Continuing Education Company

What Continuing Education Company does

Continuing Education Company, Inc. (CEC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit continuing medical education provider founded in 1992 and headquartered in Palm Coast, Florida, operating under the brand "CEC" and "CMEmeeting." The organization is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to deliver AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, and additionally secures AAFP Prescribed Credit approval and ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points for its activities. CEC serves a national audience of primary care clinicians, including Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians, Hospitalists, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants, who are required to complete CME for licensure and certification maintenance. The company operates with a lean team of 1-10 employees and has delivered CME programs for more than 30 years.

The product portfolio spans three formats. First, destination-based live conferences held at resort locations (Maui, Nashville, Austin, Duck Key FL) and on cruise ships (Alaska aboard Celebrity Edge), typically priced at $760-$850 for in-person and $650 for livestream webcast access, each awarding 15-20 CME credits. Second, real-time LIVE Streaming Webcasts that mirror the in-person experience with live Q&A and 90-day recording access, priced at $650. Third, the proprietary CME365 online learning platform, which holds over 600 hours of HD multi-camera video lectures across 16+ specialty areas, sold as individual courses ($287-$625), modules, or curated collections (Premium Collection 2026 at $1,999 for 162.25 credits). A Joint Providership Program extends the platform by allowing non-accredited organizations to issue accredited CME under CEC's ACCME umbrella. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via cmemeeting.org, supplemented by LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, email newsletter, and conference-event channels.

Revenue is generated through one-time registration fees for conferences and webcasts, online course and collection sales, and fee-based Joint Providership services calculated on activity length, format, faculty count, learner volume, exhibitor involvement, and optional MOC features. CEC is a private non-profit with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity; ownership and governance follow a standard 501(c)(3) board structure with no venture capital, private equity, or institutional investors identified in the available data.

Name

Continuing Education Company

Legal name

Continuing Education Company, Inc.

Website

https://cmemeeting.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Continuing Education Company is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, ACCME-accredited provider of continuing medical education delivering live destination conferences, livestream webcasts, and the CME365 on-demand course platform to primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and hospitalists across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• CME conferences
• Medical professional development
• Online CME courses
• Live medical webcasts

Headquarters

HQ city

Palm Coast

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Live Conference Registration: In-person attendance fees for CME conferences held at resort destinations. Conferences range from 4-5 days with pricing between $760-$850 per attendee. Includes FREE 15 CME credit online course, FREE live stream access, and FREE 90-day recording access.
2. Virtual Webcast Access: Livestream access to live conferences for remote attendees. Priced at $650 per conference, allowing healthcare professionals to earn the same CME credits as in-person attendees without travel.
3. Online Course Sales (CME365™): Self-paced online CME courses sold individually or as collections/bundles. Individual courses range from $287-$500 with 20% promotional discounts. Collections offer bundled pricing (e.g., Premium Collection 2026 at $1,999 for 162.25 credits vs. $5,526 individually).
4. Joint Providership Services: CEC helps non-accredited organizations deliver accredited CME activities through their Joint Providership Program. Fees are calculated based on activity length, format, faculty count, expected learners, exhibitor involvement, and optional features like ABIM MOC points.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Continuing Education Company (CEC) is a non-profit organization that delivers accredited continuing medical education (CME) to primary care clinicians through three core formats: destination-based live in-person conferences at resort locations, real-time live streaming webcasts, and the CME365 self-paced online learning platform offering 600+ hours of video lectures. They also offer the Joint Providership Program enabling non-accredited organizations to deliver CME activities under CEC's ACCME accreditation.

Product overview

Continuing Education Company operates a multi-format continuing medical education (CME) platform comprising three core offerings: Live In-Person Conferences (destination-based CME at resort locations, cruise ships, and city venues), LIVE Streaming Webcasts (real-time virtual attendance with same-day CME credits and 90-day recording access), and the CME365 Online Courses Platform (self-paced on-demand courses with over 600 hours of content). The platform is supplemented by curated course Collections (Premium, Standard, Deluxe editions) sold as bundles, the Joint Providership Program for third-party CME accreditation, and specialty-focused courses like Hospital Medicine and Primary Care Medicine volumes. The company has over 30 years of experience delivering ACCME-accredited CME to primary care clinicians including family physicians, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CME365: Online continuing medical education platform offering self-paced video lectures and courses

Products and services

• Live In-Person CME Conferences

Quantifiable outcome

• 162.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ available through Premium Collection 2026 Edition
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEC is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This accreditation enables CEC to award AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and is fundamental to their operations.
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll live conferences and CME events offer Prescribed credits approved by AAFP. CEC also assists learners with applying for AAFP Prescribed Credits alongside AMA PRA Category 1.
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEC offers Medical Knowledge MOC points in ABIM's Maintenance of Certification program, enabling physicians to earn MOC credits alongside CME credits.
• Non-Accredited Partner OrganizationsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrganizations seeking to deliver accredited CME activities work with CEC through Joint Providership. CEC conducts limited joint provided CME activities offering AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for non-accredited partners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pri-Med: Pri-Med is a large, long-running primary-care CME provider operating live conferences plus online courses. Direct overlap with CEC's primary-care clinician audience and event + digital delivery model, though Pri-Med is considerably larger and pharma-supported where CEC emphasizes commercial-support-free content.
• Medscape Education: Medscape (owned by WebMD) is one of the largest free online CME/CME/CE destinations for physicians, NPs, and PAs. Closest competitor on the digital/online side of CEC's CME365 platform; both target the same primary-care learner base for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
• American Medical Association (AMA) Ed Hub: The AMA distributes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit-bearing CME/CE online through Ed Hub. Directly competes with CME365 in the on-demand primary-care clinician segment and shares the same credit currency, though at much larger scale and integrated with broader AMA membership benefits.
• Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development: Mayo's CPD division delivers destination live courses plus online CME for primary and specialty care. Overlaps directly with CEC's destination-conference-plus-online model and learner audience, with substantially larger faculty and brand.

Direct peers

• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) CME: AAFP is both an approver (granting CEC Prescribed Credit eligibility) and a direct CME provider through live courses, self-study, and member-driven learning. Highly comparable curriculum audience (family physicians) and dual live/digital delivery, with the added structural wrinkle that AAFP is also a regulator-adjacent partner for CEC.
• Global Education Group (Joint Provider): Global Education Group is an ACCME-accredited joint provider offering CME accreditation services and live/digital activities for healthcare partners. Directly parallels CEC's Joint Providership Program and ACCME-accredited delivery model for primary and specialty audiences.
• AcademicCME: AcademicCME is an ACCME-accredited provider producing live meetings, webcasts, and enduring CME materials across multiple specialties. Closely comparable model to CEC across joint providership, live events, and on-demand video courses.
• Meetings By Mail: Meetings By Mail packages recorded medical conferences into enduring CME video products targeted at clinicians. Closely comparable to CEC's CME365 platform for video-based on-demand CME and to its recording-access bundled with webcast registration.
• CE Direct (Bldg. Blocks): CE Direct is an online continuing education platform for healthcare professionals spanning nursing, pharmacy, and allied health. Closely comparable on online CE/CME course catalog and bundle-subscription business model, though broader in clinician scope than CEC.
• Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Learning Portal: SHM is the professional society for hospitalists and runs both live hospital-medicine conferences and online learning (HM-CALL, MOC modules). Directly parallels CEC's National Hospitalist Conference and Hospital Medicine: On Demand product lines, competing for the same hospitalist learners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CME_meeting
• Facebookfacebook.com/ContinuingEducationCompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/continuing-education-company-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/cme_meeting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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