When it comes to planning meetings in the health-care industry, Pat Schaumann wrote the book -- literally. Her Breaking the Code to Healthcare Compliance, now in its third edition, is the standard text on which certification courses in the field have been based. She also serves as director, professional development, health-care sector, for MPI.

Having worked for years as a planner, in 2009 Schaumann founded the International Medical Meeting Planners Association. Two years ago, MPI purchased IMMPA and its burgeoning health-care compliance certification course, devised by Schaumann; between July 2014 and the beginning of this year, more than 300 people took the course.

Schaumann also is working to fill the technology void that addresses the ever-changing codes and planner reporting requirements. She recently teamed up with BusyEvent Mobile to release My Compliance Wizard, an online resource of codes, regulations and laws in 196 countries.

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