Some hope from our IM brothers and sisters:
You are receiving this email because you previously signed a petition supporting changes in the ABIM maintenance of certification (MOC) process. We have >19,000 signatures but ABIM has not made meaningful changes to the 2014 MOC requirements. Many of you have asked about a “next step” and asked for an alternative.
This week we launch the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS.org), an alternative Board providing continuing board certification. (See board members below). The major difference is our replacing onerous computer modules and repeated exams with ACCME accredited Continuing Medical Education. (See complete requirements below).
We strive to provide high quality at the lowest possible cost.
Our fee is $169 for two year certification, irrespective of the number of specialty applications. This one fee covers two years and all your specialties. The fee will be adjusted up or down in future years, determined by our expenses.
The application requires less than 15 minutes to complete.
Go to NBPAS.org to view the website, apply for certification, and leave comments.
Please do not reply to this email address (since it is my work email). If you have comments, please leave them on
NBPAS.org.
Below is a full list of NBPAS requirements for continued certification:
- Candidates must have been previously certified by an American Board of Medical Specialties member board. Initially, NBPAS will only certify physicians in selected specialties. Other specialties and other boards will follow.
- Candidates must have a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in at least one US state.
- Candidates must have completed a minimum of 50 hours of continuing medical education (CME) within the past 24 months, provided by a recognized provider of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). CME must be related to one or more of the specialties in which the candidate is applying. Re-entry for physicians with lapsed certification requires 100 hours of CME with the past 24 months.
- For some specialties (ie interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, critical care), candidates must have active privileges to practice that specialty in at least one US hospital licensed by a nationally recognized credentialing organization with deeming authority from CMS (ie JCHAO, HFAP, DNV).
- A candidate who has had their medical staff appointment/membership or clinical privileges in the specialty for which they are seeking certification involuntarily revoked and not reinstated, must have subsequently maintained medical staff appointment/membership or clinical privileges for at least 24 months in another US hospital licensed by a nationally recognized credentialing organization with deeming authority from CMS (ie JCHAO, HFAP, DNV).
NBPAS Board Members:
Paul Teirstein, M.D., President NBPS, Chief of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic
Daniel Einhorn, M.D., Immediate-Past President, American College of Endocrinology; Past President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Bernard Gersh, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
C. Michael Gibson, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Robert Harrington, M.D., Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University
David Holmes, M.D., President, American College of Cardiology, 2011-2012; Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Jeffrey Popma, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Gregg Stone, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Eric Topol, M.D., Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute
Bonnie Weiner, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Mathew Williams, M.D., Chief, Division of Adult Cardiac Surgery, New York University Medical Center
Paul Teirstein, M.D.
Scripps Clinic
10666 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Office:
858 554 9905