What CME Consultants does

CME Consultants is a woman-owned, ACCME-accredited professional services firm founded in 1981 and headquartered in Montclair, California. The firm provides continuing medical education (CME) consulting, program management, and accreditation services to hospitals and health systems, medical societies and associations, academic medical centers, and medical education companies. Its core service portfolio covers initial accreditation and reaccreditation guidance, full-service CME program management and oversight, joint providership (leveraging its own ACCME-accredited status to enable non-accredited organizations to award AMA PRA Category 1 Credit), ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence compliance, training and mentorship, compliance audits, outcomes measurement, MOC credit support, and California-specific cultural and linguistic competency / implicit bias support. The firm reports supporting 500+ CME activities annually and serving 150+ institutions since founding, with a claimed 100% success rate in accreditation support.

The business operates on a professional services and managed services revenue model, with consultation-based, quote-priced engagements tailored to each organization's scope. Go-to-market is enterprise-focused and consultative, relying on direct consulting engagements, website consultation request forms, thought-leadership content marketing via the 'CME Insights & Updates' blog, and client testimonials. There is no proprietary technology platform; the offering is human-expert-driven advisory and operational support in a regulated domain. The firm holds no external investors and is not a subsidiary of any parent company. In 2025, founder Judy Hyle retired from daily operations after nearly 50 years in CME, transitioning to Chairperson of the Board, with a formalized C-suite (CEO Nancy Williams, COO Christina Navarro, CFO Kevin Williams) now leading the firm.

Name

CME Consultants

Legal name

CME Consultants

Website

https://cmeconsultants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CME Consultants is a woman-owned, ACCME-accredited professional services firm founded in 1981, providing continuing medical education accreditation consulting, program management, and joint providership to hospitals, medical societies, academic medical centers, and medical education companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• CME accreditation consulting
• Joint providership services
• Medical education compliance
• ACCME accreditation support
• CME program management

Headquarters

HQ city

Montclair

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. CME Accreditation Consulting: Expert guidance for initial accreditation, reaccreditation, and progress reports for healthcare organizations seeking ACCME or state accreditation for their continuing medical education programs.
2. CME Program Management & Oversight: Full-service management of CME programs including accreditation oversight, compliance, activity planning, and ongoing operational support, serving as an extension of clients' internal teams.
3. Joint Providership: Partnership model where CME Consultants, as an ACCME-accredited provider, enables non-accredited organizations to offer certified CME activities and award AMA PRA Category 1 Credit without maintaining their own accreditation.
4. CME Training & Mentorship: Customized training and one-on-one mentorship for CME staff, committees, and leadership to strengthen knowledge and improve compliance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CME Consultants provides continuing medical education (CME) consulting, accreditation support, and program management services to healthcare organizations. Core engagements include guidance for initial accreditation, reaccreditation, and progress reports; full-service CME program management and oversight; and Joint Providership arrangements in which the firm acts as an ACCME-accredited provider so clients can award AMA PRA Category 1 Credit without maintaining their own accreditation.

Product overview

CME Consultants offers a unified service portfolio of professional consulting and program management services for continuing medical education (CME) accreditation and compliance. The core offerings include Accreditation & Reaccreditation, CME Program Management & Oversight, and Joint Providership (enabling organizations to offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credit through CME Consultants' ACCME-accredited status). These are complemented by specialized services including ACCME Standards & Compliance, CME Training & Mentorship, CME Program Review & Compliance Audit, CME Program Planning & Implementation, Probation & Compliance Recovery, CME Program Analysis & Outcomes Measurement, CME Policies & Process Development, and MOC Credit Support & Compliance. Joint Providership supports three educational activity formats: Live Activities, Enduring Materials, and Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS). Additionally, CLC & IB CME Support addresses California-specific cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias requirements. The company operates as a single integrated service practice rather than a software product with modular components.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accreditation & Reaccreditation
• CME Program Management & Oversight
• Joint Providership
• CME Consulting & Advisory Services
• ACCME Standards & Compliance
• CME Training & Mentorship
• CME Program Review & Compliance Audit
• CME Program Planning & Implementation
• Probation & Compliance Recovery
• CME Program Analysis & Outcomes Measurement
• CME Policies & Process Development
• MOC Credit Support & Compliance
• Cultural and Linguistic Competency (CLC) & Implicit Bias (IB) CME Support

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ CME activities supported annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered community and core.

• Newlife Pomona Food BankcommunityOthers · 1 January 2025Community partnership supporting food insecurity relief in the Greater Pomona Valley. The food bank serves families in need by distributing thousands of pounds of groceries weekly to over 800 families. CME Consultants supports this community initiative as part of their giving back commitment.
• CME Multi-State Mentorship ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative initiative among California, New York, Texas, and Washington state accrediting bodies providing mentorship to CME professionals at no cost. CME Consultants has participated as a CME mentor for three years, supporting the growth and development of individuals working across continuing medical education.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Med-IQ: An ACCME-accredited provider of CME/CE activities and medical education programming for healthcare professionals. Closely comparable in serving hospitals and medical societies with accredited continuing education delivery.
• AcademicCME: A joint providership and CME-accredited provider specializing in academic and clinical medical education. Overlaps directly with CME Consultants' academic medical center and medical society customer segment.
• CME Outfitters: An ACCME-accredited provider of continuing medical education for physicians, offering joint providership, live activities, and enduring materials. Closely comparable to CME Consultants in accreditation model and target customer base of medical societies and healthcare providers.
• AKH (Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare): A jointly accredited provider of CME/CE activities and certified joint providership services. Comparable in regulatory positioning (accredited provider status), activity formats (live, enduring, RSS), and target customer segments to CME Consultants.
• Global Education Group: An accredited joint providership partner and CME/CE provider offering live, webinar, and enduring activities across therapeutic areas. Directly comparable in joint providership model and ACCME-accredited delivery to hospitals, medical societies, and medical education companies.

Broad incumbents

• Wolters Kluwer Health: A large medical publisher and continuing education provider (including Lippincott CME/CE) serving clinicians globally. Operates in the same CME/CE category but as part of a much broader professional information portfolio rather than as a niche consultancy.
• Pri-Med: A large provider of CME conferences, online education, and live meetings for primary care clinicians. Adjacent to CME Consultants in target customer and activity formats, but operates at significantly greater scale and with proprietary event platforms.

Emerging players

• Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM): An ACCME-accredited joint providership provider offering CME/CE activities across multiple therapeutic areas. Comparable as a niche accredited provider focused on joint providership, but with a different commercial posture emphasizing higher-volume activity support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cme-consultants

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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