Maryann C. Palmeter, CPC, CENTC, director of physician billing compliance at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville has been selected for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) 2010 Member of the Year Award.
Palmeter was nominated by fellow AAPC members for her outstanding contributions, leadership and achievements in service to AAPC and its members.
The award will be presented at the 19th annual national conference in Long Beach, CA on April 5, 2011.
She will also be featured on the cover of the May 2011 edition of the AAPC’s Coding Edge magazine. The magazine is health care’s largest coding journal with a circulation of more than 101,000 readers.
The AAPC, founded in 1988, provides education and professional certification to physician-based medical coders in addition to networking and job opportunities. Currently, the AAPC has a membership base of 100,000 worldwide.