What is The American Board of Managed Care Medicine?
The American Board of Managed Care Medicine (ABMCM) was formed in 1995. It exists to advance the quality of health care in America by administering a certification program. The ABMCM certification program offers health care professionals a voluntary, national examination testing competence to deliver a defined set of behaviors related to patient centered care to member populations of health plans. The ABMCM has been granted IRS status as a not-for-profit 501(c)6 organization because of its commitment to promote excellence and professionalism among health care providers who choose to accept patients from public and private sector health plans The ABMCM examination has been developed and reviewed by physicians with practical experience in managed care and peer acceptance as physician leaders.
What is the Value of Being Certified by the ABMCM?
Today's purchasers of heath care are looking for quality and value for the health care dollars entrusted to them either as premium dollars from private sources, tax dollars from public sources, or both. In such a quest they look for physician providers who earn good report cards and consumer satisfaction ratings as well as accept responsibility for health care outcomes. The certification process of ABMCM is an opportunity for health professionals to tell employers, health plan medical directors, insurance companies and other evolving forms of managed or integrated health care, that as an ABMCM certificate holder her or she has an understanding, skill-set and commitment to provide quality and vlaue to its members.
The ABMCM credential is prestigious and is growing in acceptance among health plan medical directors. The best way to prepare for the ABMCM examination is to take the course work of the American College of Managed Care Medicine (ACMCM). The ACMCM offers an ABMCM candidate an unparalleled opportunity to network with colleagues and managed care medical leaderships as well as address clinical and managerial issues related to providing managed care medicine to members of health plans.
What about Accreditation?
As the ABMCM is a free-standing entity not offering course work, it does not need to be accredited. However, course work is jointly presented by the NAMCP and ACMCM and offers Category I CME hours towards the AMA Physicians Recognition Award.
What is the Relationship Between the ABMCM and ACMCM?
The American College of Managed Care Medicine (ACMCM), is a not-for-profit association with a mandate to educate physicians over the core competencies required of those who sit for the ABMCM board examination. The ACMCM uses a standardized curriculum delivered by knowledgeable physician leaders from some of America's best-known health plans.
The standardized curriculum of the ACMCM is not a prerequisite for candidates to sit for the ABMCM examination, as candidates may declare they have earned equivalent educational experience by other means. However, ACMCM faculty have outstanding professional credentials and expertise which complements the competencies defined by the ABMCM. Thus undertaking ACMCM course work is highly recommended as a means of improving a candidate's success with the ABMCM examination. The ABMCM does not sponsor, endorse, or benefit financially from any ACMCM course work or materials used to prepare for the ABMCM board examination.
What are the Eligibility Requirements to Sit for the ABMCM certification examination?
Each candidate for the ABMCM examination will demonstrate the following:
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