Robert A. Pelaia, J.D., senior university counsel for health affairs, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, is the co-project leader of the newly published Deciphering Codes: Fraud & Abuse for Coders and Coding Insights for Healthcare Lawyers.
The publishers, American Health Lawyers Association, is the nation’s largest nonpartisan 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field. The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) also contributed to production of this publication. The AAPC is the nation’s largest medical coding training and certification organization, with more than 96,000 medical coders and auditors members.
Mr. Pelaia is certified as a Health Care Law Specialist by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education; he has been a certified Professional Coder since 1999 and is a member of the AAPC 2009-2011 National Advisory Board.