- What are the parameters on group size for a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Improvement Activity?
- When mitigating relevant financial relationships, should I be using different approaches for planners, authors, speakers, etc.?
- We planned an activity that ended up cancelled; what is our PARS responsibility?
- Are we allowed to update the format of a live CME activity to allow for virtual participation as well?
- We'd like to offer different types of MOC credits for the same activity. Is this allowed?
- Can a hospital CE department meet the expectation of the Collaborates Effectively Criterion by working with various departments in the same hospital?
- Do we have to report learner credit data for the ACCME?
- Where can I include marketing information from our commercial supporters in our educational materials?
- What is the ACCME's "30-minute rule" for marketing and exhibits?
- Is record keeping required when it comes to commercial support?
- Can we use commercial support to pay expenses for a handful of individual learners to defray the costs of attending our activity?
- If a faculty member has no relevant financial relationships, can we just say nothing?
- Can I include an owner or employee of an ineligible company in the planning portion of my CE activity?
- Does the ACCME allow providers to combine abstracts (for no CE credit) and advertising in the same handout?
- Do we have to provide a list of our participants to our commercial supporters?
- What is considered to be a "fair and balanced" view of diagnostic and therapeutic options?
- In our accredited CE, are we allowed to discuss new and evolving topics that are not yet based on current science?
- We are designing an 'other/blended' learning activity; what are our guidelines?
- Should my organization become accredited through the ACCME or through my state medical society?
- For accreditation and reaccreditation, does the ACCME require that we have a designated CE committee?
- For our MOC activities, how should we give learner feedback?
- What does the ACCME mean by "format that can be verified at the time of accreditation" in Standard 3?
- Oops! We added a learner to an activity by mistake. How do we remove them?
- When applying for Accreditation with Commendation, can we use the same content/activities to meet the various commendation requirements?
- In PARS, how should we report activities that are available for more than a single year?
- In PARS, can I indicate that my MOC activity is relevant to many topics?
- As a Joint Accreditation provider, what should we do when one of our activities only has one profession represented?
- Can we pay for some people's expenses with commercial support funds?
- What is the best way to provide learner feedback for our MOC activities?
- To comply with the Demonstrates Creativity/Innovation Criterion, do we need to provide examples from the current accreditation term only?
- Does the ACCME prefer a specific type of feedback to learners for the Optimized Communication Skills Commendation Criterion?
- Our organization's contact information changed - do I have to update it in PARS?
- To apply for Accreditation with Commendation, how best do we determine our program size?
- When we send save-the-date cards, do they need to include the ACCME accreditation statement?
- Can we apply for Joint Accreditation if we don't have any accreditation statuses?
- Can we offer MOC credits of various types for the same activity?
- Could the ACCME accredit one of our individual activities?
- To qualify for Joint Accreditation, at least 25% of our educational activities over the prior 18 months must be considered "interprofessional" - how do we calculate this?
- To meet the Improves Performance Criterion expectations for Commendation, do we have to measure the performance change for EVERY learner?
- Can I submit my organization's ACPE Self-Assessment Report online?
- What's the best way to advertise that my activities include MOC?
- What's the best way to report in-kind support for an activity?
- Can we ask an ineligible company for some topic and speaker suggestions on an upcoming CE activity?
- Can we use commercial support to pay some expenses of speakers?
- Where is the best place to include advertising for ineligible companies in our CE event?
- If we are turning a live activity into enduring material, do we still have to acknowledge commercial support and share faculty disclosures?
- What does the phrase "nature of the relationship" mean when it comes to providing disclosure to learners in Standard 3.5c?
- If we don't provide CE credit for the abstracts, are we allowed to include advertising in the handouts (print or digital) that DO contain abstracts?
- Is it ok for a provider to leave it up to each individual to determine if their financial relationship is relevant?
- In joint providership, who needs to be included in the written agreement for commercial support and what is the recommended timeline?
- If a participant does not earn the maximum amount of credit available for a MOC activity, can we award the "partial credit"?
- What are the different statuses for activities in PARS?
- Are our commercial supporters allowed to distribute promotional materials for CE activities (like "save the date" and other informational items)?
- Does my organization need to demonstrate compliance with the Collaborates Effectively Criterion at the activity level?
- Our annual meeting has multiple sessions that I'd like to register for MOC; should they each be entered separately in PARS?
- How do I delete an activity from PARS?
- We'd like to demonstrate "healthcare quality improvement" for the Improves Healthcare Quality Criterion; how exactly do we do that?
- Is it ok for an accredited provider to get topic or speaker suggestions for CE from an ineligible company?
- What if I do not want my activity listed on CME Passport?
- Our activities offer MOC - how do we advertise this to learners?
- Are we required to use the joint accreditation logo on our meeting materials?
- We want to use patients as planners and teachers in our accredited CE program - but doesn't this compromise privacy and confidentiality?
- Can we use the logo of an ACCME-defined eligible entity in acknowledging their support of our activity?
- Can my activity count as BOTH a MIPS and a MOC activity?
- As a CME provider, can we use commercial support to pay for services and supplies we need to produce and distribute the activity?
- In PARS, how can I report MOC points for a learner who earned multiple types of credit?
- Can a provider leave it up to an individual who controls content to determine if their financial relationship is relevant and needs to be mitigated?
- To comply with the Engages in Research/Scholarship Commendation Criterion, does my CME team have to be the group that leads and analyzes the research itself? Or can a different group (within the accredited provider) do that part?
- Do I have to use the ACCME's CME Passport?
- Are patent holders who receive royalty payments from ineligible companies considered to be owners of those companies?
- If our MOC activity is selected for review, what do we do?
- What is the difference between direct providership and joint providership of activities?
- We have online enduring materials that were released in 2021 but will be available into 2022. Do they need to comply with the New Standards?
- If our ACPE-accredited activity is only 30 minutes long but meets all the requirements of an application-based activity, is that ok?
- Is the end of year reporting deadline the same for all activities across each major accreditation board?
- How can I know if we are meeting the various board requirements in offering MOC for our activities?
- How should providers manage individuals who report that they own stock in an ineligible company?
- For the Improves Performance Criterion, would measurements of learner team performance be acceptable?
- What should I do if I need to upload to PARS during the scheduled downtime?
- If a company is developing its first product, at what point does it become an ineligible company?
- The ACCME often accepts electronically signed documents in lieu of physically signed ones; does this apply for commercial support agreements?
- How do I know if my activity counts as a MIPS activity?
- For our MOC activities, what information should we collect from our learners?
- For the "Demonstrates Creativity/Innovation" Commendation Criterion, to what time period does "new" refer?
- The phrase "professional practice gap" is used in multiple places - what does this mean?
- With which set of standards will we need to show compliance for activities planned before 2022 but not taking place until 2022?
- What is the difference between an internet live course and an internet enduring material course?
- Can we accept "e-signatures" on disclosure forms from our faculty speakers?
- When calculating outcomes data for Commendation Criteria 36, do all learners have to be physicians to be counted towards performance improvement?
- In light of the new Standards, when should we use the phrase "accredited continuing education" and when should we use the phrase "continuing medical education"?
- To comply with the new Standards, do we need to replace all instances of "commercial" with "ineligible"?
- Is a 30-minute interval between accredited and non-accredited education required in virtual activities?
- In light of the restrictions in Standard 4.1c, are we allowed to provide scholarships to fellows and residents?
- To transmit disclosure information to learners, can we use electronic mechanisms (including tabs and links)?
- Are accredited providers required to supply a list of participants to commercial supporters?
- Can we change the format of a live CME activity to allow some learners to participate virtually?
- Can our organization offer different types of MOC credits for the same activity?
- Who gives permission for my organization to begin accrediting CE activities as Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Improvement Activities?
- We'd like to teach clinicians how to provide healthcare in a "resource-constrained" environment (i.e., a disaster zone). Would this activity meet the "Addresses Population Health" criterion?
- Should we be collecting financial disclosures on an annual basis or at the time of the activity creation?
- Because of the pandemic, we are offering more virtual activities: How should these activities be reported in PARS?
- In Standard 2, what does "explicit consent of the learner" mean?
- Is there a requirement to have a CME committee in my organization?
- With the adoption of the new Standards, do we need to modify our accreditation statement or other material to replace "continuing medical education" with "continuing education"?
- Would we comply with the "Advances Data Use" commendation criteria if we incorporate data from clinical data registries in our CME activities?
- What is the difference between an internet live course and an internet enduring material course?
- Can we accept "e-signatures" on disclosure forms from our faculty speakers?
- What is the best way to make sure we meet board requirements when offering MOC for our CME activities?
- What additional requirements should we meet to offer a MIPS Improvement Activity?
- For Commendation Criteria 23 (IPCE education), do physician assistants count as a separate type of physician?
- Are we allowed to include advertising in a handout (printed or digital) that contains abstracts if we don't offer CME credit for the abstracts?
- Can we offer enduring materials for a limited time only, as COVID-related data is changing so quickly?
- Is it appropriate for an accredited provider to leave it up to an individual in control of content to determine if their financial relationship(s) qualifies as relevant?
- If a live regularly scheduled series (RSS) is held virtually, what should providers enter into the required fields "City", "State", and "Country" in PARS when reporting the activity?
- Are we allowed to provide scholarships to resident and fellows (based on the requirements of Standard 4.1c)?
- Should we include jointly provided activities when we are calculating our program size for ACCME Commendation?
- When designing a MIPS activity, do we need to target a specific group size? Is there a minimum or maximum number of learners?
- Can I register non-specialty specific CME activities for MOC credit?
- We received in-kind support for a recent activity - how do we report it in PARS?
- To comply with C25, how much do health professions students need to be involved as planners/faculty?
- I know the ACPE has some specific requirements for activity evaluations - what are they, exactly?
- Standard 3 of the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE talks about "relevant financial relationships" - what is this exactly?
- Where can I point clinicians to get the latest COVID-19 updates and available activities?
- Is there a way to ensure that we are meeting the various board requirements in offering MOC for our activities?
- Can we put advertisements in our printed journal-based CME and still comply with SCS 4.2?
- If my MOC activity is selected for review, what do we do?
- How can I help learners understand whether or not they are required to participate in a MIPS Improvement Activity to obtain the connected financial incentives?
- Can my COVID-19 CME include non-clinical topics (i.e. PPE shortage and safety guidelines)?
- Do I need to document both receipt (income) and expenditure (expenses) for my CME activity?
- If my organization is using the Accredited CME Improvement Activities framework, do we select our own intervention and measure of change, or are we limited to a specific list?
- If our ACPE-accredited activity is only 30 minutes long but meets all the requirements of an application-based activity, is that ok?
- Is there a way for commercial interests to exhibit appropriately in our virtual gathering?
- In PARS, do we need to report commercial support if it was paid directly to a joint provider?
- As the AMA requires access to appropriate bibliographic sources to allow for further study for enduring materials activities, do we need to supply a separate bibliographic resource/resource page with each activity?
- For MOC activities, what should I do if the participant information in PARS does not match the learner information held by the specialty board?
- For journal-based CME, do we need to collect information about relevant financial relationships from the authors (in addition to identifying, resolving, and disclosing those relevant relationships?)
- Because of COVID-19, has the ABIM suspended their peer review requirement for activities related directly to the pandemic?
- If we are using a follow-up survey as a measurement tool to comply with Commendation Criterion 36, do we have to measure improvement in the majority of responders or total learners?
- Can the CE activities we are already providing help clinicians meet MIPS reporting requirements?
- Is a post-test required to evaluate changes in learners achieved for enduring materials?
- In ACCME's PARS, what is the difference between an "open" and "closed" activity?
- What should I do if attendees to our ACPE activity upload incorrect CPE Monitor® numbers?
- Who are the individuals considered to be "in control of content" of my CE activity?
- Are there new COVID-19 resources available for the CE community?
- Is there a minimum group size for a CME activity that meets MIPS requirements?
- What kind of documentation should my organization be using when it comes to tracking commercial support?
- Can we achieve commendation with ACPE Standards or only with ACCME Standards?
- I see that a "participation threshold" is required for MOC activities - how do we create one?
- We are taking our first steps towards accreditation - how can we determine if our organization is a commercial interest?
- We are creating an activity for pharmacists about the opioid crisis. How can we identify this for potential learners?
- Is it allowable to register the same activity for MOC credit with multiple boards?
- Does my organization have to use the Menu of Criteria for Accreditation with Commendation to become accredited with the ACCME?
- We are developing a few activities that meet MIPS requirements: How can we let learners know about them?
- What resources are available to share with learners at nursing-specific activities that address the COVID-19 pandemic?
- We need to reschedule an ACPE accredited activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic - do we still have to pay the fee?
- We just converted a live activity into enduring material: Do we still have to post faculty disclosure and commercial support acknowledgement?
- For activities provided for pharmacists, can we provide paper certificates as evidence of activity completion?
- For Commendation Criteria 23 (IPCE education), do physician assistants count as a separate type of physician?
- As the COVID-19 situation evolves, where can I get CME resources?
- Are there commercial grant funds available specifically for CE addressing COVID-19?
- We'd like to create an expedited CME activity related to COVID-19. What is our next step?
- For a nursing activity, what is the difference between "CNE", "NCPD", and "contact hours"?
- From a CME perspective, what COVID-19 resources are available to me?
- If someone serves as a principle investigator on a study, should it be included on the financial relationships disclosure form?
- Is it permissible to financially incentivize learners to attend a specific CME/CE activity?
- A faculty member for our CME/CE activity just accepted a position with an ACCME-defined Commercial Interest, but the employment doesn't begin until after the activity is over. Can this individual still participate?
- Can we accept "e-signatures" on disclosure forms from our faculty speakers?
- What would "patient or community health" consist of for C38?
- If we have complied with Criterion 37, does that automatically mean we have met the requirements of Criterion 36 as well?
- When calculating outcomes data for Criterion 36, do all learners have to be physicians to be counted towards performance improvement?
- Do the four examples of creativity and innovation in Criterion 35 have to be four DIFFERENT innovations? Or could we use multiple examples from the same innovations?
- When considering Criterion 34, can we consider our program faculty as part of our CME team?
- To comply with C33, does our publication or presentation have to be accepted for publication? Or is it enough to submit the project?
- What are a few examples of ways we could conduct "periodic analysis" to measure how effective our supplemental strategies are? (C32)
- We want to comply with Criterion 31 by using our MOC tracking system to help learners track what they need to maintain their certification and offer suggestions - would this be compliant?
- Could my organization comply with C30 by optimizing NON-clinical skills? Or does it have to be technical/procedural skills only?
- Does the ACCME recommend or prescribe a specific method for feedback to learners for Criterion 29?
- Does demonstrating compliance with C28 have to take place at the activity level?
- Can we comply with C27 by teaching our learners how to educate the public regarding community or population health?
- Can a provider comply with C26 by discussing analysis or synthesis of data, or do they have to teach methods of analysis or synthesis?
- To comply with C25, can a staff nurse who is working towards a BSN degree (Bachelor's Degree in Nursing)count as a "student of the health profession"?
- Is it required to utilize the same patients/public representatives as faculty and planner for CME activities to be compliant with Criterion 24?
- Is it permissible for a provider to use healthcare administrators as interprofessional teachers and planners to comply with Criterion 23?
- What is an RPC ID?
- If we turn our live activity into enduring material, does the ACCME consider that to be two separate activities?
- Of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Improvement Activities, which is approved for accredited CME?
- During the planning process, when should I register my activity for MOC?
- If we turn a live activity into enduring material, do faculty COI disclosures and commercial support acknowledgement still have to take place?
- Can I use commercial support to pay for the expenses of activity speakers?
- For ACCME reaccreditation, how long do I need to keep my activity files?
- What is the "interprofessional team" that's described in Commendation Criteria 23?
- When it comes to MIPS Improvement Activities, what additional requirements do I need to meet?
- For the activities I have registered for MOC via PARS, what information do I need to collect about each participating learner?
- What exactly is a REMS activity?
- I want to report MOC points for an accredited CME activity. Can I use PARS for this?
- Does every single learner need to receive feedback and be observed for a provider to comply with Commendation Criterion 29?
- How can I use PARS to report MOC points for my activity?
- In Commendation Criterion 37, what does "healthcare quality improvement" mean?
- Do I absolutely have to use the ACPE logo in my CPE materials?
- Are physicians the only individuals allowed to be a faculty at a CME activity?
- I have heard of REMS, but what IS an FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy?
- MOC activities require a passing standard. As such, how do I develop this standard?
- Does the ACCME consider diagnostic laboratories to be commercial interests?
- For Criterion 36, what is the minimum level of performance change that must be demonstrated?
- Could an accredited CME activity count as both a MIPS Improvement Activity and a MOC activity?
- I need a copy of my Activity Description Form (ADF) for a registered CPE activity. How do I access this?
- For MOC activities, how will I know that the participant data I have uploaded has been validated by the specialty board?
- Which definition of public or population health should providers use when complying with C27?
- If a faculty member's spouse is employed by a commercial interest, is the faculty member still allowed to participate in the CME activity?
- Can I award MOC credit automatically to the faculty member presenting or creating my MOC activity content?
- To comply with Commendation Criterion 36, can we use measures of team performance?
- Are pharmacies considered ACCME-defined commercial interests?
- To comply with Criterion 33, does the actual CME team need to construct/direct the research, or is it ok for another group (within the provider) to lead the effort?
- If more than one year has passed since any involvement with a commercial interest, does my faculty member still need to disclose those prior relationship?
- Does a completed disclosure form demonstrate conflict resolution?
- Are there types of activities that do not qualify for AMA PRA Category 1™ Credit?
- Does the ACPE require Active Learning in every activity?
- What are some examples of individuals who are in control of content as described in SCS 2.1?
- With MOC activities, how should I provide learner feedback?
- 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?
- In PARS, is there a special way to report RSS information?
- Is the end of year reporting deadline the same for all activities across each major accreditation board?
- Is self-reporting an acceptable way for us to measure patient or community health for Commendation Criterion C38?
- Do we have to submit evidence-based measures to comply with Commendation Criteria 37? Are there other options?
- We currently use a follow-up survey as a measurement tool. To comply with Commendation Criteria C36, would we need to measure improvement in the majority of survey respondents or the majority of total learners?
- Would it count towards Criterion 35 to institute new learning formats as "innovations"?
- To comply with Commendation Criterion 34, does the continuous professional development for our CME team have to be directly related to CME? What about planning/managing trainings?
- To comply with Criterion 33, does our own CME team have to develop and analyze the research, or can a different group in our organization take the lead here?
- For Criterion 32, how often does the provider need to conduct a "periodic analysis to determine the effectiveness of the support strategies, and plans improvements"?
- We want to comply with Commendation Criterion 31 by using our MOC tracking system to help learners track what they need to maintain their certification & offer suggestions - would this be compliant?
- What if not every learner participates in the technical or procedural skill component of an activity? Would we still comply with Criterion 30?
- Commendation Criterion 29 requires that a provider teach/observe and provide feedback about communication skills. Can the observation/feedback portion be self-reported?
- For Commendation Criterion 28, do we need to collaborate with organizations specifically outside of ourselves?
- Commendation Criterion 27 requries a focus on "population health" but what about a population that has elected medical treatment for aesthetic purposes? Does this count?
- Criterion 26 requires the use of data, but does the ACCME require that accredited providers use identifiable patient health or practice data?
- Who are the health professions students described in Commendation Criterion 25?
- What does using "patient/public representatives as faculty/planners" really mean in Criterion 24?
- To comply with Criterion 23, we need an "interprofessional team". What is this, exactly?
- If our MOC activity is selected for audit by the ABIM, what records do we need to prepare?
- What is the difference between an internet live course and an internet enduring material course?
- For our learners to earn points for ABIM Practice Assessment activities, what additional informaiton do we need to collect?
- With the Menu of New Criteria for Accreditation with Commendation, can the same CME activities be used to comply with multiple criteria?
- What is the main difference between direct providership and joint providership?
- What CME activity records am I required to keep? (And for how long?)
- Are we required to use the joint accreditation logo on our meeting materials?
- According to the ACPE, is a pharmacy considered to be a commercial interest?
- If we turn our live activity into enduring material, is that considered to be a separate activity?
- For Criterion 28, are providers required to demonstrate compliance at the activity level? Or just for the CME program as a whole?
- Am I required by the ACCME to give credit certificates?
- For Commendation Criteria C27, what does it mean to step outside the realm of clinical medicine to address populations?
- What are the required qualifications for a Nurse Planner?
- If a faculty member's spouse is employed by a commercial interest, is the faculty member still allowed to participate in the CME activity?
- According to C23, is interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) the same as multidisciplinary education?
- How soon should providers register activities for MOC?
- What are the required qualifications for a Lead Nurse Planner?
- Does the ACPE have a batch upload feature for activity registrations?
- What are the physician requirements for ABPath MOC Part II?
- How soon before an activity launch date do we need to register our ACPE activity?
- To comply with Commendation Criterion C32, how often do we need to evaluate the effectiveness of our supplemental strategy?
- How many of the new Commendation Criteria does my organization need to comply witih?
- I'm working on our CPE goal and mission statements. What's the difference between them?
- Does the ACCME have any additional requirements that apply only to Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)?
- We'd like to invite a faculty member from another country to present at our CME activity. Is this ok with the ACCME?
- Does ACCME Criterion 33 require that our publication/presentation be accepted and published or just that we submit it for publication/presentation?
- Does my ACPE activity evaluation need to be different than my ACCME activity evaluation?
- Will the ACCME's Menu of New Commendation Criteria always be optional? Is there a transition phase?
- Does the ACPE require Active Learning in every activity?
- Is it ever appropriate for a CME activity to feature medical device usage?
- How do we determine the correct number of MOC points available for our activity?
- If we have uploaded many of our activities into PARS throughout the year, can we still utilize the "batch upload" function without causing duplication?
- What is a UAN and why do I need one for ACPE-certified activities?
- If more than one year has passed since any involvement with a commercial interest, does my faculty member still need to disclose those prior relationships to learners?
- Are we allowed to award late credit for CPE activities?
- If a potential faculty presenter was previously employed by an ACCME-defined commercial interest, are they ineligible from participating in our ACCME-accredited activity?
- For live and enduring materials that are related to the same content, should a provider register them separately in PARS?
- If learners demonstrated that they stopped doing something ineffective, would that be considered an "improvement" according to Criterion 36?
- How much stock ownership of a commercial interest is considered a relevant conflict of interest?
- Are there types of activities that do NOT quality for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit?
- If my organization wants to comply with Commendation Criteria 25, how much do health professions students need to be involved as planners and/or faculty?
- Is it allowed for an employee from a commercial interest to be involved in CME activities?
- How can I register an accredited CME activity for ABIM MOC?
- Are pharmacies considered ACCME-defined commercial interests?
- What participant information do I need to gather for an MOC activity?
- Where can I find examples of compliance for the new Menu of Commendation Criteria?
- Can I award MOC credit automatically to the faculty member presenting or creating my MOC activity content?
- Could faculty development activities count towards compliance with Commendation Criteria 34?
- Does the ACPE offer any guidance in interpreting feedback from activity evaluations?
- When designing an activity for ABIM MOC credit, what additional evaluation requirements must be met?
- Why does the new Menu of Criteria for Accreditation with Commendation include a sliding scale?
- How many kinds of ACPE activities are there?
- How many of the new Commendation Criteria does my organization need to comply with?
- Does the ACCME have a definition for "planner" or "faculty" as described in Commendation Criteria 23, 24, and 25?
- Does ACPE allow for awarding partial credit to learners?
- If the individuals involved have no relevant financial relationships, can we skip the disclosure portion of the activity?
- In order to earn Practice Assessment MOC points, is a physician required to participate in every step of the quality improvement process?
- Can we use a commercial supporter's logo when acknowledging support?
- Is a signed disclosure form the only way to demonstrated compliance with SCS 2.1?
- According to the ACCME, how can my organization provider feedback to the learner?
- What types of activities are eligible for ABIM MOC?
- What are the differences between the three types of CPE activities?
- Who exactly is considered to be in a position to control content, according to SCS 2.1?
- Who are the health professions students described in Criterion 25 of the ACCME's new Menu of Commendation Criteria?
- Does new Commendation Criterion 35 refer to new innovation inside the current accreditation period?
- Will using the ACCME's Menu of New Commendation Criteria always be optional? Is there a transition phase?
- To register an activity for ABIM Practice Assessment MOC, what additional information, if any, must be reported via PARS?
- What components are required in an LOA?
- Does a completed Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure form demonstrate conflict resolution?
- What activities are NOT eligible for AMA PRA Credit?
- Are accredited CME providers required to register activities for MOC?
- How do I determine the number of MOC points/credits available for my organization's activity?
- How do I know if my ACPE activity qualifies as an RSS?
- In the situation of joint providership, which organization is responsible for awarding the credit?
- Is ACCME PARS data made public?
- Why does the "AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™" reference need to be italicized?
- If we have uploaded many of our activities into PARS throughout the year, can we still utilize the "batch upload" function without causing duplication?
- What content can we certify for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™?
- When developing our ACPE activity's evaluation, what needs to be included?
- How do I calculate the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for each activity format?
- If my organization is seeking Accreditation with Commendation, by what date do we have to use the ACCME's menu of new criteria?
- What requirements does the ACPE have for an activity's learning objectives?
- If our educational activity is supported by a financial grant from a commercial interest, what related wording is required by the ACCME on program materials?
- What information should our educational activity "save the date" include?
- Can I use a written response as an evaluation mechanism? How?
- If our ACPE accredited activity is only 30-minutes long, but meets all the requirements of an application-based activity, is that ok?
- Is there a difference between disclosure in Standard for Commercial Support (SCS) 2 and disclosure in SCS 6? Are they both required?
- As a CME provider, am I required to give learners a certificate as documentation of their participation in the activity?
- Can I collect patient-identifiable information for a certified CME activity? Does this information need to be included in the activity file for audit by the ACCME?
- As a CME stakeholder or pharmaceutical manufacturer, do I have to report transfer of value in every situation?
- Now that the new commendation criteria menu has been released by the ACCME, does my organization have a choice between the new menu and the current criteria for our upcoming reaccreditation?
- What does it mean to identify a practice gap and the underlying educational need?
- According to the ACCME, what is the difference between Commercial Interest and Commercial Support?
- Can an accredited provider rely solely on self-attestation as the mechanism to resolve the relevant conflict of interest for planners?
- If my activity is relevant to more than one ABIM specialty, can I document that in PARS?
- What requirements does the ACCME have for sign-in sheets?
- What specific requirements does the ACPE have for activity evaluations?
- Can ANCC Accredited Providers jointly provide educational activities?
- If our organization has already resolved relevant conflicts of interest, what else is left to disclose?
- If a live activity is converted into an enduring activity, do acknowledgement of commercial support and disclosure have to be made again?
- I have heard that social events shouldn't compete with educational events. What does this mean, practically?
- How long am I required to keep ACPE learner and activity records?
- According to the ACCME, how should an organization report income associated with jointly provided activities?
- What do the different letters and numbers represent in each ACPE UAN assignment?
- Are pharmacies considered ACCME-defined commercial interests?
- Should a company be listed as a joint provider if they provide an unrestricted educational grant for a conference? (ACPE)
- When designing a CME activity, does the planning process have to follow the ACCME’s criteria in order or in any specific sequence?
- Can faculty members receive ACPE credit for their presentations?
- If an ANCC-accredited organization is promoting an event by designing announcements, save-the-dates, handouts, e-blasts, etc., what elements are required to be included on these materials?
- Per the ACCME, what exactly must be included in a provider’s mission statement?
- Is an ACCME-accredited provider required to use a sign-in sheet at CME activities?
- If a learner is able to complete an activity and learning assessment early, do they claim partial or full credit?
- Does an accredited provider have to report commercial support that is paid directly to a joint provider for an activity?
- Can commercial support be spent directly by the commercial supporter on costs related to the CME activity?
- How does the ACCME define hours of instruction?
- Can an activity that isn't open to the public still qualify for ABIM MOC credit?
- When registering activities for MOC credit in PARS, are batch uploads still possible?
- Is it an ACPE requirement for a pharmacist to be involved in the planning of an activity?
- What is the ACPE "P.L.A.N."?
- When should an activity be registered for ABIM MOC credit? Before or after the activity?
- Per the ACCME's definition of joint-providership, can two accredited organizations work in joint providership?
- What are the ABIM requirements for peer review and the required credentials of the reviewers?
- Is an ACCME provider on probation considered in "good standing"?
- In ACPE accreditation, what is the difference between learning assessment and activity evaluation?
- Can I enter information into PARS about many activities at the same time?
- Does the ACCME accredit individual activities?
- It is allowed for a full-time employee from a commercial interest to be involved in CME activities?
- What are the CPE Monitor upload timelines for the ACPE?
- What is Primary Accreditation with the ANCC?
- How far in advance should the reaccreditation process begin?
- When adding information into PARS, what competencies will be available for selection?
- When two different organizations are providing accreditation for different groups of people in an event, do they need to be listed separately on program materials?
- Does a completed Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure form demonstrate conflict resolution?
- How can I register an accredited CME activity for ABIM MOC?
- When can I submit PARS participant data for ABIM's MOC program?
- Is it ok to use the logos of the sponsors on production material?
- Who is in charge of the ACCME?
- What are the consequences of a "failed" audit?
- In CME terms, what is the difference between knowledge, competence and performance?
- I keep hearing the phrase: “Commercial Interest”. What does this mean?
- When disclosing commercial support for a CME activity, can a commercial supporter’s logo be used?
- Are CME presenters allowed to speak during meal-time?
- Does the ACCME require that a fee be paid for joint providership?
- Does the ACCME offer training regarding the expectations of the ACCME Accreditation Criteria?
- Does each CME activity evaluation have to go beyond learners' satisfaction?
- Can CME providers see examples of CME best practices from ACCME?
- Is ACCME PARS data made public?
- Can accredited providers collect conflict-of-interest (COI) disclosure information verbally from individuals in control of content?
- If I’m an accredited provider, do I have to use a sign-in sheet at CME activities?
- What is included in the ACCME PARS Program Summary tab for the 2015 Reporting Year?
- What’s the ACCME’s definition of commercial interest?
- Can I submit a series activity as a single abstract in the ACCME Performance-In-Practice Structured Abstract?
- Can employees of commercial interests participate as planners or speakers for a CME activity?
- Differentiating Direct Providership and Joint Providership
- What kind of documentation of commercial support does the ACCME expect?
- What specifically needs to be included in a provider’s mission statement?
- Who should a provider collect disclosure information from?
- Differentiating Knowledge, Competence and Performance
- What Does it Mean to Identify a Practice Gap and the Underlying Educational Need?
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