Ready to Become A Board Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA)?
Join Us – Let’s Be Accountability Buddies!
Certification Exam Testing Period: March 2025
Next Meeting: December 13th, 12:00 PM CST
Is this something I need?
Why Board Certification is important
It’s More than a Merit Badge
Functioning as a Board Certified Patient Advocate means using a different skill set and approach than the advocacy work you perform as a physician. Through the education of becoming certified, you demonstrate your commitment to maintaining the highest levels of competency, ethics, and knowledge in this growing field.
Stand Out from the Crowd
The BCPA certification assures clients that their advocate has met the basic minimum standards and competencies defined by the Patient Advocate Certification Board. It can also justify a higher fee schedule.
The best part?
You’ll be part of a community
There is a small but growing, vibrant community of physicians certified by the PACB. Through engaging with our group and completing the certification process, you will become part of the movement to define and shape the future of Physician as Independent Patient Advocates.
Okay, I’m in…
What does it mean for me?
You’re busy, it’s worth it. Here’s what it takes:
- Cost: $395 to take the exam
- Timing: For the upcoming cycle, application window opens Nov 1, 2024; testing window is March 1-29, 2025
- Format: 150 multiple choice questions on 6 Domains and the Ethical Standards for Board Certified Patient Advocates.
- Content: The exam does include fact-based recall kinds of questions, but most of the exam presents a series of scenarios commonly experienced by patient advocates.
- Location: It is performed at your location using an online proctoring program. You are not allowed to leave your location during the test (given 3 hours to complete).
- Additional Information: PACB FAQs
Don’t Go It Alone, Join Our Accountability Group
Sure, you can do it alone. You’ve already done much harder things to get to where you are now. But why would you? Especially when you can join up with us really fun people to make this more than just another professional hurdle.
When you join our study group, you’ll get more out of the process:
Two dedicated group facilitators passionate about Independent Patient Advocacy
Angie Ingraham, MD, MS, FACS 
Kelly Carter, MD, FACEP
- Accountability partners to make sure this isn’t just another project that gets left behind when life gets busy
- Video meet–up sessions every 2-3 weeks at varying times to accommodate different schedules
- Social contact with new friends and colleagues
- Guest speakers to share their experience and knowledge to make the curriculum more meaningful
- People to ask questions to, celebrate your successes with, and support you throughout the process
- A Facebook group so you can check in, chat, and connect whenever you want
- Emails with meeting reminders, summaries, and any tips and ideas the group has to share so you don’t miss out, even if you can’t make it
Get Started Now
3 Simple Steps
1. Sign Up
Drop your name and email in the sign up form below. We promise we won’t share or sell your information!
2. Open Up
You’ll get a few emails from us with the links for meetings, the Facebook group, and a few other small things. We’ll keep it short and sweet. We don’t like clutter in our inbox and we really don’t like to clutter other peoples’ inboxes.
3. Show Up
Whether it’s in the Zoom meeting or the Facebook group, connect with us, follow along, and let’s do this!