AAPC PROFESSIONAL

AAPC Professional:How to Complete the Application & Employer Recommendation Form

2016-2017

SUSTAINED AND SUBSTANTIAL EXCELLENCE IN THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE

1. Please complete this section in full. Missinginformation, including your name or AAPC MemberID, will cause your application to be denied.

Section 2. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2. Please complete this section in full but do NOT list

employment that is unrelated to the business ofhealthcare. Note: Employment history that is notrelated to the business of healthcare will not becounted toward the experience requirement.

3. Enter the number of years of experience you have foreach position in the “TOTAL YEARS OFEMPLOYMENT FOR THE ABOVE POSITION” fieldsusing both the years and months (i.e. 4 years 6months)

4. There is enough space given on the form for sixemployers. If you need more space, complete theform until you run out of space and send an electroniccopy of your resume (i.e. DOC, DOCX, PDF, XLS,XLSX, JPEG, PNG), which shows your totalexperience. Check the box that says: “I need morespace and have attached a resume that shows my fullexperience.” This will alert the recognition panel toopen and review your resume.

Section 3. EXPERIENCE PREREQUISITE 5. Under 3.a. enter the total number of years of work

experience that you have. Round down to the year(i.e. 20 years 10 months would be = 20.)

6. Under 3.b. enter the total number of years you areapplying toward the work experience requirementthat have been earned with additional CEUs creditsover and above those that are required forcertification. The number must be over the numberrequired for certification in the current CEU Tracker.These will be subject to audit inside the AAPC CEUtracker by the recognition panel.

AAPC Professional Application First download the PDF form and save it by a new name on your computer. Open the saved form. There are 5 sections (and a total of 13 steps) to complete the Adobe PDF AAPC Professional application.

Section 1. APPLICANT INFORMATION

AAPC PROFESSIONAL

CEUs required for certification credential maintenance

18 ADDITIONAL CEUS are required for credit toward one year of the work experience requirement.

Number of Certifications

CEUs needed every two years for credentials

Total CEUS needed

for 1 year

Total CEUS needed

for 2 years

Total CEUS needed

for 3 years

Total CEUS needed

for 4 years

Total CEUS needed

for 5 years

One Certification: 36 54 72 90 108 126

Two Certifications: 40 58 76 94 112 130

Three Certifications: 44 62 80 98 116 134

Four Certifications: 48 66 84 102 120 138

7. Under 3.c. enter the number of years of education you are applying to the work experience requirements. Count only the highest level. An M.D., J.D., or Ph.D. may have a maximum of 4 years of education credit applied by Advanced Education. Documentation is required (a copy of your diploma).

8. Under 3.d. enter the total number of years of experience as added together from 3.a., 3.b., and 3.c. If your application shows less than 5 years of experience, it will be denied.

Section 4. ENGAGEMENT PREREQUISITE 9. To calculate the total POINT VALUE EARNED,

multiply the number of points allowed for each activityby the total number of times for which that activityoccurred in the last 24 months. For example, if youattended 2 local chapter meetings you would enter 2points in the POINT VALUE EARNED box because theyare worth one point each.

10. The engagement requirement necessitates additionaldocumentation. This documentation must beattached with your application. Remember: “If it is

not documented, it didn’t happen.” Documentation must be in separate attachments together with your application attached to the application email. Attachments can be in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other electronic copies, for example: DOC, DOCX, PDF, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, JPEG, PNG. Tip: If you need to attach a screenshot from your computer you could choose to print screen to PDF, or snap a photograph with your smartphone and attach it to your application email.

11. Under 4.a. enter the total number of engagementpoints you have earned. If you enter less than 10, your application will be denied.

Section 5. DISCLAIMER AND AGREEMENT 12. Please read this section very carefully. AAPC requires

you to agree to all checkboxes. If you do not agree, itwill be denied. Do not leave any box unchecked unlessyou do not agree.

13. Your signature is required in order to consider thisapplication. Please sign the document by typing yourname into the PDF signature field, or print the form tosign it and then scan it back to and electronic format.

PROFESSIONAL: HOW TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION & EMPLOYER RECOMMENDATION FORM 3

• Ensure the form is filled in completely.

• If the Attestation box is unchecked, theapplication will be denied.

• The form must be signed electronically by theemployer in the PDF form or with a physicalsignature on the printed form.

Using PDF Forms Frequent questions about Adobe Reader and PDF forms can be answered online.

TIPIf you use a wet signature, print the document, complete it, sign it, and then scan it back to a PDF document or take a picture of it with your smartphone. The application and recommendation form must be in PDF, JPEG, or PNG format to be considered.

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1. Professional application2. Employer Recommendation form3. 500-word article

4. All required supporting documentation

to:Recognition.Panel@aapc.com Allow 4-8 weeks for review. You will be notified by email regarding your application result.

EMPLOYER RECOMMENDATION FORM To be considered, your skill must be acknowledged by a past or present employer or client. Your application will be denied without this recommendation. Employers or clients filling in the form may be contacted directly by the AAPC Recognition Panel to further discuss the applicant under review. Please ensure all contact information is complete and current.

500-WORD ARTICLEYour knowledge and expertise must also be validated by writing and attaching an article at least 500 words long, covering a healthcare topic of your choosing. While your writing skills should demonstrate your level of professionalism, your application will not be judged or denied on the basis of your writing abilities.

AAPC reserves the right to consider these articles for future publication. Please indicate if you have already published the article somewhere or if AAPC cannot publish it for some reason. Articles should be written in a word processing program (i.e. Microsoft Word). Plagiarism will not be tolerated. You may use the same article for engagement points as well.

For AAPC review and consideration please send:

1. Example of Completed Form

2. Example of Completed Employer/Client Recommendation form

3.. Example of 500-word Article

4. Example of Completed Documentation (in a Word.doc format)