The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) Announces James Whicker, CPAM, as the new EHNAC Commissioner
The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) Announces James Whicker, CPAM, as the new EHNAC Commissioner
Fairfax, VA (PRWEB) August 5, 2010
The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) www. aaham. org, a professional association, announces member and EDI Liaison, James Whicker, CPAM, was appointed as the new Commissioner of the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).
EHNAC is a federally recognized, standards development organization non-profit fit accrediting body designed to improve transactional quality, operational efficiency and data security in healthcare.
“I’m pleased to have the opportunity to work with EHNAC, said Whicker. I’ve come to appreciate the value standards bring to the industry, and how important it is to have all trading partners comply with the same standards.” “EHNAC Accreditation demonstrates a higher level of quality and helps ensure that the key concepts of privacy, efficiency, and cost effectiveness are also employed.”
“We look forward to having someone of Mr. Whicker’s expertise working with EHNAC on behalf of AAHAM and other healthcare providers” said AAHAM President, Laurie A. Shoaf, CPAM. “It is quite an honor” Shoaf said.
Mr. Whicker is a Principal Consultant of Health IT Strategy & Policy at Kaiser Permanente in Portland, Oregon. He is a long time member of AAHAM and serves as EDI Liaison. He is Past Chair of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), having served in various positions on the board and executive committee since 2001. He Co-Chaired the WEDI Policy Advisory Group on Direct Data Entry and the WEDI Acknowledgements task group, and served as a panel member for the WEDI HIPAA TCS Implementation Hearing and the WEDI NPI Hearing.
For more information regarding AAHAM and its programs, please visit www. aaham. org or contact AAHAM, 703-281-4043.
ABOUT AAHAM
The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) is a national professional association of thirty-seven chapters and over 2700 healthcare patient financial services professionals from hospitals, clinics, billing offices, allied vendors, physicians and multi physician groups. AAHAM members direct the activities of the thousands of people who are employed in the healthcare industry.
AAHAM is the preeminent professional organization for revenue cycle professionals and is known for is prestigious certification and educational programs; professional development of its members is one of the primary goals of the association. AAHAM is also recognized for its quarterly journal, The Journal of Healthcare Administrative Management and its Annual National Institute, held each fall. AAHAM actively represents the interests of its members through a comprehensive program of legislative and regulatory monitoring and participation in industry groups such as WEDI, ASC X12, NUBC and NUCC.
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