Receiving Accreditation for Your CE Activity
Assuring and Advancing the Quality of Continuing Nurse Practitioner (NP) Education
AANP is committed to the development of educationally sound continuing education (CE) that is relevant to NP practice. Through accreditation, you can ensure your CE activities are consistent with AANP quality standards — and share your content with an active community of NPs. All NP CE providers are encouraged to submit activities for review and credit, thereby reinforcing the value of high-quality CE and promoting best practices in education.
Individual CE Activity Accreditation
You’ve worked hard to develop workshops, lectures, seminars, conferences, online education, monographs, publications, activities and much more. Now, get your CE in front of NPs who need it by applying for AANP accreditation! All activity sponsors are invited to apply.
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Apply Online
Applying for accreditation is an easy online process. Before submitting your application, please gather the following items:
- NP Organization number or IRS tax ID number, if applicable.
- Certificate of Completion.
- Activity Evaluation.
- Activity Agenda/Schedule.
- Activity Marketing.
- All names and email addresses for the planners and faculty members involved in the activity.
- Session details to complete the activity template: dates, times, speaker name(s), title of session, objectives and pharmacology objectives and minutes, if applicable.
Please note that applications submitted more than 90 calendar days prior to the event will not be accepted. Applications submitted within 14 business days of the activity date will be expedited.
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Accreditation Resources
Note: AANP has updated the Accreditation Policy Handbook and Accreditation Process for 2024.
Review the AANP Accreditation Policy Handbook and the AANP Accreditation Process Handbook for information about standards, criteria, the review process and approval.
Review the Accreditation Fees for information on the different tiers and associated fee structure.
Review the AANP CE Application Tips for information on the types of activities accepted, presentation types, disclosures, evaluation and post-test requirements, speaker slides and much more.
- Discount for NP Organization (NPO) Members
Approved Provider Information
Effective January 5, 2017, AANP is not accepting applications for new Approved Providers.
AANP Approved Providers are groups or individuals who have demonstrated the ability to design, implement and evaluate CE activities for NPs without prior review by AANP. Each of the providers below offers a variety of CE programs.
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CE From AANP Approved Providers
Advanced Practice Education Associates (APEA)
apea.com
Email: Amelie@apea.com
Phone: 800-899-4502
Fax: 337-981-0509Advanced Practice Nurses of the Ozarks
apno.net
Email: conference@apno.net
Phone: 417-230-2465AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare
akhcme.com
Phone: 904-683-8843
Fax: 866-352-6285Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower (ACHS)
annenberg.net
Email: info@annenberg.net
Phone: 800-321-3690/760-773-4500
Fax: 760-773-4513Audio-Digest Foundation
audio-digest.org
Phone: 818-240-7522
Fax: 818-240-7379Barkley & Associates
NPcourses.com
Email: Barkley@npcourses.com
Phone: 310-684-3880
Fax: 802-858-9927CME Procedures, LLC
cmeprocedures.com
Email: jeff@cmeporcedures.com
Phone: 614-216-7007DynaMed
dynamed.com
Phone: 800-653-2726Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc.
fhea.com
Email: ce@fhea.com
Phone: 800-927-5380
Fax: 978-794-2455Global Education Group
globaleducationgroup.com
Email: mostrowski@globaleducationgroup.com
Phone: 303-395-1782
Fax: 303-648-5311Institute for Nurse Practitioner Excellence (INPE)
NPExcellence.com
Email: maryjogoolsby@gmail.com
Phone: 706-951-5493Medical College of Wisconsin
mcw.edu
Email: lacples@mcw.edu
Phone: 414-955-4900Medical Resource Management Systems, LLC (MRMS)
voicesinhealthcare.com
Email: smatthews@voicesinhealthcare.com
Phone: 270-256-0186
Fax: 270-274-0696Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners (MICNP)
micnp.org
Phone: 734-432-9881
Fax: 734-432-9884Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners (MANP)
msanp.org
Email: msanp@msanp.org
Phone: 601-407-3226
Fax: 601-510-7833National Association for Continuing Education (NACE)
naceonline.com
Email: sara.brykalski@naceonline.com
Phone: 847-302-1582
Fax: 954-723-0353Partners in Healthcare Education (PHE)
4healtheducation.com
Email: Wendyarnp@aol.com
Phone: 603-490-0154Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)
pcna.net
Email: info@pcna.net
Phone: 608-250-2440
Fax: 608-250-2410PRIME Education, LLC
primeinc.org
Email: a.perseghin@primeinc.org
Phone: 954-718-6055
Fax: 954-718-6013Pri-Med Institute/pmiCME
pri-med.com
Email: support@pri-med.com
Phone: 617-406-6000TRC Healthcare | Prescriber's Letter
prescriber.therapeuticresearch.com
Email: ContactUs@trchealthcare.com
Phone: 800-995-8712UpToDate
uptodate.com
Email: info@uptodate.com
Phone: 800-392-2000
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About Approved Provider Accreditation
Review both the AANP Approved Provider Policy Handbook and the AANP Approved Provider Application Resource Handbook for information about standards, requirements and the review process for reaccreditation.
Existing AANP Approved Providers may apply online for reaccreditation.
Do you have questions about receiving accreditation? Contact AANP.