Liz Wilson, MA, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CPC-I, CPC, CRC, CEMC, CPMA, CPCO, CHC, CFE
L. RT (R)(M)(BD)(CT)(MR)(QM)

Liz’s career in HIM is one of service to Health Information Professionals. She has been an educator for the last decade and has held officer positions during this time. She had first served as a New York Health Information Management Association (NYHIMA) delegate in 2015 before being elected to VP of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Buffalo Chapter in 2015, and then President in 2016. She is credited with developing and instituting the first AAPC Approved Official Extern Site in Buffalo, NY in 2014 and she had served as an AHIMA consultant from 2015 to 2017.

Liz has published articles for the Journal of AHIMA and has served as a speaker for over forty conferences in the last seven years. Her experience in Health Information includes mentoring newer HIM professionals and teaching HIT and HIM students. Her work history includes a position as interim HIM program director and several positions as associate professor for CAHIIM-approved baccalaureate HIM programs. Most recently, Liz held a three-year term volunteer appointment as Commissioner-At-Large for the Commission on Certification for Health Information and Informatics Management (CCHIIM) where she served the public by establishing, implementing, and enforcing standards and procedures for certification and recertification of health information and informatics professionals.

She holds an Associate Degree in Health Information Technology from Erie Community College in Williamsville, New York, and a Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Sciences from Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. Liz earned her Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Medaille College, in Buffalo, New York and is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program.