SALT LAKE CITY—AAPC recently announced the registration of its 100,000th member, Mrs. Carla Peacock, from Wylie, Texas. To honor this record-breaking membership, AAPC is awarding Mrs. Peacock with an all expense paid trip to its 2011 National Conference being held April 3-6 in Long Beach, Calif., where she will receive a 100,000th member certificate honoring the occasion. She will also receive a free Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) exam along with a 2011 AAPC webinar subscription to help obtain CEUs.
Peacock has 11 years experience in healthcare and works for Fortis, in Dallas, where she audits workers’ compensation bills. She was curious about how medical coding played into the overall bills and decided, with the encouragement of her employer, to learn medical coding through Penn Foster, an independent career school. According to Peacock, “Understanding Medical coding will help make sense of what I do every day.”
“This is an exciting new milestone for AAPC and a testament to the contributions we provide to the medical community,” said Deborah Grider, president and CEO of AAPC. “Our continued growth expresses the value many physicians and outpatient practices have with our credentialed professionals.”
AAPC (www.aapc.com) is the nation’s largest training and credentialing association for the business side of medicine, with more than 100,000 members representing physician offices, outpatient facilities and payer environments.
Source: AAPC
