American Board of Internal Medicine extends practice assessment decision through 2018

The American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors unanimously voted to extend its decision to not require Practice Assessment, Patient Voice, and Patient Safety in its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program through December 31, 2018.

Based upon feedback from the internal medicine and subspecialty community, as well as ABIM's commitment to ensuring the MOC program does a better job recognizing meaningful activities physicians are already doing in practice, the ABIM Board of Directors determined at its December 2015 meeting that it would continue the current practice whereby no internist will have his or her certification status changed for not having completed activities in Practice Assessment, Patient Voice or Patient Safety through 2018. Diplomates still need to take and pass an examination every 10 years and earn 100 MOC points every five years as well as complete some MOC activity every two years to participate in the program.

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