The Commission

For more than three decades, The Commission for Case Manager Certification, now known as The Commission, has set the standard in professional certification. Founded by case managers who recognized the need for rigor, ethics and consistency in an emerging professional landscape, The Commission defined what a competent, client-centered case manager looks like in practice.

The work began with the Certified Case Manager (CCM) credential, launched in 1993 and later expanded to include oversight of the Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS) credentialing program. From the outset, the organization was built on a simple premise: Professional certification should be governed by the profession rather than a regulating authority.