1. National Credentialing Forum February 11, 2016
Jennifer Michael, Chief Information Officer
Dave Urda, Director of Business Development & Strategy

2. in partnership with Member Boards.
ABMS Mission
The mission of the American Board of Medical Specialties is to serve the public and the medical profession by improving the quality of health care through setting professional standards for lifelong
certification*
in partnership with Member Boards.
*This reference to lifelong certification incorporates initial certification processes as well as programs for maintenance of certification (MOC).

3. Setting and Implementing Standards
Member Boards set standards that define the education, training, and additional assessment requirements to be certified
Certification
Initial
Continuing Career-long
(Maintenance of Certification)

4. ABMS MOC 2016 - An Integrated Program with Core Elements
Must have achieved Initial ABMS Board Certification
Career-long process
Based in the six ABMS/ACGME Core Competencies
Professionalism
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Systems-based Practice

5. Why ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC)?

6. ABMS MOC 2016 - An Integrated Program with Core Elements
Four Elements
Part I: Professionalism and Professional Standing
Part II: Lifelong Learning and Self Assessment
Part III: Assessment of Knowledge, Skills and Judgment
Part IV: Improvement in Medical Practice

7. Updates to Certification Program
Improvement in Medical Practice (IMP-Part IV) Task Force
Determine what role (if any) IMP should have in MOC and what value it delivers
Broaden types of activities for IMP credit
Encourage innovation in IMP Activities
External stakeholder engagement
Survey to NAMSS Community
Engagement with CMO’s
Outreach to associate organizations

8. ABMS MOC Assessment Pilot
Developing a new assessment process for MOC Part III
Incorporate a more formative experience
Address physician concerns about burden, relevance and financial cost
Increase MOC’s relevance to practice
Exam should be formative, allow outside resources, more frequent and lower stakes assessments
Increase evidence of effectiveness

9. MOC/C-MOC Display

10. Board Eligibility

11. Product Updates
Updating ABMS Solutions products to enhance our data display
Goal to add diplomate information such as licensure status
Tighten up data flow lag time between Member Boards and ABMS

12. Next Steps 2016 Outcomes of IMP Task Force
Expand external engagement actions
ABMS MOC Assessment Pilot
Product Enhancements