1. The Future Of Healthcare Regulation
Denise Fandel, CAE
Chair, National Commission for Certifying Agencies

2. Issues and Opportunities
Economic considerations
Aversion to create new regulation
Sunrise & Sunset requirements
Continued Competence v Continuing Education
Quality Assurance

3. Economics Avoidance of overregulation
Lack of familiarity with outsourcing
Independence from national programs
New pressures to think out of the box

4. Sunrise & Sunset Economic considerations
Recognition of overlapping scopes
Importance of outcome data

5. Competence Increased pressure to “prove” competence
Consumer assumption that regulation equals competence
Changing tide for re-certification by exam

6. Quality Assurance
Benchmarking to establish quality thresholds for consumer protection
Regulators and Legislators are looking to National Accreditation Standards
NCCA
ISO
Recognition of non-state exam programs

7. Thank You
2009 BOC Athletic Trainer Regulatory Conference