July 21, 2026

Register for the Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM) Board Review Course at ACEP26

The Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM) Board Review Course is being presented at ACEP26 in Chicago in partnership with the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) on October 4, 2026. Dr. Daniel Handel, author of Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM): The Essentials, serves as the Executive Course Director for this one-day intensive board review course.

Registration for the HALM conference within a conference is now open with ACEP26 registration here. Cost to attend is $1,500, and participants will be eligible for up to 6 CME credits from the AAPL.

The HALM Board Review Course is designed for physicians aiming for HALM subspecialty certification. This course unites expertise across medicine, health systems science, quality and safety, business, public health, communication, computer science, economics, and law. The course aims to strengthen your command of executive leadership and governance to create change in complex systems. 

ABEM is scheduled to proctor the next HALM exam on November 9-23, 2026. The exam application window closes August 31, 2026. The HALM exam contains 180 board questions—four 50-minute testing sessions with 45 questions in each session.

Expert Speakers for the HALM Board Review Course

Learn from leading experts, including:

 

Dan Handel, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP

Chief Medical Officer

Greater Charlotte Area

Professor of Emergency Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

Jennifer Wiler, MD, MBA, FACEP

Co-founder, UCHealth CARE Innovation Center

Chief Quality Officer, UCHealth Metro

CEO, Minera Partners

Tenured Professor of Emergency Medicine

University of Colorado School of Medicine

 

Maggie DiCostanzo, Esq

Attorney

Fennermore Craig

 

Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAPL, FAAFP, CPE

Chairman of Graduate Medical Education and DIO 

Saint Francis Hospital 

Clinical Professor of Family Medicine 

Temple University-Lewis Katz School of Medicine

 

Schedule for the HALM Board Review Course

The course schedule is subject to updates but is roughly outlined below.

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Session Topics

Exam Weight

Speaker

1

Business of Health Care

17%

DiConstanzo

2

Care Innovation, Health Equity, and Population Health

10%

McDonough

3

Governance

8%

Wiler

4

Health Care Policy, Law, and Advocacy

11%

Wiler

5

Health Information Technology

9%

Handel

6

Human Resource Management

10%

DiConstanzo

7

Leadership in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

14%

McDonough

8

Organizational Leadership and Communication Skills

13%

Handel

9

Professionalism and Ethics

8%

Handel

 

Breaks (2 x 15 min + 30-min lunch)

 

 

TOTAL EVENT TIME: 6 hours

100%

 

Join us at ACEP26 for this special opportunity to review important HALM topics with leading experts in preparation for the November ABEM exam!

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