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 the cost of the activity/education for all learners.  

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A faculty member is confident his financial relationships with ineligible companies aren’t relevant to the content of his presentation. Should he still list them on his disclosure form?

We appreciate the confidence, but the ACCME specifies … More >

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