Eli Research acquires American Academy of Professional Coders.The Coding Institute (Naples, FL), a supplier of medical coding information and a division of Eli Research (Washington, D.C.), has acquired the American Academy The American Academy in Berlin is a non-partisan academic institution in Berlin. It was founded in September 1994 by a group of prominent Americans and Germans, among them Richard Holbrooke, Henry Kissinger, Richard von Weizsäcker, Fritz Stern and Otto Graf Lambsdorff and opened in of Professional Coders (AAPC AAPC American Academy of Professional Coders (National Organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah) AAPC American Association of Political Consultants AAPC Avis d'Appel Public à la Concurrence (France) ; Salt Lake City, UT), an association that certifies medical coders In medical billing, a medical coder is an individual who uses a set of published codes for reporting services provided by a health care provider to an insurer of the recipient of the care. for physician offices, outpatient facilities and claims processing operations. No terms of the deal were given. AACP AACP American Academy of Child Psychiatry. AACP, n.pr See Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists. was founded in 1988 to raise the professional standards and recognition of coders and offers a range of avenues designed to help individuals prepare for employment, certification and enhancement of current coding skills. It has a membership of 55,000, 38,000 of whom are currently certified. The association offers educational courses, handbooks, workshops and conferences, certification preparation and examinations review classes, conferences, networking opportunities and web resources. The Coding Institute is the world's largest publisher of specialty-specific coding newsletters The monthly publications serve 45,000 physician offices, billing companies, clinics and hospitals, and cover 29 specialties. Five other newsletters are targeted to professionals in all medical offices, including "Medical Office Billing/Collections," "Medical office HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, ," "Part B Insider," "Medical Office Nurse" and "Medical Office Receptionist." All except "Part B Insider," which is produced 44 times a year, are published monthly. |
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