Patrice V. Sminkey, RN, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC), the first and largest nationally accredited organization that has board-certified more than 35,000 professional case managers.

Address correspondence to Patrice V. Sminkey, RN, Commission for Case Manager Certification, 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 ([email protected]).

The author discloses that CCMC owns and operates CMBOK.