Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program
Authors: Alexander T. Sandhu, R. Adams Dudley, Dhruv S. Kazi
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2016)

Letters19 April 2016Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification ProgramAlexander T. Sandhu, MD, R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, and Dhruv S. Kazi, MD, MSc, MSAlexander T. Sandhu, MDFrom Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this author, R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBAFrom Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this author, and Dhruv S. Kazi, MD, MSc, MSFrom Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L16-0007 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We share Dr. Adams' and Dr. Hanauer's concerns about the high cost of the ABIM's MOC program. We estimated that the program will cost individual physicians an average of $23 607 over 10 years, but Dr. Adams is correct to note that costs to some physicians may be significantly higher. For instance, a physician who participates in a board certification course or needs to travel outside her hometown to take the recertification examination would face substantially higher costs. Our findings inform the ongoing debate about the societal value of the expanded MOC program: Within 24 hours of its online ...References1. MDigitalLife Doctors' daily read [tumblr blog]. Accessed at http://doctorsdaily.tumblr.com/post/125289629136/the-article-shared-the-most-by-us-physicians-today on 1 August 2015. Google Scholar2. Baron RJ. The cost of keeping up. ABIM Blog. Posted 28 July 2015. Accessed at http://transforming.abim.org/the-cost-of-keeping-up/ on 4 November 2015. Google Scholar3. American Board of Anesthesiology. Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology MOCA 2.0. Accessed at www.theaba.org/MOCA/About-MOCA-2-0 on 1 December 2015. Google Scholar4. National Board of Physicians and Surgeons. Criteria for Board Certification. Accessed at https://nbpas.org/criteria/ on 1 December 2015. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOf InterestForms.do?msNum=M15-1011. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoA Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program Alexander T. Sandhu , R. Adams Dudley , and Dhruv S. Kazi Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program Christopher D. Adams Cost Analysis of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance-of-Certification Program Lonnie Hanauer Metrics 19 April 2016Volume 164, Issue 8Page: 571-572KeywordsAnesthesiologyClinical trialsConflicts of interestDisclosureEvidence based medicineForecastingHealth care qualityMedical educationQuality improvementSurgeons ePublished: 19 April 2016 Issue Published: 19 April 2016 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...