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What is BCPA Certification
In our complex system of health care, certifications help to provide assurance of quality, safe and ethical conduct. Across industries, certification translates to confidence and trust, and is valued by consumers worldwide. Certification can help guide consumers to locate the most qualified service providers available. To that end, the Patient Advocate Certification Board (PACB) endorses certification (by examination) for all individuals in the field of patient advocacy.
Certification is one-part of a process called, “credentialing.” It focuses specifically on the individual and is an indication of current competence in the specialized area of patient advocacy practice. Passing the examination for Board Certified Patient Advocate creates and promotes competence and professionalism in the field of patient advocacy, provides formal recognition on behalf of practicing patient advocates and enhances consumer safety, ensuring patients have a voice in their care.
Certification can lead to better visibility, opportunities, and jobs. In today’s increasingly complex and highly-specialized healthcare system, credentials are more important than ever. Sure, you know you’ve got the skills to do the job, but how do you convince potential clients and employers you do? For many career-minded professional patient advocates, certification is often the answer. For some patient advocates, certification is recognized as a valuable way to prove professional credentials to both health care providers as well as patients and family care givers.
Blog Entries
Prepping for the PACB Exam: Some Last Minute Advice, and Sample Question #4
If you have registered to take the March exam, but have not yet paid, you still have until tomorrow, March 16th to pay for the exam. Find all registration and payment details here. Last Minute Advice Plan to arrive at least 30 minutes early for your exam. We also...
Prepping for the PACB Exam: Payment Deadline, and Sample Question #3
If you have registered to take the March exam, but have not yet paid, you still have until March 16th to pay for the exam. Find all registration and payment details here. For those taking the upcoming certification exam, we offer some sample questions to help you...
Prepping for the PACB Exam: Registration Deadlines, and Sample Question #2
Today, Thursday March 1, is the deadline for registration for our inaugural PACB exam. As long as you have registered on time, you still have until March 16th to pay for the exam. If these March dates did not work for you, the exam will be administered again in...
Prepping for the PACB Exam: Sample Question #1
For those taking the upcoming certification exam, we offer some sample questions to help you understand how they were developed, and why one answer choice will be better than the others, even if the others seem plausible. This is the first in a series of sample...
Answering Your Questions About Certification
The members of the Patient Advocate Certification Board (PACB) recently learned of questions surrounding the launch of the first national certification for Patient Advocates. We hope this clarification will help you better understand the rationale to become a Board...
Podcast Available: Ask the PACB: Prep for the First Exam
The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates hosted a teleconference call-in January 31, 2018 entitled Ask the PACB: Prep for the First Exam. You can find a link to the podcast of the call here. (43 minutes) Callers were encouraged to reference the exam page here on...
Registration is Now Open for the Inaugural Patient Advocate Certification Board Exam!
The Patient Advocate Certification Board is pleased, proud, and excited to announce the opening of registration for the inaugural examination for professionals involved in the practice of patient advocacy. The certification will allow professionals to achieve the...
Helping You Plan for the PACB Exam: Dates and Details
The PAC Board has been working diligently to prepare for both the launch of registration and for the exam, too. To aid in your planning, here are dates you should be aware of: Exam Dates: The first exam will be offered between March 17 and March 31, 2018 at your...
Update: An Addition Has Been Made to the PACB Competencies List
For many months now, the PACB has been developing the exam which will measure an advocate’s skills, abilities, and competency to be awarded the certification, BCPA (Board Certified Patient Advocate.) As we have publicized previously, the standards to be measured by...
Patient Advocate Certification Update – Podcast is Now Available
Whether or not you were able to participate on our teleconference September 20, 2017, you may be interested in what our Board members had to say about the status of patient advocate certification. Among the good information shared on the call were our first testing...