Health Administration Associations and Organizations

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American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
ACHE is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE is known for its credentialing and educational programs and for its journals, the Journal of Healthcare Management and Frontiers of Health Services Management and its magazine, Healthcare Executive, as well as career development and public policy programs. 

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
MGMA serves 20,000 members who lead and manage more than 12,000 organizations in which more than 242,000 physicians practice. Its diverse membership comprises administrators, CEOs, physicians in management, board members, office manager and many other management professionals. They work in medical practices and ambulatory care organizations of all sizes and types, including integrated systems and hospital- and medical school-affiliated practices. 

American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA)
Founded in 1962, ACHCA is a non-profit membership organization which provides superior educational programming, certification in a variety of positions, and career development for its members. 

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
AHIMA contributes to quality medical care be securing, analyzing and integrating information that steers the healthcare industry. 

Medline Plus: Comprehensive List of Medical Associations and Organizations
This is a very complete list of associations and organizations in the field of medicine and healthcare offered by Medline, a government-sponsored service supported by the Nationals Institutes of Health and by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.