered in 20 different fields of expertise. AAPC offers continuing education for all credentials through local chapters, workshops, webinars, a monthly newsmagazine (Healthcare Business Monthly), other publications, and conferences.

HIMSS (the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is a mission-driven independent non-profit society, a global thought leader, and an advisor dedicated to creating an informed and empowered community of providers, innovators, and individuals. HIMSS stands apart by bridging strategic and visionary ideas with practical execution, empowering health systems and governments globally to achieve measurable impact for the future of health and care. HIMSS has served the global health community for more than 60 years, with focused operations across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) is a global nonprofit association of health information (HI) professionals with more than 61,000 members and more than 88,000 credentials in the field. The AHIMA mission of empowering people to impact health® drives our members and credentialed HI professionals to ensure that health information is accurate, complete, and available to patients and providers. Our leaders work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and business and are found in data integrity and information privacy job functions worldwide.