This is the guidance in regards to membership being linked to payment of your annual dues, and loss of credential if your dues aren't paid. Yikes. Did you get a letter from them?
AAPC Membership FAQ
Member Maintenance | Corporate Membership
Member Maintenance
When will my membership expire?
If membership payment or arrangements are not made by your expiration date, your membership will expire.
When will my credential(s) be revoked?
If membership payment/arrangements are not made or CEUs are not submitted within 90 days of your renewal date, your credential will be revoked.
Pam Brooks, MHA, COC, PCS, CPC, AAPC Fellow
Coding Manager
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Dover, NH 03820
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