Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures
Authors: Alan R. Ertle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Letters19 February 2019Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process MeasuresAlan R. Ertle, MD, MPH, MBAAlan R. Ertle, MD, MPH, MBAMercy Medical Group, Sacramento, California (A.R.E.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L18-0633 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:I read Gray and colleagues' article (1) and Goldman's editorial (2) with interest. I do not believe that maintenance of certification (MOC) by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has anything to do with performance on ambulatory quality metrics, such as Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) scores, which puts me squarely in Goldman's (quite) skeptical camp. In 2013, I arrived in my current position as the chief medical officer of a medical group that now comprises 460 providers (almost 100 of whom are primary care clinicians) in a large integrated delivery system. Approximately 27% ...References1. Gray B, Vandergrift J, Landon B, Reschovsky J, Lipner R. Associations between American Board of Internal Medicine maintenance of certification status and performance on a set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) process measures. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:97-105. [PMID: 29893788]. doi:10.7326/M16-2643 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Goldman L. Maintenance of certification: glass not entirely empty? Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:124-5. [PMID: 29893782]. doi:10.7326/M18-1459 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Mercy Medical Group, Sacramento, California (A.R.E.)Disclosures: The author has disclosed no conflicts of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L18-0633. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAssociations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Process Measures Bradley Gray , Jonathan Vandergrift , Bruce Landon , James Reschovsky , and Rebecca Lipner Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures James J. Glazier and Amir Kaki Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures Mark Jarrett Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures Bradley Gray , Jonathan Vandergrift , Bruce Landon , James Reschovsky , and Rebecca Lipner Metrics 19 February 2019Volume 170, Issue 4Page: 282-283KeywordsAccountable care organizationsConflicts of interestCyclic adenosine monophosphateDisclosureEvidence based medicineHealth careHealth information technologyMotivationPreventive medicine ePublished: 19 February 2019 Issue Published: 19 February 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...