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Looking for CECs?

AHDI has three bundles to help you quickly earn continuing education credits. Each bundle includes 2 articles, 2 quizzes, and 1 crossword puzzle, earning you a total of 3 CECs per bundle! Upon purchase, you will have immediate access to download the bundle.

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A Word From Your National Leadership Board

The holiday season is upon us—days filled with time-honored traditions, gathering of loved ones, good food, and no doubt the making of many wonderful new memories. The AHDI National Leadership Board wishes each of you a blessed and happy holiday season! Read more.

President's Address

What binds us and creates the common threads we share? What brings us together as a group and solidifies our sense of community? We share an unwavering spirit to "get it right," to represent the patient’s health experience to the best of our ability, to partner with the author, the clinician, on the other end of the line—again, to give the patient our best. We also share a unique understanding of what it means to do that and we see ourselves as "tenants in common" in the profession dedicated to the quality and integrity of patient health information, with the same stroke the spirit of "all for one" when our colleagues hit strife. Continue reading for highlights of plans turned into actions in 2012.

AHDI's Annual Convention Registration is Open; Register Early to Save Big

It's never too early to start making your plans to attend AHDI's 35th Annual Convention & Expo (ACE 2013). ACE 2013 will be held July 31-August 3, 2013, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Resort.

Through January 31, 2013, we are offering a special rate to everyone who preregisters for ACE 2013. Register now and save big!

Individual Professional Members: $285
Associate Student, Student, Post-Grad Members: $225
Associate Members: $335
List Price: $385

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Volunteers Needed to Join AHDI's Outreach Workgroup for News & Networking

AHDI's Outreach Workgroup for News & Networking (OWNN) is looking for enthusiastic, goal-focused people to work on a short-term project, helping to review and update content on the medical transcription wiki page. Contact Kristin Wall at kwall@ahdionline.org by January 2 if you are interested.

Earn a $50 Gift Card for the New Year!

Join our team of Community Outreach Coordinators in their efforts to reach out to past members and encourage them to reengage with the association and get entered into a raffle for a $50 Visa gift card!

AHDI is looking for Individual Professional and Sustaining members who want to help strengthen the association through outreach. Through a quick phone call or email, you can raise awareness of the association's goals and help build a community that will thrive in the future of the industry.

Visit www.ahdionline.org/communityoutreach to find out how you can make a difference and strengthen the foundation of your association!

Thank You to our Existing Community Outreach Coordinators for Your Participation!
Aileen Burnett, RMT
Nora Kean, CMT
Robin Minter, CMT, AHDI-F
Donna Peterson, CMT
Gladys Dungee
Linda Nabors
Deborah Rosique
JoAnn LaGamba, CMT
Cindy Eisele
Deirdre Safikhani, CMT
Kimberly Dingman, CMT
Carol Yoest, CMT
Christette Cromarty, RMT, AHDI-F
Angela Jones

December Deals Prepare You for the New Year

The December deal of the month is the perfect opportunity to gear up for 2013 with the Compliance and Operations Best Practice e-manuals for organizations and practitioners! Enjoy 30% off these time-saving manuals that will guide you through HIPAA policies and other complex issues and give you downloadable policies and procedures that you can customize for your own business needs.

Compliance & Operations Best Practices in Healthcare Documentation Organization—30% off
Eligible Member Price—$280
List Price—$696.50

Compliance & Operations Best Practices Guide for Healthcare Documentation Practitioners (e-book)—30% off
Eligible member price—$45.50
List price—$66.50

Compliance & Operations Best Practices Guide for Healthcare Documentation Practitioners (Printed Manual)—30% off
Eligible member price—$49.00
List price—$70.00 

Have a Happy Holliday with Regina!

To celebrate December, we are setting you up with a holiday extravaganza—Regina Holliday, that is! Enjoy Regina’s heartfelt keynote address from this year’s Annual Convention and Exposition as our gift to you this holiday season.

Regina Holliday is one of our profession's biggest supporters, and during her session she shared her deeply touching personal story of the challenges and struggles she faced when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. She has since advocated on behalf of patients and families everywhere as to the importance of accuracy and timely accessibility of medical records and how this directly impacts patient care. We are sure you don’t want to miss watching this presentation—even if you had the opportunity to experience it in person.

Watch "Here I Take My Stand" from ACE 2012. Want to view even more sessions from ACE 2012? Purchase the ACE 2012 DVD Boxed Set.