Can we use commercial support to pay expenses for a handful of individual learners to defray the costs of attending our activity?

Standard 4 is dedicated to the appropriate management of commercial support.  It clarifies that the provider must not use commercial support to pay for expenses for individual learners or groups of learners in accredited CE (including travel, lodging, honoraria, or personal expenses).  They can, however, use commercial support to offset or eliminate the cost of the activity/education for all learners. (Standard 4: Manage Commercial Support Appropriately)

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We prefer to keep our CME/CE Program mission statement high level and ambitious, without binding us to specific results. Is that okay?

Per the ACCME, accredited providers must have “a CME mission statement that includes… More >

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