A management-level credential that proves a transport leader can run a hospital patient transport operation at a professional standard. Built by Impact Training Company. Endorsed by the National Association of Healthcare Transport Management. First administration: the 2027 NAHTM annual conference. Registration opens ahead of it. Join the list and you will hear first.
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A role that has long lacked a professional standard
The Certified Patient Transport Management Professional (CPTMP) is a written, management-level certification for the people who lead hospital patient transport. It validates applied management judgment across the full scope of the role: running daily flow and turnaround, leading and developing staff, defending budget and resources, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance, and making sound decisions from operational data.
The exam is scenario based and set at an Advanced to Expert level. Every question is built around a realistic situation a working transport manager faces, with answer options that all represent reasonable actions. Earning the credential shows the holder can tell the strongest decision from the merely acceptable one. It is not a test of memorized definitions.
It is the management tier of the Impact Training credential ladder. CHT certifies the transporter. CHTI certifies the instructor who trains them. CPTMP certifies the manager who runs the department.
CPTMP is built by Impact Training Company and endorsed by the National Association of Healthcare Transport Management (NAHTM).
For the individual, the credential is a clear signal of readiness.
As a hospital transport leadership certification, CPTMP gives organizations a defensible standard for who leads patient movement. Hospitals invest in it because better-prepared transport leaders are positioned to:
That makes the healthcare transport management certification straightforward to justify as a professional-development investment, and a candidate for employer reimbursement. If you need budget approval, the value points above are written to support that conversation with leadership.
CPTMP is for the people responsible for operational performance, workforce management, patient movement, and departmental outcomes.
CPTMP is designed for the people who manage hospital and health-system patient transport: current patient transport managers and supervisors, experienced transport professionals preparing to move into management, and operations or support-services leaders with patient transport in their portfolio.
Patient transport leaders with three or more years at supervisor level or above. If you own the schedule, the budget, the metrics or the people, this is written for you.
The exam assumes real management experience and is scoped to inpatient transport in acute-care settings. It is the patient transport manager certification, and patient transport supervisor certification, built for the actual job.
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Built by Impact Training Company, led by Donald Sipp Jr. MBA, CHESP, RESE, PMP, CHTI-2, CMIP, LSS Black Belt. Endorsed by NAHTM.
Scenario-based multiple choice, written at the advanced and expert level. The 8 unscored field-test items are spread through the exam; you will not know which are which, and they do not affect your result. Proctored: offered in person at the NAHTM annual conference and remotely under the ITC remote proctoring standard.
Your retake is on the other form, so you never sit the same form twice inside twelve months. You have two attempts in any twelve months, and you may retake 30 days after your exam date.
What the credential actually validates, domain by domain. CPTMP certifies a manager, so people and leadership together carry 40 percent of the examination.
The daily operation. How a manager runs transport workflow and turnaround, keeps patients and staff safe, meets regulatory requirements, and holds quality steady under pressure.
Leading the team end to end. Building, leading, and managing the team across the full employment lifecycle, from hiring through discipline, including union environments, recognition, training, and team culture.
HR and labor topics are tested at the principle level, so the credential holds across union and non-union environments and different organizational policies.
Leading, not just managing. Strategic thinking, change leadership, professional ethics, and a personal commitment to growth.
The cost side of running the department. Understanding financial performance, managing a budget, interpreting KPIs, and making the business case to leadership. Patient transport is typically a cost center, so the exam does not cover revenue cycle, billing, or reimbursement.
Using technology and data to run a better department. The focus is the manager’s use of systems and data, not IT expertise.
The passing standard is set by a panel of practicing transport managers using a modified-Angoff study, item by item, against a defined minimally qualified candidate. It is not a number picked to produce a pass rate.
The standard is finalized and confirmed through psychometric validation. Every candidate sits against the same standard.
Close but not exact? Exceptions are considered case by case. Send your resume and we will tell you where you stand before you spend anything.
Four ways in. All four include the examination, the candidate handbook and the digital badge.
$395
The examination, the handbook and the badge.
$795
Adds the full materials set: workbook, study guide and practice examination.
Most candidates
$1,395
Adds a second full-length practice examination, the live two-day boot camp, pre-exam question and answer sessions, the cohort community and a readiness dashboard. This is the one most candidates should take.
$1,895
Adds one-to-one coaching, priority support and one retake within twelve months at no fee.
Retake within twelve months, $295. Renewal, $200 per cycle. Printed workbook, $125. Additional practice form, $50. Group and enterprise pricing on request.
Founding cohort: 20 percent off any package, one time, for the first candidates through. Join the notify list to be included.
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Join the interest listFive ways to get ready, built to the blueprint.
Fifteen modules across the five domains, built on the APEX five-stage method, with practice questions in every lesson.
The blueprint walked through domain by domain, with a benchmark reference, a glossary and 35 practice questions with rationales.
The workbook as video, taken at your pace.
Live, virtual, 12 hours 40 minutes, run against the blueprint.
A full-length form written for practice, with a rationale for every question.
All materials are built on the ITC Five-Stage instructional method and reference NAHTM benchmarking data as the canonical peer standard, a comparison frame candidates continue to use after they certify. Package pricing is under What it costs.
CPTMP runs on a three-year cycle and renews with 30 hours of continuing education: at least 20 hours of domain content and up to 10 hours of professional service. The renewal fee is $200.
Conference sessions and ITC quarterly calls count toward the 20 domain hours.
CPTMP is one rung in a professional ladder for healthcare transport.
The transporter-level credential, with a planned endorsement path for advanced transporter skills.
Explore CHT →Instructor credential today, with supervisor (CHTS) and director (CHTD) credentials in development.
Explore CHTI →The apex management credential for transport supervisors, managers, and directors. This certification.
Already credentialing your frontline team? See the CHTI instructor credential and Patient Transport consulting.
Impact Training Company develops and publishes professional credentials and training for the healthcare transport field, built on a structured, practice-based instructional method.
The National Association of Healthcare Transport Management (NAHTM) is the professional association advancing the standard of hospital patient transport. NAHTM benchmarking data serves as the canonical peer reference across CPTMP study materials and the exam.
Impact Training Company built CPTMP and NAHTM endorses it, to give patient transport management a credible, defensible professional standard. About Donald Sipp Jr. →
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