Continuing Medical Education (CME), also known as Continuing Education Credits (CEC), also known as Continuing Education Units (CEU) refers to a specific form of continuing education (CE) that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications, online programs, audio, video, or other electronic media.

Content for these programs is developed, reviewed, and delivered by faculty who are experts in their individual and collective fields.

For many years, those professionally licensed in the United States and Canada, have been required by their association or by their state to maintain their license in some way. In recent years, HCFA (Health Care Finance Administration) has increasingly pushed for professional licensing requirements for much of the personnel involved in patient care, including nursing, physical therapy, etc., and more recently, coding and billing. Recommended credit hours vary from 12 to 40 per year. Credits are earned at one to two credits per hour, based on the type of learning activity.

Legal transcriptionists in some states are now required to be certified and licensed, as well as to maintain CECs annually. Court reporters in some states are now required to consider only certified transcriptionists in their secretarial pools. Various licensure regulations are in place on an individual state basis on paralegal licensure.

Over the 40 years of accumulative documentation of training materials, we have literally thousands of pages of educational material easily adapted to continuing education. The idea is relatively simple. You read an article and take a brief quiz and you are issued certain credits. The credits are tracked on your file here to make sure you are in full compliance. Pretty simple. Take a look at our Billing-Coding partner CEU program. We think you'll like how easy and efficient it is. If you can't find exactly what you need, let us know and we will provide you the required CEU-based information for your review and credit. But remember, if you certify with Med-certification, you will need to provide proof of your CEUs for your record.

Take advantage of Med-Certification’s CEU Program. In cooperation with BC Advantage Online CEU Center, we offer you a streamlined online continuing education credit process for medical and legal occupations to meet industry-standard requirements. Be the first to comply with new HCFA regulations.

CEUs for:

Medical Coding and Billing Health Insurance Specialist Medical Office Assistant Medical Office Administrator All of the CEUs are PREAPPROVED by the AAPC, ARHCP, PHIA, PMI, PAHCS MAB, for instance. Over 10,000 CEUs awarded to certified professionals over the past 12 months. Costs? Great news! Virtually free CEUs. We have teamed up with BC Online CEU Center allowing you to obtain up to 12 CEUs per year for just $40! Most CEU Centers charge at least that much for just one! The average cost for one CEU is $50 to $85, so you do the math, 12 CEUs @ $40 vs. at least $50 each anywhere else. 1 hour = 1 credit! The average CEUs needed per year is 12. Do the math: We give you 12 CEU credits for $40 -- that's a savings of at least $550. How Do I Get My CEUs? 1. Subscribe to BC (Billing-Coding) Advantage 2. Log in using your use ID and password 3. Select a CEU package 4. Read the materials supplied 5. Take the online test 6. Get your results instantly! Print or Save your CEU certificates instantly! Report to Med-certification. It's as easy as that! GET STARTED RIGHT NOW... Click here to sign up: http://www.billing-coding.com/meditec/ Pre-Approved Associations: AAPC ARHCP MAB PAHCS PHIA PMI