The ACCME and eight other CME leadership organizations sent this letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services regarding a proposed rule...
Standard 1: Independence
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The ACCME has compiled this collection of resources to help providers understand and implement...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The ACCME received a complaint about a live CME activity. One faculty member was listed as having nothing to disclose; however, the complainant claimed that the person did indeed have relevant financial relationships with a...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider did not demonstrate independence in its CME activity development. Evidence presented to the ACCME points to a planning process influenced by commercial interests. A potential speaker is identified as preferred for...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider's commercial support policy, presented as evidence in the self-study report, states "the provider may request suggestions for presenters or sources of possible presenters from a commercial supporter." This is...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider did not demonstrate that the following decisions were made independent of commercial interests: the identification of CME needs, the determination of educational objectives, the selection and presentation of content,...
Thursday, May 12, 2011
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for all extended-release and long-acting opioid medications. Listen as ACCME President and Chief Executive Officer, Murray...
The ACCME applauds the federal government's inclusion of continuing health care education in its public health initiative to reduce prescription drug abuse. The 2011 Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan, released by the White...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Explore advanced topics related to maintaining independence in CME in the context of interactions with commercial supporters. ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow, MD and Deputy CEO, Kate Regnier, MA dissect six thought provoking...
Friday, February 18, 2011
An individual received a brochure from an accredited provider for an upcoming course and forwarded the brochure to the ACCME, pointing out that one individual who was listed as being a faculty member was also an employee of a...
Friday, February 18, 2011
The ACCME received a letter regarding an enduring material offered by an accredited provider in joint sponsorship with a nonaccredited provider. The topic of the activity was XYZ disease management. The complainant expressed...
Friday, February 18, 2011
The ACCME received promotional material from a complainant regarding an Internet enduring material activity about medication adherence and treatment outcome within a class of drug therapies. The material suggested that the provider...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Damon Marquis, Director of Education and Member Services for The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, talks with ACCME President and Chief Executive Officer Murray Kopelow about how his organization plans and conducts education on the use...
>>KOPELOW: Hello, I’m Murray Kopelow the chief executive of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
>>MARQUIS: Hi my name is Damon Marquis, I’m the Director of Education and Member Services...
Organizational self-assessment is an important part of the improvement process of ACCME accredited providers. The self-study model on which the ACCME’s accreditation process is based relies heavily on internal self-evaluations that...
If the content of CME that the employee of the commercial interest controls relates to the business lines and products of its employer - NO.
If the content of CME that the employee of the commercial interest controls DOES...
No. The provider must ensure that the content of the CME truly remains beyond the control of the commercial supporter. The process to develop the CME must be independent of the commercial interest. Providers must not allow...
Commercial Support is financial, or in-kind, contributions given by a commercial interest which is used to pay all or part of the costs of a CME activity.
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This presentation is a resource to help accredited providers raise awareness and educate individuals on ACCME’s Updated Standards for Commercial Support. Providers may find the presentation useful when providing training to staff,...
Yes, as long as the CME activity complies with the ACCME's Accreditation Criteria, including the ACCME®...
A CME provider must ensure that the following decisions were made free of the control of a commercial interest. (See www.accme.org for a definition of a "commercial interest"...
Released in 2006, the Accreditation Criteria are based on a learner-centered, continuous improvement model of CME. The Accreditation Criteria call on...
As of August 2007 the ACCME defined a commercial interest as "any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients." The ACCME worked individually with...
Preamble to the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support.
YES. The provider always has the option to exclude some presentations or abstracts from their accredited program of CME or present this content in a track that is outside of but in conjunction with accredited CME. This option also...
The provider develops activities/educational interventions independent of commercial interests. (SCS 1, 2, and 6).