• Position Statements, 

ABMS Statement on the Dismissal of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Lawsuit

The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’s dismisses lawsuit filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.

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ABMS Statement on the JAMA Research Letter Regarding Member Board Certification Fees and Finances

ABMS and its 24 Member Boards are committed to establishing and maintaining high quality standards for physician specialists. More than 860,000 physicians in the United States are board certified by one or more of the 24 ABMS Member Boards. ABMS Board certification is a recognized benchmark of public trust and represents a physician’s personal commitment to providing a high standard of quality patient care.

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ABMS Statement on the ACGME Revised Common Program Requirements

ABMS recognizes and commends the ACGME for its work in creating and issuing the approved revisions to Section VI of its Common Program Requirements. ABMS endorses the new requirements as they go beyond a singular focus on clinical and educational work hours, and address other essential components necessary for training our country’s next generation of physicians.

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Response to the American Medical Association Policy on Secure Recertification Exam

ABMS is opposed to the American Medical Association’s call for the immediate end to any mandatory, secure recertifying examination by ABMS or other certifying organizations as part of the recertification process for those specialties that still require a secure, high-stakes recertification examination.

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ABMS’ Commitment to Board Certification and Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

Board certification matters. It has been a hallmark of public and professional trust for the past century and is so today. But make no mistake. The need to demonstrate professionalism, lifelong learning, assessment, patient safety, and quality improvement – the values that certification represents – does not end with initial certification.

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ABMS Comments on ABIM’s MOC Announcement

On February 3, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), an ABMS Member Board, announced a significant review of its Program for Maintenance of Certification (MOC).On February 3, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), an ABMS Member Board, announced a significant review of its Program for Maintenance of Certification (MOC).

ABMS Member Boards’ MOC Programs serve the public’s health and are an important part of professional self-regulation that provides a discipline-specific framework for continuing professional development and learning in support of ABMS Board Certification.

ABMS supports ABIM in its efforts to make its MOC Program more meaningful for its physicians while maintaining the high level of quality envisioned by the 2015 Standards for the ABMS Program for MOC (ABMS MOC®). An important goal of the standards is to provide physicians a relevant, user-friendly, and meaningful MOC process as those ABMS Member Board-certified physicians care for their patients, families, and communities. ABIM’s acknowledgement that its MOC Program could improve clearly demonstrates that ABIM is listening to the internal medicine community and is serious about making changes as part of its own continuous quality improvement process.

All ABMS Member Boards share a focus on helping to ensure that patients receive the high quality medical care that they have come to expect from Board Certified physicians.

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ABMS Applauds Unified Accreditation System for DO/MD Graduate Medical Education

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) expresses its support for the single accreditation system for graduate medical education announced by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM).