ABPM will require verification of leadership-administration experience by an individual who served as a direct supervisor to the position/role during the same time as the experience occurred (e.g., Chief Executive Officer verification for leadership-administration experience as a Chief Medical Officer). Such verification shall be determined by the ABPM in its sole and absolute discretion.

Leadership-Administration Position

Physicians must demonstrate that they hold or previously held a position for a minimum of 36 months (practice-only track) or 24 months (practice-plus-non-ACGME-accredited-training track) in which at least 50% of their time is/was devoted to managing administrative functions with high-level organizational impact in each of the following areas:

• Talent management
  • Oversight and management of physicians and other staff to include performance evaluations, compensation, hiring, and firing
• Data management
  • Utilization and analysis of data to drive value
• Fiscal responsibility
  • Oversight and management of budgets to impact revenue, costs, and profits

Examples of Organizational Impact

• Regular oversight of or participation in major negotiations with payers and/or industry to increase value and to include at-risk platforms
• Oversight of designing, justifying, implementing, monitoring, and measuring large-scale process improvements
• Oversight of organizational demand and capacity assessments with management of results to positively impact access, affordability, and satisfaction for patients
• Medically leading organizations through regulatory, accreditation or certification processes such as Joint Commission, ACGME, etc.
• Oversight in an academic setting that improves learning and research
• Oversight of processes to assess and improve professionalism and organizational culture

ABPM reserves the right to request a copy of a job description, organizational chart, and/or CV/resume to provide clarifying information for any application.

By way of example and not limitation, administrative positions that may be considered eligible provided that the position meets the functional responsibility noted above could include:

• Designated Institutional Official
• Chief Medical Officer
• Chief Clinical Officer (role includes nursing and other clinical services)
• Chief Executive Officer
• Vice President Medical Affairs
• Vice President Human Resources
• Chief Quality Officer
• Chief/Vice President Quality and/or Patient Safety
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Compliance Officer
• Chief Informatics (Information) Officer or Chief Medical/Clinical Information Officer
• Chief Clinical Transformation Officer
• Chief Learning or Education Officer
• Vice President Resource Stewardship
• Chief Clinical Integration (Network) Officer (population health)
• Chief Health Equity Officer
• Dean or Senior Associate Dean
• Clinical Research Officer Director
• City/County/State Public Health Commissioner (Deputy Commissioner)/Director/Duty Officer
• Regional Medical Director (e.g., single specialty, multiple specialty, multi-state)
• Government Agency Healthcare Executive Director/Medical Director