2018 Annual Report

Making a Difference 2017-2018

American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc.ÂŽ

Strengthening Our Role in the Healthcare Community

American Board of Physician SpecialtiesÂŽ

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This program report highlights the progress made during 2017-18.

AAPS staff collaborates with outstanding physician leaders, volunteers and subject matter experts to move the organization forward. These efforts result in the advancement of ABPS Member Boards.

From the President’s Desk ..................................................2 Forward Movement ...........................................................4 Awards ..............................................................................11 Governance & Staff .........................................................14 Thank You .........................................................................16

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WHY NIF? The National Initiative Fund (NIF) was created to strategically advance recognition of ABPS Member Boards. NIF enables staff to work continually to create awareness and solidify recognition of all ABPS Board Certifications with influential stakeholders, including U.S. Congress, state legislators, state medical boards, hospital systems and health plans.

from the president’s desk Dear Fellow Diplomates and Members, Thank you for your continued support of the organization. It is only through our Diplomates’ and Members’ involvement and participation that we can continue to grow and make an impact by strengthening the role of ABPS in the healthcare community.

Last year we discussed the concept of moving forward, which lead to strategic changes and advancements under the direction of new leadership. These adjustments have brought us successful developments.

Awareness of the ABPS brand continues to grow through expanded event marketing and targeted advertising. These efforts have continued to help attract new visitors to our website.

Our team has made great strides with Member Board recognition in several states. We are seeing more hospitals and industry-leading organizations update their definitions of board certification to include ABPS. We continue to improve efficiency of our certification processes, and have engaged a new certification verification organization (CVO) and new testing administration company. A vital component of this system is the active participation of physician

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subject matter experts (SMEs). They are critical to maintaining our testing standards which is the basis of our credibility.

Additionally, AAPS office technology improvements have increased the productivity of our operations to the benefit of Member Diplomates over the past year.

The Board of Directors is pleased about the positive advancements of the organization and its growth in membership. I hope you will join us in celebrating these achievements.

Together with your support and involvement, we will continue to grow and make a positive difference in the industry.

With sincere thanks,

Lewis W. Marshall, Jr., MD, JD, FAAEP, FAADM President

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with your support and involvement, we will continue to grow and make a positive difference in the industry...

forward movement Emergency Medicine Recognition

NAMSS and HCPro Recognize ABPS

After years of building a relationship

ABPS has been acknowledged in two

with American Academy of Family

National Association Medical Staff

Practitioners (AAFP), ABPS is now

Services (NAMSS) documents as a

recognized as a solution to supporting

primary source recommendation for

family medicine physicians working in

board certification verifications. We

emergency medicine through BCEM. The

encourage you to visit the NAMSS

AAFP position paper, Family Physicians

website and thoroughly review

Delivering Emergency Medical Care -

NAMSS’ Ideal Credentialing Standards

Critical Challenges and Opportunities,

Whitepaper and the new Managed

mentions the opportunity for qualified family physicians to become certified in emergency medicine.

It also makes note of the AAPS Emergency

Care Resource Toolkit staff resource.

In addition, ABPS was included in the recently published HCPro publication Medical Staff Governing DocumentsBylaws, Policies and Procedures written

by Todd Sagin, MD, JD.

Medicine Fellowship Recognition Program.

Building ABPS Brand Awareness ABPS engages in constant brand campaigning to further the recognition of its Member Boards, including marketing of relevant articles on the Internet, event marketing at industry conferences, and digital advertising on Doximity - The Medical Network. ABPS also actively seeks out other strategic marketing opportunities to participate in throughout the year.

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ABPS SMEs are Critical A central component to becoming board certified or recertified by the ABPS is the successful completion of a standardized, written examination. Physician subject matter experts (SMEs) work on the development of the specialty examinations at the Annual Meeting and at the Winter Workshops held in Tampa, as listed below.

2019 Winter Meeting Schedule Administrative Medicine – Dec. 3-4, 2018

Disaster Medicine – Jan. 31- Feb. 1

Family Medicine Obstetrics – Jan. 7-8

Emergency Medicine – February 4-7

Anesthesiology – Jan. 10-11

Internal Medicine – February 18-19

Integrative Medicine – Jan. 21-22

Dermatology – February 21-22

Orthopedic Surgery – Jan. 24-25

Urgent Care – February 25-26

Radiology – Jan. 28-29

Family Medicine – February 28- March 1

AAEP EM Fellowship Recognition Growing Over the past two years, participation in the Emergency Medicine Fellowship Recognition program has increased by 243%. Today, the American Academy of Emergency Physicians (AAEP) recognizes 14 programs and anticipates finishing the year with 17+ recognized programs. These fellowship programs prepare Primary Care physicians to become highly qualified EM physicians. Physician volunteers interested in becoming program inspectors should contact the Fellowship Director at 813-433-2277, ext. 18.

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forward movement continued

Strategic Direction In order to set priorities, focus energy and resources, and strengthen operations, AAPS has undertaken a formal strategic planning process during the past year. The overall plan will help ensure that staff and other stakeholders are working diligently toward common goals, and establish agreement on intended outcomes for ABPS. This will also help AAPS management and physician leaders efficiently assess and adjust the organization’s direction in response to changes in the healthcare industry.

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Panel Discussion on ABPS Recognition ABPS works with Diplomates to help them obtain recognition in their locations.

This year’s annual meeting features our second annual panel discussion (Sunday, June 24, 1pm- 2:30pm) at which Diplomates and ABPS consultants/ lobbyists will share successes in obtaining recognition within states, health and federal systems. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn from your colleagues and ABPS team members how Diplomates can be empowered to advocate for recognition of their own boards.

State Medical Board Update ABPS achieved recognition by the Texas Medical Board for the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine (BCEM) for advertising purposes. This recognition is good until 2023 at which time ABPS will seek renewal. Additionally, ABPS was successful in retaining the recognition of the Board of Certification in Dermatology by the Florida Board of Medicine during its third triennial review. The triennial renewal is a law in the state of Florida which requires all Dermatology certification boards be reviewed and reapproved by the medical board every three years.

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forward movement continued

Database & Software Upgrades Deliver Improved Efficiency Changes have been made to the organization’s iMIS database to improve member experience. The streamlined interface allows members to log directly into their online accounts to: • View and update their personal records or data

• Make contributions to their favorite programs

• View their CME credits history

• Send email communications from direct links

• Make payments of annual/special fees iMIS now also allows staff to target emails to specialized member groups and provide a links for seamless account access.

In addition, improvements in the Payroll and Benefits software through ADP (ADP Total Resources) has given staff a one-stop view of benefits and payroll information via a single website. The site also provides HR benchmark information for leadership.

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Orienting New Diplomates Quickly Our Diplomate communications have been revamped to bring new Diplomates up to speed quickly with key information that will allow them to maximize their ABPS Certifications while simultaneously increasing awareness, recognition, engagement, and retention. Our improved messaging walks new Diplomates through promotion of their certifications, setting up their online accounts, utilization of the ABPS Diplomate Mark, joining the ABPS group on LinkedIn and more.

New Testing Window for BCEM in 2019

Online Applications Streamline Credentialling

Beginning in 2019, the new testing

ABPS has recently moved to an online

window for the Emergency Medicine

application system supported by

certification written examination will be

Aperture Credentialing, LLC. Online

August 1-21. Candidates can choose

submission streamlines the application

from a network of testing centers

process from the primary source

throughout the U.S. and Canada, with

verification stages through

evening and/or weekend hours available

credentialing by the Specialty

at select locations.

Board’s Credentialing Committee.

Aperture’s CredentialSmart system is also the source for primary source verification of ABPS diplomates’ certification status by healthcare organizations.

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forward movement continued State Legislative Activities ABPS lobbied on 60 bills in 29 states during the past year, including legislation in five states that dealt directly with advertising of board certification. Our national lobbyist defeated advertising bills in Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, and New Jersey.

We worked to have ABPS included in such bills or kill them completely. We successfully stopped the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact bill from passing in eight states this year because it excluded ABPS board-certified physicians. Finally, ABPS was included in legislation in Oklahoma. At the time of writing this report sessions in some states were still ongoing.

Federal Regulatory and Legislative Activities Our efforts at the Federal level have vastly increased in 2017/2018 and have provided excellent results under the new ABPS leadership. In working with key congressional committees as well as senior legal experts in anti-trust, awareness of the monopolistic practices by the competing multispecialty board is now being viewed as negatively impacting healthcare and perhaps as an actual threat to patient safety and care along with rising healthcare costs.

The work of our external affairs team along with our communications experts, have garnered us collaboration with the FTC, overseeing state legal entities, the Office or Personnel Management and congressional leadership. With greater awareness of the ABPS, congressional leadership has begun to seek insight and input from our organization on such issues as the opioid epidemic, physician shortages, military and veteran care, along with other priority healthcare issues.

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awards The following awards were presented during the AAPS Annual Scientific meeting in July of 2017. Thank you for all you do to make a difference in the medical community.

E.O. Martin Award

Jack V. Greiner, DO, PhD, FAASS

David G.C. McCann, MD Devotion Award

Brian John Feaver, MD, FAASFM

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Thomas Ebner Leadership Award

Mark DeSantis, DO, FAAR

American Academy of Disaster Medicine Distinguished Service Award

Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD

Steven G. Carin, Jr. “Giddy-up” Leadership Award

Terrance Lee Baker, MD, MS, FAAEP

American Academy of Disaster Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award

Maurice A. Ramirez, DO

physician of the year We honor and thank these physicians for their contributions to the growth, recognition and leadership of their respective academies.

Musa Tangoren, MD Anesthesiology

Giovanna Ciocca, MD Dermatology

Graeme Browne, MD, FAAEP, FAADM Disaster Medicine & Emergency Medicine

Grant Edward Walker, MD Orthopedic Surgery

Francesco P. Polizzi, DO Radiology

Edward Reardon, DO Internal Medicine

Rafeak Muhammad, MD Surgery

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degree of fellow Congratulations to our 2017 Degree of Fellow recipients!

Degree of Fellow Recipients - Emergency Medicine

Andrzej Skarpetowski, MD, FAAEP, Michelle Y. Yates, MD, FAAEP, Henri Lamothe, MD, FAAEP

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board of directors & staff Governance of AAPS Executive Committee: Lewis W. Marshall, Jr., MD, JD, FAAEP, FAADM

Jack V. Greiner, DO, PhD, FAAS

President

Secretary/Treasurer

Mark DeSantis, DO, FAAR

Liz Maxwell-Schmidt, MD, FAAEP, FACEP

President-Elect

Membership Officer

Terrance Lee Baker, MD, MS, FAAEP

Craig S. Smith, MD

Vice President

Immediate Past President

Board of Directors: Sarah E. Gilbert, MD, FAAEP

Michael W. Steppie, MD

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Christopher A. Kodama, MD, MBA, FAAP

Charles L. Taylor, MD

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Jerry R. Majers, DO, FAAIM, FAAGM

Madeline Zak, DO, FAASS

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Gordon A. McClimans, II, DO

Scott G. Barnes, DO, FAAIM

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Basic Documents Committee Chair

Gerard Mullin, MD, CNSP, MHS

Arthur Cooper, MD, MS, FAADM

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

ABPS Chair

Hilton C. Ray, MD

Muhammad A. Ahmed, MD, FAAEP

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

ABPS Vice Chair

Mark E. Rogers, MD

Martin E. Thornton, DO, FAAEP, FAADM

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Presidential Advisor

Jonathan H. Salewski, DO

Jerry Allison, MD

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Strategic Planning Chair

Jonathan S. Simmons, DO

Leslie Mukau, MD, FAAEP, FACEP

Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

CME Chair

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Staff AAPS Staff: Jeff Morris, JD

Susan LoBianco

Executive Director

Director of Certification

Anthony Durante

Christina Stebbins

Executive Director

Director of Test Development

Carol A. Segovia

Angela Brumley

Executive Assistant

Certification Coordinator-Test Development

Jacquelyn Hopkins

Karen Duchane

Manager of Finance & Operations

Certification Coordinator-Credentialing

Keely Clarke

Marilyn Whitfield

Director of CME, Meetings & Membership

Certification Coordinator-Verifications

Debi Colmorgen

Andrea Patel

CME, Meetings & Membership Coordinator

Communications Coordinator

Lauren W. Henrichsen External Affairs Manager

James G. Marzano Director of Public Relations & Marketing

AAPS Foundation Staff: Debra Wurmlinger Coordinator

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yet there are no words to adequately express how thankful we are

ABPS Ad For well over half a century, The American Board of Physician SpecialtiesÂŽ (ABPS) has provided experienced physicians with a choice in board certification.

Together, we will carry this trusted choice into the future for all the decades to come.