바카라 사리트 recognizes the medical profession's responsibility to ensure quality medical care and supports the concept of lifelong learning and the need for ongoing physician accountability. 바카라 사리트's Professional Accountability Principles outline the important attributes and standards for any organization that is involved in assuring physician accountability.
Because a wide variety of attributes contribute to a physician’s competence and quality of care, 바카라 사리트 believes that participation in programs for physician accountability such as maintenance of certification (MOC) should not be an absolute prerequisite for licensure and credentialing including acceptance into health plan networks, reimbursement, hospital medical staff privileges, medical liability coverage, and/or state licensing bodies, and other purposes.
바카라 사리트's Position Statement on Regulation of Credentialing and Licensing outlines a variety of issues, including the potential for adverse unintended consequences, for consideration regarding legislation to regulate MOC. The primary determinants should be demonstrated performance for providing high quality, compassionate care and a commitment to continuous professional development.
바카라 사리트 Advocates to Improve MOC Process
바카라 사리트 is working aggressively to address the concerns about ABIM's MOC program expressed by our members and the internal medicine community, and to achieve reform through active discussion with ABIM at many levels. Based on the accountability principles and the feedback from 바카라 사리트 members, advocacy efforts with ABIM have focused on the need for MOC to be more relevant, more valuable, less burdensome, and less time-consuming. 바카라 사리트 will continue to represent the concerns of members to ABIM to assure that the MOC process evolves to increase relevance and value to our members.
Statements from 바카라 사리트 About MOC
- 바카라 사리트 Works with ABIM to Improve Transparency of Exam Refund Policy for Medical Cancellation (August 27, 2024)
- 바카라 사리트 Letter to ABIM Regarding Transparency and Accessibility of Exam Cancellations Policy (July 15, 2024)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM’s MOC Program (October 6, 2023)
- 바카라 사리트 Response to ABMS Draft Standards for Continuing Certification (June 22, 2021)
- 바카라 사리트 Applauds ABIM’s Extension of MOC Requirements (March 9, 2021)
- 바카라 사리트 Supportive of ABIM Plans to Develop Longitudinal Assessment Option for Continuing Certification (August 28, 2019)
- 바카라 사리트 Comments on the Future of MOC (January 19, 2019)
- 바카라 사리트 Comments on ABMS Vision Commission Draft Report (January 14, 2019)
- 바카라 사리트 Invites Comments on ABMS Vision for the Future Commission Draft Report on MOC (December 14, 2018)
Additional Letters
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (September 8, 2017)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (December 1, 2016)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (August 12, 2016)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (March 18, 2016)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (February 7, 2016)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (October 2, 2015)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (July 6, 2015)
- 바카라 사리트 Update about ABIM's MOC Program (February 20, 2015)
- 바카라 사리트 Update: Statement on ABIM changes to MOC program (February 4, 2015)
- 바카라 사리트 Update: Statement on MOC and licensure; announcing the 바카라 사리트 MOC Navigator (October 24, 2014)
- 바카라 사리트 Update: ABIM exploring how to clarify confusing MOC reporting designation: "meeting requirements" (August 21, 2014)
- 바카라 사리트 Update: Update regarding additional changes by ABIM to MOC program (August 7, 2014)
- 바카라 사리트 Update: Summary of initial changes to MOC program; medical societies convene for summit on MOC (July 18, 2014)
- 바카라 사리트 Update: 바카라 사리트 working toward MOC reform; summary of current actions taken by 바카라 사리트 (June 5, 2014)