AAPC joins AmericanEHR Partners as a Content Partner

Oct 5, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 8 a.m. Eastern Time
Alan Brookstone: (604) 813-6729
AAPC joins AmericanEHR Partners as a Content Partner

Company Press Release VANCOUVER, October 5, 2010 - AmericanEHR Partners is pleased to announce that AAPC, the largest training and credentialing association for the business side of medicine, has joined AmericanEHR as a Content Partner. Content partners are not-for-profit or commercial organizations with expertise in healthcare informatics that create neutral educational content to support selection, adoption and use of Electronic Health Records by health providers and their practice teams. AAPC will bring valuable expertise and educational content to AmericanEHR in the complex areas of coding, claims submission, practice management and back-office medical practice operations. AmericanEHR Partners helps U.S. physicians and other healthcare practitioners review and compare certified EHR systems based on functionality, security, interoperability, and meaningful use criteria. Working with specialty societies and content partners, AmericanEHR partners also enables practices to identify systems that provide content and features best suited to a particular specialty. AmericanEHR Partners provides unbiased information about EHR vendors and their products and does not endorse any EHR products, services or systems.

About AAPC
AAPC (www.aapc.com) is the nation’s largest training and credentialing association for the business side of medicine, with more than 98,000 members representing physician offices, outpatient facilities and payer environments. AAPC certifications validate the knowledge and expertise of health care professionals in disciplines including medical coding, auditing and compliance. AAPC offers the industry-leading Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) and Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA®) credentials, along with more than 20 specialty-specific coding credentials. AAPC also provides a wide variety of continuing education, resources and networking opportunities.

For more information, contact:

AAPC
Ben Jolley Director of PR
ben.jolley@aapc.com

AmericanEHR Partners
Will Underwood
wunderwood@acponline.org
Alan Brookstone
abrookstone@cientis.com