HBMA Member Benefits

• Members-Only Message Boards 
  Ask anything from general questions to the most specific inquiries related to the field. Our industry-expert members waste no time in assisting you with their invaluable experience and can point you in the direction of others who have assisted on similar topics in the past. 
• Membership Directory 
  A list comprised of all members in all categories of HBMA. This list can be used for networking, but marketing is prohibited.
• Vendor Marketplace 
  A listing of vendor member companies that have developed products and services HBMA members need to better serve their clients and conduct their business. Members can search for specific information, such as name, location, or types of products and services.

• Biller Search Tool
  Allows a potential client to search by company name, first or last name, location, specialty, and by the Certified Healthcare Business Management Executive (CHBME) status. This option provides potential clients with immediate results to their search comprised of RCM or PBD Company members.
• RFI Tool
  Allows a practice to provide information about their practice and the tool will match them to an HBMA member or members who align with the information. HBMA members that have an RFI profile that matches the needs of the practice will have an opportunity to reach out to the practice directly.

• Washington Report
  A monthly publication developed by HBMA's team of government relations professionals. This will allow you to be the first to receive all legislative and regulatory alerts and any up-to-the minute information straight from The Hill that impacts our industry, allowing you to make key decisions in real time.
• Capitol Insights Newsletter
  A weekly publication developed by HBMA's team of government relations professionals. Short summaries of government actions that impact our industry and track various government activities.
• Advocacy
  HBMA actively comments on or provides HBMA's position on such regulatory activity through HBMA's government affairs office and offering HBMA expertise and research to regulatory agencies as needed.

• Discounts on Education and Events 
  Members may even receive free education, just for being a member!
• In-Person Conferences 
  These events bring you the latest on healthcare industry trends, billing and practice management business strategies, government updates and more. When you attend you will have access to the newest products and services available from industry vendors in our exhibit hall, and you will enjoy countless chances to network with other top healthcare revenue cycle management company executives.
• Webinar program
  HBMA's robust virtual offerings provide accessible education to all levels of staff and on a variety of related subjects. Webinar recordings are available once the program completes for review and purchase via our On Demand store. 

HBMA provides members with two distinguished programs to gain a competitive edge and improve marketability:

• Certification Program
  HBMA oversees the Certified Healthcare Business Management Executive (CHBME) program which is aimed at demonstrating to your peers, as well as your current and prospective clients, that you are dedicated to continuing professional education in this fast-changing and challenging industry. This rigorous program not only enhances the industry's image within the wider healthcare community, but it also offers HBMA members an additional way to differentiate themselves from competitors, boosting their edge in the field.
• Compliance Accreditation Program
  Healthcare Business Management Association (HBMA) has developed the HBMA Compliance Accreditation Program for revenue cycle management (RCM) companies, medical practice management organizations and healthcare software vendors. This program establishes standards to help safeguard patients’ protected health information (PHI) by complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and ensure compliance with Office of Inspector General (OIG) standards.

  

• RCM Advisor 
  Published the first month of each quarter exclusively for members. This electronic journal provides members meaningful and relevant content that can help billing companies prosper and succeed in addition to association news, event recaps, and more!
• NewsWire
  HBMA's weekly newsletter. Each issue provides members with headquarters updates, information on upcoming educational opportunities and association events, industry updates, and more.

• Aetna Resource Guide
  Exclusively for HBMA and its members. In 2023, HBMA's Commercial Payor Relations (CPR) Committee committed to working closely with Aetna to help create processes to achieve administrative simplification for Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) companies.
• News
  HBMA members have access to the latest news from Commercial Payors and Government relations.
• Document Library
  Allows members to post documents that could be helpful to their fellow members. 
• Commercial Payor Reporting Tool
  A web reporting tool for members to utilize when experiencing difficulties with particular payors. The data submitted will be used by the Commercial Payor Relations Committee in order for HBMA and payors to work collaboratively to solidify reasons for change or improvement on behalf of our membership.
• Polls and Surveys
  HBMA conducts large, formal surveys as well as short, quick “snap” polls on salient industry topics and provides the results of these directly to our members in the RCM Advisor as well as on our website.
• Member Value Program
  The MVP Program's purpose is to bring you resources and savings that fit you and your company. 
• Job Posting
  HBMA in partnership with ApplicantPool™ provides a mobile friendly, custom branded website, application management, and screening system for HBMA members.
  *Additional fees apply for this product.
• Newsletter Tool
  Members have the ability to personalize a newsletter by adding their company logo or header graphic and selecting from three different newsletter templates. These newsletters are generated in PDF format and can be emailed to clients, posted on a webpage, or printed for mail distribution.
  *Additional fees apply for this product.

• Volunteers
  HBMA has twelve committees currently that members are encouraged to join! Volunteers can only be members, and would be committing to a minimum of one hour a month for committee calls and additional time as needed by the committee chair. Check out our committee descriptions on the leadership page to find out which committee you might be interested in participating in!

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If you have any questions about HBMA membership, please call us at 877.640.4262 or email us at info@hbma.org.