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Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM)

Certification Exam

 

Dates & Fees

Exam Dates

November 11 –26, 2024

(Offered every other year in even-numbered years through Pearson Vue’s online, remote proctored system.)

Application WindowJuly 31 – 11:59 p.m. on September 30, 2024
Application Fee*$470
Exam Registration Dates and Fee*

September 17, 2024 – October 28, 2024

$1,745

*Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window. Applications received during the extended application cycle are not guaranteed to be reviewed in time for exam registration. ABEM will do its best to review and render application decisions in a timely manner.

Fees subject to change

What is HALM?

Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM) integrates expertise from medicine, health systems science, quality improvement, patient safety, business, public health, communication, computer science, economics, law, and other disciplines in a singular subspecialty certification. HALM-certified physicians are expected to contribute effectively to the future health care environment with an in-depth understanding of the ways by which executive leadership and their governance effect change in these complex health systems.

FAQs About HALM

Person or Entity

Responsibility

Physician Candidate
  • Meet the eligibility criteria
  • Fulfill specific credential requirements
  • Pass the HALM Certification Exam 
The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)
  • Credentialing candidates
  • Notifying candidates of their exam results
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)Develops and administers the HALM Certification Exam
HALM Exam Committee
  • Develops exams
  • Develops a continuing certification process
  • Review and approve candidate applications

If you are seeking access to the Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine application, first check your ABEM Portal to see if your eligibility has been pre-established and you already have access to apply.

If you do not currently have application access or you do not have an ABEM account, and believe you are eligible to pursue certification, you can request application access using this form: 

Request An Application

Examples of admin positions that would be considered as active practice of HALM

 

The Core Content of HALM Medicine (Core Content) is the basis for all HALM examination exams. The 2023 Core Content defines the content for the initial certification examination for HALM.

 

Exam Question Distribution (±5%)

Business of Health Care (1.0)

The Business of Health Care
(includes 1.4 through 1.12 and 1.14 through 1.25)

Finance and Accounting Principles
(includes 1.1 through 1.3, and 1.13)

 

9%


8%

Care Innovation, Health Equity, and Population Health (2.0)

10%

Governance (3.0)


Governance, Organizational Structure, and Advocacy
(includes all line items in section 3.0)

 

8%

Health Care Policy, Law, and Advocacy (4.0)


Health Care Policy, Law, and Regulation
(includes all line items in section 4.0)

 

11%

Health Information Technology (5.0)


Health Care Technology and Information Management
(includes all line items in section 5.0)

 

9%

Human Resource Management and Workforce Development (6.0)

10%

Leadership in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (7.0)

14%

Organizational Leadership and Communication Skills (8.0)

13%

Professionalism and Ethics (9.0)

8%

 

Certification Process

Physicians can now apply for HALM. All physicians certified through an ABMS member board are able to apply through ABEM (except those certified through ABA, ABPM, and ABFM which have their own applications).

Application Form

Sign Up to Get HALM Certification Updates

Physicians with approved applications will be notified in September about how to register for the examination and schedule an exam via Pearson VUE online testing.

ABEM sends candidates that are not applying through a co-sponsoring board the results of their examination in writing within 90 days of the date of the examination. Results are also posted on your ABEM Portal.

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