Do non surgical pods need any certification?

[p100]

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I only cut nails and calluses. Do I need any board certification. Will my state licensing board cancel my pod license? I will never apply for surgical privileges anywhere.

Thanks for your service.

 

[Feli]

I would still do abpm or another rinky dink one (ables?). You will pass always, but it does make an expense.

Some insurance wants "board cert"... they don't really care, but it's a check box.

If you're billing all under healthdrive or whatever, you could chance it... but you may eventually want to work elsewhere or for yourself.... and you'd have to sign up for payers.

 

[Weirdy]

What Feli said.
Should still get something.
Most malpractice require some type of board certification.

 

[diabeticfootdr]

Board certification is supposed to be voluntary, but functionally it’s a necessity to obtain hospital or surgical privileges. Additionally, payers may use it as a criterion to participate as an in-network provider.

It shouldn’t have anything to do with state licensure (it doesn’t for MDs), but there are a few states which have certification requirements for full scope podiatry licensure.

So ultimately it’s up to you, but it’s very difficult to obtain once you’re outside the eligibility window and CPME has previously (and wrongly IMO) “boxed out” older training models from eligibility. So you never know if that will happen again.

 

[Feli]

I saw LCR post above logged out (not visible when I log in as ignored), but that's one I'd actually like...

Board cert (for any) is hard after the window.

You obviously won't pass Abfas if you don't hold hospital privileges.

Abpm is the alternate board, but your window after residency will eventually close. It seems cheap, but they put fairly costly maint cert fees on (MOC).

Ables / Abmsp are fake boards (now rolled into one, i forget which), so I don't think they have timespans for getting "cert" as they have no accreditation to begin with. They are the "board cert" that a good number of VA, IHS, etc pods use. You could just get whichever is cheaper, that or abpm (renew +moc fees).

 

[heybrother]

Are you a recent podiatry graduate who is just making a plan or are you board certified but wondering if you can drop it? CAQH asks you what your certification is.

A few years ago people kept writing in to PM News claiming they were going to save money by getting rid of their DEA license.

I get the feeling that everything is expensive, but are these sort of expenses really that bothersome or overwhelming.

 

[p100]

Thank you for the replies. This is very helpful.

 

[DexterMorganSK]

Not to derail this thread, but the OP's post is why there is no need for 3 years of residency in this profession for those who only want to do nails/calluses/wounds.

 

[CleanDryandIntact]

Not to derail this thread, but the OP's post is why there is no need for 3 years of residency in this profession for those who only want to do nails/calluses/wounds.

Wow too much derailing. Lock it up