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 Note [FUN]: The video for Topic 5 - The Perelman School of Medicine: First - is a
YouTube video produced by the Perelman School of Medicine. It provides an
overview of the school's history of innovative firsts for its first 250 years.
List of Healthcare Administration and Management Professional Associations
Below are listed some, but not all, of the professional associations relevant to healthcare
administration and management . You may already be familiar with or be a member of some. Others
may be new to you. This list is fairly comprehensive, but should not be considered the complete list of all
relevant professional associations.
1. American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) - "dedicated solely to
the revenue cycle of both management and the front-line staff ... gives you the career-boosting
power to network with the best-informed revenue cycle professionals and pick their brain about
the most important issues in the field."

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2. American College of Healthcare Administrators (ACHCA) - "dedicated to administrative
leadership and excellence in post-acute and aging services care across the spectrum of health
care services."
3. American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) - "an international professional society of
40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare
organizations. ACHE's mission is to advance its members and healthcare management
excellence."
4. American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - "more than 103,000 health
information professionals ... taking a lead in advancing informatics, data analytics, and
information governance for healthcare."
5. American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) - "leadership, professional development,
advocacy and research to advance nursing practice and patient care, promote nursing leadership
excellence and shape public policy for health care nationwide."
6. Association for Healthcare Administrative Professionals (AHCAP) - "dedicated to executive
assistan ts, administrative assistants, and other professionals who support our nation’s
healthcare leaders. By supporting healthcare leaders, we support the industry - and strive to
enhance the healthcare experience on every level."
7. Health Care Administrators Association (HCAA) - "supporting the education, networking,
resource and advocacy needs of benefit administrators (TPAs), stop loss insurance carriers,
managing general underwriters, audit firms, medical managers, technology organizations,
pharmacy benefit managers, brokers/agents, human resource managers and health care
consultants."
8. Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) - "membership organization for
healthcare finance leaders ... mission is to lead the financial management of health care."
9. Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) - "voice, advisor and thought
leader of health transformation through health information and technology with a unique
breadth and depth of expertise and capabilities to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of