MLN Provider Association Partnerships
Guidance for national health care organizations such as provider associations, federations, and societies that represent health care professionals, including providers and their support staff (i.e., billers, coders, office managers) eligible for MLN Provider Association Partnership
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 20, 2020
These partnerships help us share CMS Medicare Learning Network® (MLN) news and information with health care professionals through their national organizations. Partnered organizations agree to receive our weekly MLN Connects® email newsletter and share relevant content with their members.
Occasionally, we ask partners to volunteer feedback on MLN Connects newsletter content, our delivery methods, and their members’ specific educational needs. Contact us for more information.
Who Can Partner?
MLN Provider Association Partnerships are reserved for national health care organizations such as provider associations, federations, and societies that represent health care professionals, including providers and their support staff (i.e., billers, coders, office managers).
Important note: Individual health care providers, health care practices, consultants, law firms, vendors, manufacturers, academic institutions, and entities representing beneficiaries do not qualify for this type of partnership, but are encouraged to subscribe to our MLN Connects newsletter.
Email Us if your organization would like to become a partner.
Current Partners
We are partnered with 227 health care professional organizations representing more than 5.8 million members.
Partner Types
Advocacy
Allied Health
Ambulance
Ambulatory Surgery
Chiropractic
Clinical Laboratory
Coders
DMEPOS
FQHC
Gerontology
Advocacy
- National Association of ACOs
- National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
- National Indian Health Board
- United Ostomy Associations of America
Allied Health
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
- American Association for Respiratory Care
- American Portable Diagnostics Association
- Association of Professional Chaplains
- Association of Schools of Allied Health Professionals
Ambulance
- American Ambulance Association
- National Academy of Ambulance Compliance
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
Ambulatory Surgery
Chiropractic
Clinical Laboratory
- American Association of Bioanalysts
- American Clinical Laboratory Association
- American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
- Association for Molecular Pathology
- Coalition for 21st Century Medicine
- National Independent Laboratory Association
Coders
DMEPOS
- American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
- American Association of Breast Care Professionals
- American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association
- National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology
- National Home Infusion Association
Federally Qualified Community Health Center
Gerontology
Health Information Management
- American Health Information Management Association
- Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
- Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (formerly the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists)
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Home Health/Hospice
- American Academy of Home Care Medicine
- American Association for Homecare*
- Hospice Chaplaincy
- Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association
- National Association for Home Care & Hospice
- National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
*includes DMEPOS
Hospital
- America’s Essential Hospitals
- American Hospital Association**
- California Hospital Association**
- Catholic Health Association***
- Federation of American Hospitals**
- National Association of Long Term Hospitals
- Physician Hospitals of America
- Society of Hospital Medicine
**includes Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
***includes Hospitals & Long-term Care Facilities
Immunization
Licensing/Certification
- Activity Professionals National Credentialing Center (formerly the National Association of Activity Professionals Credentialing Center)
- American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics, Inc.
- American Board of Wound Management
- American Institute of Healthcare Compliance
- Board of Certification/Accreditation
- Federation of State Medical Boards
- National Association for Health Professionals
- National Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals
- National Certification Council for Activity Professionals
Medical Billing
- American Association of Medical Audit Specialists
- American Medical Billing Association
- Health Care Compliance Association
- Healthcare Business Management Association
- Healthcare Financial Management Association
- Medical Association of Billers
- National Association of Healthcare Access Management
Mental Health/Addiction
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
- American Counseling Association
- American Group Psychotherapy Association
- American Mental Health Counselors Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare
- NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
- National Association for Behavioral Healthcare
- National Association of State Alcohol & Drug Abuse Directors
- National Council for Mental Wellbeing (formerly National Council for Behavioral Healthcare)
- National Register of Health Service Psychologists
Nephrology
- American Society of Diagnostic & Interventional Nephrology
- American Society of Nephrology
- Kidney Care Council
- National Kidney Foundation
- Renal Healthcare Association (formerly National Renal Administrators Association)
Nurses
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- American Case Management Association
- American Nephrology Nurses' Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Nursing Informatics Association
- Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (formerly the American Association of Diabetes Educators)
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
- National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
- National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
- National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
- Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates
- Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
Other
- Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
- American College of Healthcare Executives
- American Health Law Association (formerly the American Health Lawyers Association)
- American Telemedicine Association
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices
- Medication Safety Officers Society
- National Society of Genetic Counselors
Pharmacy
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- American Pharmacists Association
- College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
- National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
- National Association of Chain Drug Stores
- National Association of Specialty Pharmacy
- National Community Pharmacists Association
Physician Assistants
Physicians
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of HIV Medicine
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of Optometry
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (formerly American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists)
- American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- American Board of Medical Specialties
- American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
- American College of Cardiology
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
- American College of Gastroenterology
- American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
- American College of Osteopathic Internists
- American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- American College of Physicians
- American College of Preventive Medicine
- American College of Radiation Oncology
- American College of Radiology
- American College of Rheumatology
- American College of Surgeons
- American Epilepsy Society
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Medical Association
- American Medical Women’s Association
- American Optometric Association
- American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
- American Osteopathic Association
- American Osteopathic College of Dermatology
- American Podiatric Medical Association
- American Society for Clinical Pathology
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
- American Society for Radiation Oncology
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Society of Dermatopathology
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Thoracic Society
- American Urogynecologic Society
- American Urological Association
- America's Physician Groups (formerly CAPG)
- AMGA (formerly American Medical Group Association)
- Association of Black Cardiologists
- Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
- College of American Pathologists
- Community Oncology Alliance
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Council of Medical Specialty Societies
- Endocrine Society
- HIV Medicine Association
- National Academies of Practice
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- National Medical Association
- North American Spine Society
- Renal Physicians Association
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- Society for Vascular Medicine
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Society of General Internal Medicine
- Society of Gynecologic Oncology
- Society of Interventional Radiology
- Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Society of Surgical Oncology
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Southern Medical Association
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
- Urgent Care Association of America
Practice Administrators
- ASCENT Administrator Support Community for ENT
- American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives
- American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management
- American College of Health Care Administrators
- Emergency Department Practice Management Association
- Medical Group Management Association
- National Association Medical Staff Services
- Professional Association of Health Care Office Management
Public Health
- American Public Health Association
- Association of Public Health Laboratories
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Research
Rural Health
SNF/Long-Term Care
- American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (formerly American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination)
- American Health Care Association
- LeadingAge (formerly American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging)
- National Association for the Support of Long Term Care
- National Association of Activity Professionals
- National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care
- Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
Social Work
Therapy/Rehab
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
- American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
- American Physical Therapy Association
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- The National Association of Rehabilitation Providers and Agencies
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