How do we calculate our CME program size to determine where we fit in the Menu of Criteria for Accreditation with Commendation? Do we include jointly provided activities as well?
Each organization needs to calculate the size of their CME program in order to determine the standard for measuring compliance under the new commendation menu. To do so, you'll need to add up the total number of activities you've provided through the entire accreditation term (four or six years, depending on the provider), which includes directly provided AND jointly provided activities.
In PARS, is there a special way to report RSS information?
Yes, actually. The ACCME requires that Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) are reported as one activity, not multiple. Providers should add up the total hours within the series, and should consider each attendee as one learner, counting the same individual more than once if they attended more than once activity within the series.
