AHC Media

What AHC Media does

AHC Media is a private healthcare information and continuing education company founded in 1974, operating the Clinician.com digital platform under Relias LLC. The platform delivers accredited continuing medical education (CME/CE) content to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals across multiple specialties, including emergency medicine, hospital management, clinical medicine, OB/GYN, neurology, cardiology, and trauma care. Core offerings comprise subscription-based clinical newsletters (e.g., OB/GYN Clinical Alert, Medical Ethics Advisor, Trauma Reports, Neurology Alert), one-time-purchase clinical reference books and study guides (priced $149-$199, including Pediatric Trauma 2026, STEMI Watch 2025, Stroke 2025, and Saving Mothers), and accredited CME/CE credit programs recognized by ACCME, ANCC, ABIM MOC, and AAFP. The company operates a digital-first, direct-to-consumer go-to-market model with self-serve subscription management, content marketing across specialty newsletters, organic SEO, and a referral partnership with FreeCME.com. The company is headquartered with a mailing address in Morrisville, North Carolina, and reports 51-100 employees. Revenue is generated through recurring subscription fees, one-time book and study guide purchases, and accredited continuing education program delivery; specific revenue figures, funding history, and ownership-structure details beyond its Relias parent are not disclosed in available source material.

Name

AHC Media

Legal name

Relias LLC

Website

https://ahcmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AHC Media operates Clinician.com, a digital CME/CE platform delivering accredited continuing medical education publications, newsletters, and clinical reference books to physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals across multiple specialties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Clinical reference publications
• Medical specialty newsletters
• Healthcare professional training
• Medical study guides

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Publications: Recurring subscription revenue from newsletter and clinical publication subscriptions offering CME/CE credits to healthcare professionals across multiple specialties.
2. Book & Study Guide Sales: One-time purchase revenue from clinical reference books and study guides such as Pediatric Trauma 2026 ($159), STEMI Watch 2025 ($199), Stroke 2025 ($179), and Saving Mothers ($149).
3. CME/CE Credit Programs: Revenue generated through accredited continuing medical education programs offering ANCC and ACCME credits, ABIM MOC points, and AAFP CME to physicians and nurses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AHC Media operates Clinician.com, an online platform selling accredited CME/CE publications, specialty newsletters, clinical reference books, and study guides to individual physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Offerings are organized into Emergency Medicine, Hospital Management, and Clinical Medicine publication categories, supplemented by award-winning book series such as Pediatric Trauma, STEMI Watch, Stroke, and Saving Mothers. CME/CE credits are issued under ACCME, ANCC, ABIM MOC, and AAFP accreditation.

Product overview

AHC Media operates Clinician.com, an online platform offering award-winning accredited CME/CE (Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Education) for healthcare professionals. The platform provides a multi-format portfolio including Emergency Medicine, Hospital Management, and Clinical Medicine publication categories, along with clinical newsletters and study guides. The core offerings include specialized books such as Pediatric Trauma 2026, STEMI Watch 2025, Stroke 2025, and Saving Mothers, alongside clinical newsletters covering specialties like OB/GYN, Medical Ethics, Contraceptive Technology, Trauma, Neurology, and Pediatric Trauma Care. The platform delivers evidence-based clinical content accredited by ACCME, ANCC, ABIM MOC, and AAFP for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FreeCME.com: Free CME courses platform offering free continuing medical education tailored for professional growth

Products and services

• Emergency Medicine Publications

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FreeCME.comcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFreeCME.com is a marketing and referral partner that offers free CME courses. Clinician.com promotes FreeCME through banner advertising on their site and receives referral traffic from this partnership, expanding reach to healthcare professionals seeking free continuing education options.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• EB Medicine: EB Medicine publishes evidence-based clinical resources and CME for emergency medicine practitioners, including pediatric emergency and trauma content. It directly overlaps with AHC Media's Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Trauma product lines.
• Medscape: Medscape (a WebMD Health Network property) is one of the largest free CME/CE and clinical news platforms for physicians, with extensive specialty coverage. It competes head-on with Clinician.com on clinician mindshare and free-tier CME, while also offering paid CME bundles.
• Healio: Healio delivers specialty-focused clinical news, journals, and CME/CE across multiple medical specialties to a global clinician audience. It is directly comparable to Clinician.com in audience (physicians and nurses), format (newsletters, journal-style articles, CME), and accreditation-backed monetization.
• Audio Digest Foundation: Audio Digest Foundation provides accredited CME/CE primarily through audio lectures for physicians across multiple specialties. It is comparable in accreditation-driven value proposition and multi-specialty clinician audience, with a different format focus.
• CME Outfitters: CME Outfitters designs and delivers accredited continuing education for healthcare professionals across multiple therapeutic areas. It competes in the same accredited CME/CE provider category, often partnering with medical societies and academic institutions.
• Pri-Med: Pri-Med provides accredited CME/CE programming for primary care physicians and is known for both online and in-person CME. It is a direct competitor in the accredited, multi-format clinician education category that AHC Media serves.

Broad incumbents

• Wolters Kluwer Health: Wolters Kluwer Health is a global medical publisher (Lippincott, Ovid, UpToDate) offering journals, reference, and CME content for clinicians. As a much larger incumbent, it overlaps with AHC Media in accredited clinician content but operates at significantly broader scale and across more product lines.
• Elsevier (Clinical Solutions): Elsevier provides clinical decision support, journals, and clinician learning (e.g., ClinicalKey) for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. It is comparable to AHC Media as an established medical publisher with CME-eligible content, but at much larger scale.
• BMJ (British Medical Journal) Learning: BMJ Learning provides accredited CME/CPD modules and clinical decision support to a global physician audience. It overlaps with AHC Media's accredited clinician education offering and is comparable in audience and recurring-revenue model.

Emerging players

• Haymarket Media (Medical Communications): Haymarket Media publishes clinical journals and CME-adjacent content for US medical specialties (e.g., The American Journal of Managed Care, MPR). It is comparable as a multi-specialty clinician publisher with content monetization, though with a different mix of print/digital.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ahc-media-llc

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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