The AHIMA Approved Continuing Education Program® (ACEP) for third-party providers offers the opportunity for organizations, institutions and individuals to issue AHIMA-qualified CEUs. By becoming an approved provider, and submitting educational content for review and approval, you enter into a partnership with AHIMA with the goal of delivering exceptional, high-quality content to certified health information (HI) professionals.
Please download the 2024 ACEP Guidebook for complete details and answers to frequently asked questions.
That’s why we're all about ensuring the strength of our ACEP program. Our mission is to ensure the rigor, quality, and consistency of qualified learning experiences.
Rigor: ACEP Providers meet rigorous content development, presentation, and evaluation standards.
Quality: These standards ensure the highest quality educational experience for HI credentialed professionals.
Consistency: All ACEP-approved programs offer a learning experience that is consistent, fair, and focuses on the content HI professionals need to succeed.
AHIMA does not provide pending approval for programs that have not completed the approval process. No advertising or documentation stating such is allowed.
AHIMA regularly monitors approved programs to ensure the guidelines are consistently met. Participants at approved programs are encouraged to contact AHIMA if they feel a program provider is not meeting AHIMA requirements and standards. ACEP may periodically request additional program materials to ensure the provider's performance is in compliance.
If AHIMA receives a complaint, or identifies through monitoring, that a program provider may not be in compliance, the ACEP Certification Administrator will contact the program provider in writing to request documentation for its investigation and request a response to the complaint or concern within thirty (30) days. AHIMA reserves the right to conduct an audit of the learning event or the organizational entity.
If the program provider fails to submit the documentation and a response to AHIMA within thirty (30) days, the program provider will immediately be notified in writing and placed on probation for a ninety (90) day period. If a program provider sends AHIMA the appropriate documentation and response, and the investigation reveals that the complaint or concern does not support noncompliance, AHIMA will notify the program provider and remove the probationary status. If the ACEP Certification Administrator does not receive a response, the provider’s approved status may be revoked.
