Capper Foundation President & CEO Earns FACHE Credential
Zach Ahrens, President & CEO of Capper Foundation (Topeka, KS), recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.
“The healthcare management field plays a vital role in providing high-quality care to the people in our communities, which makes having a standard of excellence promoted by a professional organization critically important,” says Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, President & CEO of ACHE. “By becoming an ACHE Fellow and earning the distinction of board certification from ACHE, healthcare leaders demonstrate a commitment to excellence in serving their patients and the community.”
Fellow status represents the achievement of the highest standard of professional development. In fact, only 8,866 healthcare executives hold this distinction. To obtain Fellow status, candidates must fulfill multiple requirements, including meeting academic and experiential criteria, earning continuing education hours, demonstrating professional/community involvement, and passing a comprehensive examination. Fellows also are committed to ongoing professional development and undergo recertification every three years.
Ahrens is privileged to bear the FACHE credential, which signifies board certification in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow. “As a leader at Capper Foundation, achieving my FACHE is an avenue to the rest of healthcare for our clinical and home and community-based service teams through collaboration, continuing education, and advocacy to meet the needs of people with all abilities and medical complexities,” Ahrens said. “This demonstrates my commitment to change and improvement and to build abilities and empower people of all ages living with disabilities.”
For more information regarding the FACHE credential, please contact the ACHE Department of Member Services by calling 785.424.9400, emailing contact@ache.org, or visiting https://www.ache.org/FACHE/.
