Week_2_Certifications_and_Continuing_Education_in_Your_Professional_Role_Holly_Long.docx

Week_2_Certifications_and_Continuing_Education_in_Your_Professional_Role_Holly_Long.docx    Certifications and Continuing Education in Your Professional Role  HCS/499  Introduction  It is always important in the health care field to know where you can go for support and professional development opportunities within your career. Knowing this information will help you out in many ways. Many different professional organizations will help depending on your career choice or field you are working in. This paper will explain and summarize the certifications and continuing education needed for a health care administrative management profession. This paper will also explain the importance of being a member in a professional organization as well as what opportunities the professional organization will help with.   Professional Association   After researching the professional organizations that will help with development and opportunities for a health care administrator I have found the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM). This association is the only one professional association focused on revenue cycle. Revenue cycle is a huge part of healthcare administration. Becoming a member of this association will put you in the world of revenue experts that will educated you in areas of reimbursement, admitting and registration, data management, medical records and patient relations (American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management, 2020, para. 1). Getting educated on this important information will allow health care administrators the