Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 164 (8) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
Alexander T. Sandhu ◽  
R. Adams Dudley ◽  
Dhruv S. Kazi
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification

A Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program

2015 ◽  
Vol 163 (6) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander T. Sandhu ◽  
R. Adams Dudley ◽  
Dhruv S. Kazi
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification

Association between Performance in a Maintenance of Certification Program and Disciplinary Actions against the Medical Licenses of Anesthesiologists

2018 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 812-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhou ◽  
Huaping Sun ◽  
Alex Macario ◽  
Mark T. Keegan ◽  
Andrew J. Patterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Lower Incidence ◽  
Cumulative Incidence ◽  
Hazard Ratio ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
Disciplinary Actions ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification ◽  
Lower Likelihood ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Certification Requirements

Abstract Editor’s Perspective What We Already Know about This Topic What This Article Tells Us That Is New Background In 2000, the American Board of Anesthesiology (Raleigh, North Carolina) began issuing time-limited certificates requiring renewal every 10 yr through a maintenance of certification program. This study investigated the association between performance in this program and disciplinary actions against medical licenses. Methods The incidence of postcertification prejudicial license actions was compared (1) between anesthesiologists certified between 1994 and 1999 (non–time-limited certificates not requiring maintenance of certification) and those certified between 2000 and 2005 (time-limited certificates requiring maintenance of certification); (2) within the non–time-limited cohort, between those who did and did not voluntarily participate in maintenance of certification; and (3) within the time-limited cohort, between those who did and did not complete maintenance of certification requirements within 10 yr. Results The cumulative incidence of license actions was 3.8% (587 of 15,486). The incidence did not significantly differ after time-limited certificates were introduced (hazard ratio = 1.15; 95% CI, 0.95 to 1.39; for non–time-limited cohort compared with time-limited cohort). In the non–time-limited cohort, 10% (n = 953) voluntarily participated in maintenance of certification. Maintenance of certification participation was associated with a lower incidence of license actions (hazard ratio = 0.60; 95% CI, 0.38 to 0.94). In the time-limited cohort, 90% (n = 5,329) completed maintenance of certification requirements within 10 yr of certificate issuance. Not completing maintenance of certification requirements (n = 588) was associated with a higher incidence of license actions (hazard ratio = 4.61; 95% CI, 3.27 to 6.51). Conclusions These findings suggest that meeting maintenance of certification requirements is associated with a lower likelihood of being disciplined by a state licensing agency. The introduction of time-limited certificates in 2000 was not associated with a significant change in the rate of license actions.

Diagnostic Radiologists' Participation in the American Board of Radiology Maintenance of Certification Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 213 (6) ◽  
pp. 1284-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew B. Rosenkrantz ◽  
Lincoln L. Berland ◽  
Darel E. Heitkamp ◽  
Richard Duszak
Keyword(s):  
Certification Program ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification

Participation and payments in the PQRS Maintenance of Certification Program: Implications for future merit based payment programs

Healthcare ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
McKinley Glover ◽  
Richard Duszak ◽  
Ezequiel Silva ◽  
Sandhya K. Rao ◽  
James S. Babb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Certification Program ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification
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