What Amedco does

Amedco is a private, for-profit continuing medical education (CME) accreditation services provider founded in 1994 and headquartered at 90 W County Road C, Suite 300, St. Paul, Minnesota. The company specializes in joint-sponsorship accreditation, handling the administrative paperwork and credit approval process for healthcare and behavioral health educational activities. Its service portfolio spans CME, Pharmacy, Nursing, Psychology, Substance Abuse, Case Management, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, and Counseling credentials, supplemented by patient education materials and a curated professional references library. Notable clients include Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Columbia University, the FDA, UCSF, Boston University School of Medicine, and VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, with the company reporting active relationships with over 400 professional organizations across the United States.

Amedco operates a labor-intensive professional services model rather than a technology platform. Core technology is described in source data as non-existent; the value proposition rests on specialized accreditation expertise, a client-first service orientation, and multi-year contract relationships. The company sells through an enterprise field sales motion anchored by a Sales Director and Senior Executive Account Managers, supported by a Compliance Director and Operations Manager. Pricing is publicly undisclosed beyond a characterization of fees as "reasonable and fair" relative to traditional accredited providers, with billing on multi-year contracts.

The business is led by CEO Erin Collins, President Iver Skog, and Vice President Amy Palmquist, with a team of approximately 15 named professionals across sales, compliance, operations, account management, and billing functions, consistent with the firm's 11-50 employee range. Amedco distributes services directly to domestic clients only, with no disclosed international footprint, technology integrations, AI capabilities, patents, regulatory actions, funding rounds, or M&A activity. The company has no parent, no subsidiaries, and no publicly disclosed revenue.

Name

Amedco

Legal name

Amedco

Website

https://amedcoedu.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Amedco is a private, St. Paul-based continuing medical education accreditation firm founded in 1994 that provides joint-sponsorship accreditation across multiple healthcare and behavioral health disciplines to over 400 professional organizations in the United States, including Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Kaiser Permanente.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education Accreditation Services

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• CME accreditation services
• Joint sponsorship
• Continuing medical education
• Professional education accreditation
• Healthcare education administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Joint-Sponsorship Accreditation Services: Amedco provides joint-sponsorship services for continuing medical education (CME) accreditation. They handle the accreditation process for healthcare education activities, including paperwork and administrative burden. Revenue appears to come from service fees charged to organizations seeking CME accreditation for their educational programs and conferences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Amedco provides joint-sponsorship accreditation services for continuing medical education (CME) and other professional healthcare disciplines. The company handles the accreditation process, paperwork, and administrative burden for healthcare organizations, professional associations, medical societies, universities, and healthcare systems that need their educational activities certified. Amedco serves more than 400 professional organizations across the United States.

Product overview

Amedco is a continuing education accreditation services provider that specializes in joint-sponsorship for professional healthcare and behavioral health education. The core offering consists of CME Accreditation Services and Joint-Sponsorship Services, which handle the accreditation process for medical and professional activities across multiple disciplines including CME, Pharmacy, Nursing, Psychology, Substance Abuse, and Social Work. The company supplements its services with Patient Education Materials and Professional Resources and References. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota with over 30 years of experience, Amedco serves clients nationwide ranging from large professional associations to small continuing education organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CME Accreditation Services Continuing Medical Education (CME) accreditation services providing joint-sponsorship for medical professional activities. Amedco handles the accreditation process for healthcare providers and professional associations seeking CME credit approval for their educational activities.
• Joint-Sponsorship Services Joint-sponsorship accreditation services that handle credit approval for multiple professional disciplines including CME, Pharmacy, Nursing, Psychology, Substance Abuse, Case Managers, Marriage and Family, Social Work, and Counselors. Designed for organizations that need accredited provider status for their educational activities.
• Professional Resources and References Curated professional resources and academic references covering topics including Behavioral Health Integration, Concussions, Children and Obesity, Smoking Cessation, Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, Anger Management, Couples Intimacy Therapy, Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Women's Sexuality, Therapist Pedagogy, and Recovery from Addictions.
• Patient Education Materials Educational resources for patients covering topics such as Bisphosphonate, Bone or Mineral Abnormality, Depression, Gender, Sexuality Education for Intellectually Impaired Adolescents, Suicide Risk Assessment, Tobacco, and Vestibular Oculomotor Screening (VOMS).

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• AKH Inc. (Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare): An accredited provider of joint-sponsorship services for CME/CE activities across multiple healthcare professions. Directly comparable to Amedco in service offering, target customer base, and accreditation model.
• Medical Education Resources (MER): An ACCME-accredited provider offering CME activities and joint-sponsorship services for healthcare professionals. Comparable to Amedco in providing accredited continuing education and serving similar professional audiences.
• Global Education Group: A CME/CE joint-sponsorship provider accredited by ACCME that offers accreditation services for medical education activities. Directly competes with Amedco for the same client base of healthcare professional associations seeking joint-sponsorship partnerships.

Emerging players

• NetCE: An online continuing education provider offering accredited courses across nursing, mental health, and other healthcare professions. Comparable as a CE/CME provider serving similar professional audiences, though with a digital-first delivery model.
• MedBridge: A digital continuing education platform serving healthcare professionals with online courses and compliance training. Represents an emerging technology-enabled competitor that could encroach on Amedco's manual joint-sponsorship model through integrated digital offerings.
• CE Direct: An online platform providing continuing education course management and tracking for licensed professionals. Comparable as a CE services provider, though focused on individual professional learners rather than the organizational joint-sponsorship model Amedco uses.
• Pri-Med: A CME provider offering live conferences and online education for primary care physicians and healthcare professionals. Serves a similar customer base and provides accredited continuing education, though with a different delivery format than Amedco's joint-sponsorship focus.

Broad incumbents

• ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education): The primary national accrediting body for CME providers in the US. While not a direct competitor, ACCME sets the accreditation standards on which Amedco's joint-sponsorship service depends, making it the most consequential institutional counterpart in the industry.
• AMA Ed Hub: The American Medical Association's online CME platform offering accredited continuing education for physicians. Comparable in serving physicians seeking CME, but operates as a large-scale institutional player rather than a specialized joint-sponsorship provider.
• Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education: A co-led accreditation body offering interprofessional CE accreditation across multiple healthcare professions. Represents the broader institutional framework within which Amedco operates, providing direct accreditation alternatives to joint-sponsorship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AmedcoEDU
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amedcollc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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