Hussein M. Tahan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a case management consultant, expert, author, and researcher. Dr. Tahan has nearly 30 years of experience in hospital management and operations and professional case management practice; is a member of the editorial advisory board of Professional Case Management; author of multiple textbooks, including the CMSA's Core Curriculum for Case Management and Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice; chief knowledge editor of the Case Management Body of Knowledge online portal sponsored by the Commission for Case Manager Certification; and the recipient of CMSA's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of case management.
MaryBeth Kurland, CAE, is CEO of the Commission for Case Manager Certification, the first and largest nationally accredited organization that certifies more than 48,000 professional case managers and nearly 2,300 disability management specialists. The commission is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that oversees the process of case manager certification with its CCM credential and the process of disability management specialist certification with its CDMS credential.
Michelle Baker, BS, RN, CRRN, CCM, is the 2019–2020 chair of the Commission for Case Manager Certification. Michelle is also Associate Director, Network Services, for Paradigm Catastrophic Care Management. Her primary areas of focus include administrative management of workers' compensation catastrophic nurse case managers and program development/implementation and training of the clinical network. Michelle serves as a subject matter expert of relevant applications and leads preceptors in preparation of new case managers.
Address correspondence to MaryBeth Kurland, CAE, Commission for Case Manager Certification, 1120 Rt. 73, Ste 200, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 ([email protected]).
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
