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National Defense Authorization Act Recognizes ABMS Member Boards in New Legislation Defining Physician Certification Organizations

January 31, 2025

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards have been formally designated by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) as...

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Statement from ABMS and its Member Boards to Specialty and State Medical Societies about Maintenance of Certification

February 2, 2018

Our commitment to delivering meaningful continuing certification programs and what we are doing about it …

ABMS Addresses Opioid Crisis in Virginia

February 1, 2018

Boards Community Offers Subspecialty in Addiction Medicine, Educational and Continuing Certification Programming Focused on Opioid Epidemic

ABMS Addresses Opioid Crisis in Tennessee

January 30, 2018

Boards Community Offers Subspecialty in Addiction Medicine, Educational and Continuing Certification Programming Focused on Opioid Epidemic

ABMS Launches New Continuing Certification Directory™

January 22, 2018

New directory provides greater access to resources for physicians in delivering a high standard of patient care

ABMS Addresses Opioid Crisis in Florida

January 3, 2018

Boards Community Offers Subspecialty in Addiction Medicine, Educational and Continuing Certification Programming Focused on Opioid Epidemic

American Board of Medical Specialties Announces New, Focused Practice Designation

November 14, 2017

ABMS approved the establishment of a new Focused Practice designation at its March 2017 Board of Directors meeting. Focused Practice...

ABMS Names Recipient of 2017 Health Care Quality and Safety Award

November 6, 2017

International Clinical Accountability and Patient Care Champion Sir Donald Irvine, CBE, MD, FRCGP, FMedSci, Honored

ABMS Releases 2016-2017 Board Certification Report

October 3, 2017

The 2016-2017 ABMS Board Certification Report offers a wide variety of statistics, information, and data about the specialty certification programs...

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

October 2, 2017

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

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