Did you know that only 25% of doctors in the United States are Board Certified?
At Kidney & Hypertension Associates we take your health care seriously and only partner with the top physicians in the country. All of our physicians are Board Certified in Nephrology and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Please visit ABIM.org to verify if your doctor is Board Certified.
BACKGROUND
Since 1936, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has worked to ensure the quality of our nation’s health care by certifying physicians who practice internal medicine and one or more of its 19 subspecialties – which constitute one in four practicing physicians. ABIM is not a membership society, educational institution or licensing body, but a non-profit, independent physician evaluation organization committed to continuously improving the profession for the public good.
Through ongoing board certification programs, physicians are able to test and enhance their clinical judgment and skills. Consumers are also able to check if their physician has the knowledge needed to deliver high quality care.
ABIM Certification is recognized as a marker of a physician’s professionalism, knowledge and skill. Most hospitals require certification for physicians to have admitting privileges, and many health plans mandate certification for contracting or eligibility for preferred networks.
The exams and other assessment tools used by ABIM to assess a physician’s competency are developed by physician- experts in academic medicine and in practice. These tools incorporate the latest advances in medicine with a practical focus on how medical care is delivered in physicians’ offices.
ABIM’s Certification and Maintenance of Certification programs provide internists and its subspecialists, including cardiologists, rheumatologists, nephrologists and others, with a relevant, useful and continually improving means of demonstrating their professional competence and development.
THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Internists and subspecialists are initially certified at the end of training by passing a secure exam that is administered by ABIM. Physicians certified in internal medicine or one of its subspecialties must periodically pass a secure exam and complete an intensive self-assessment and practice review to remain ABIM Board Certified.
ABIM is the largest of the 24 certifying boards under the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) umbrella. ABMS sets the standards for physician certification in the United States and assists its member boards in developing and implementing standards to evaluate and certify physician specialists.
ABIM FAST STATS
ABIM has issued more than 300,000 certificates in internal medicine and its subspecialties in the United States and its territories since its founding.
At Kidney & Hypertension Associates we take your health care seriously and only partner with the top physicians in the country. All of our physicians are Board Certified in Nephrology and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Please visit ABIM.org to verify if your doctor is Board Certified.
BACKGROUND
Since 1936, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has worked to ensure the quality of our nation’s health care by certifying physicians who practice internal medicine and one or more of its 19 subspecialties – which constitute one in four practicing physicians. ABIM is not a membership society, educational institution or licensing body, but a non-profit, independent physician evaluation organization committed to continuously improving the profession for the public good.
Through ongoing board certification programs, physicians are able to test and enhance their clinical judgment and skills. Consumers are also able to check if their physician has the knowledge needed to deliver high quality care.
ABIM Certification is recognized as a marker of a physician’s professionalism, knowledge and skill. Most hospitals require certification for physicians to have admitting privileges, and many health plans mandate certification for contracting or eligibility for preferred networks.
The exams and other assessment tools used by ABIM to assess a physician’s competency are developed by physician- experts in academic medicine and in practice. These tools incorporate the latest advances in medicine with a practical focus on how medical care is delivered in physicians’ offices.
ABIM’s Certification and Maintenance of Certification programs provide internists and its subspecialists, including cardiologists, rheumatologists, nephrologists and others, with a relevant, useful and continually improving means of demonstrating their professional competence and development.
THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Internists and subspecialists are initially certified at the end of training by passing a secure exam that is administered by ABIM. Physicians certified in internal medicine or one of its subspecialties must periodically pass a secure exam and complete an intensive self-assessment and practice review to remain ABIM Board Certified.
ABIM is the largest of the 24 certifying boards under the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) umbrella. ABMS sets the standards for physician certification in the United States and assists its member boards in developing and implementing standards to evaluate and certify physician specialists.
ABIM FAST STATS
ABIM has issued more than 300,000 certificates in internal medicine and its subspecialties in the United States and its territories since its founding.
Members of the American Board of Medical Specialties
Independent, national non-profit organizations
Evaluate and certify the knowledge, skills and attitudes of physician specialists
LICENSURE
Members of the Federation of State Medical Boards
State governed non-profit organizations with varying requirements
Members of the Federation of State Medical Boards
State governed non-profit organizations with varying requirements
Issue and regulate state medical licenses
- From 2001-2010 ABIM certified 69,847 physicians in general internal medicine
- From 2001-2010 ABIM certified more than 7,600 cardiologists and more than 4,700 medical oncologists
- More than 72,000 physicians are currently enrolled in ABIM’s Maintenance of Certification program
