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

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).

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)

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

Why ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC)?

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

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

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

MOC/C-MOC Display

Board Eligibility

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

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