Who is ABQAURP?
Established in 1977, the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) is the nation's largest organization of interdisciplinary health care professionals. Through its ultimate goal to improve the quality of health care, ABQAURP is dedicated to providing health care education and certification for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.

Facts about the Health Care Quality and Management Certification:
ABQAURP is the only Health Care Quality and Management organization with an examination developed, administered, and evaluated through the National Board of Medical Examiners' (NBME) testing expertise. ABQAURP and the NBME collaborate on the planning, development, analysis, and scoring of the certification examination. The NBME's involvement in the certification process reflects ABQAURP's dedication to establishing Health Care Quality and Management as a specialty with definable standards upheld by knowledgeable experts.

The ABQAURP certification process promotes excellence and professionalism through recognition of individuals dedicated to Health Care Quality and Management. These Individuals are distinguished by superior skills in analysis, review, case management, and many other areas of health care administration.

Who are our Members?
Diplomates and Members of ABQAURP include all health care professionals – physicians and nurses of all specialties, medical directors, hospital administrators, care managers, pharmacists, risk managers, consultants, and other key decision makers from the management, legal, and related professions who are involved in health care quality, and patient safety on a daily basis. ABQAURP Diplomates and Members are professionals dedicated to improving the overall quality of health care. Diplomates who have voluntarily achieved certification in Health Care Quality and Management are deeply committed to patient safety, health care quality and effective care. Providers certified in HCQM have demonstrated superior skills in their ability to critically evaluate the literature, identify evidence-based best practices, and make a recommendation that balances appropriateness of services with cost and quality. HCQM certification addresses the need for effectiveness, efficiency, equity, safety, and timeliness.

Quality Health Care:
The importance of health care quality and patient safety has never been more in focus than today. It is essential that all health care providers and administrators demonstrate their commitment to health care quality. The rising costs of health care, its impact on American business and the solvency of the Medicare trust funds, in addition to the concerns about patient safety, inappropriate services and unnecessary readmissions, all solidify the need for Health Care Quality certification. Accountable health care leaders in physician organizations and groups, hospitals, care organizations and managed care entities can effectively address this crisis by demonstrating their understanding of quality techniques and tools that can reduce medical errors, ensure patient safety, eliminate waste and unnecessary services, and avoid potentially harmful delays in care. The result is a safer, more efficient and cost-effective system that better satisfies the needs of patients, providers, purchasers, and payers.

Quality and Continuing Education:
ABQAURP is recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as a quality educational provider. This accreditation allows us to assign AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™ in our educational programs.

ABQAURP has met the educational requirements and is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing to provide continuing education units (CEU) for nurses. These credits are transferable to all 50 states and Washington D.C.

ABQAURP provides live conferences at a geographically convenient locations in the United States, as well as online continuing education courses and home study options. Innovative courses provide important updates and practical tools for all health care professionals.

Call Barbara Chalmers at (800) 998-6030 ext. 116. Barbara will be happy to answer any certification questions you may have.



Established in 1977, the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) has evolved to become the nation's largest organization of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals. ABQAURP remains at the forefront of Health Care Quality and Management (HCQM), a field so vital to all medical specialties and health care professions. Through its ultimate goal to improve the quality of health care, ABQAURP is dedicated to providing health care education and certification for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.

Employers from all facets of the health care industry recognize the value of the ABQAURP credential when seeking qualified health care professionals to meet their staffing needs. Diplomates are distinguished by their level of skill in analysis and review and in the multi-faceted Health Care Quality and Management field. The ABQAURP credential offers opportunity, fellowship, networking, and the prestige associated with recognition of its Diplomates as experts in the field.

ABQAURP is the only Health Care Quality and Management organization with an examination developed, administered, and evaluated through the National Board of Medical Examiners' (NBME) testing expertise. ABQAURP and the NBME collaborate on the planning, development, analysis, and scoring of the certification examination. The NBME's involvement in the certification process reflects ABQAURP's dedication to establishing Health Care Quality and Management as a specialty with definable standards upheld by knowledgeable experts.

In addition to its exemplary certification process, ABQAURP provides valuable health care education for health care professionals. Verifying the knowledge required to certify experts, ABQAURP offers health care education programs, not only for those preparing for certification, but also for ABQAURP Diplomates and all other health care professionals. Each year, ABQAURP provides a live conference at a geographically convenient location in the United States, as well as independent study options. Innovative courses provide important updates and practical tools for all health care professionals, with nursing contact hours and AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ applied to each activity. Participation in these programs ensures that Diplomates receive up-to-date information on the ever-changing health care environment and that candidates for certification have the appropriate educational background to be considered ABQAURP Diplomates in the future.

With today's increasing emphasis on cost-effective quality health care education, the professionals responsible for adherence to standards of care are finding an increased demand for their services. Opportunities for those certified by ABQAURP will multiply as pressures on the health care community increase, with ABQAURP Diplomates strongly positioned to serve international growing health care needs.