title: Paying dues by doing less.
abstract: The ACHE's streamlining of its credentialing process has some complaining the move waters down the designation's prestige. The two-tier certification was replaced with a one-step process that led to a nearly 19-fold increase in the number of fellows named this year. "The gold standard was always the FACHE," says Christopher Cornue, left.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D003406:Credentialing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D012952:Societies; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014481:United States