Let's Fix Maintenance of Certification
In our latest MedPage Today feature, ABIG Health's founder, Adam Brown, tackles a crucial issue affecting our medical colleagues—the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process.
Adam illuminates the substantial challenges and inefficiencies embedded in the current MOC system. He critically assesses how MOC, despite its goal to maintain professional competence, often imposes unnecessary financial and logistical burdens on physicians without markedly improving patient care.
The article also explores how MOC overlaps with other established professional standards, such as state licensure and hospital privileging. Adam suggests these redundancies could be streamlined to alleviate the pressures on healthcare professionals, enabling them to concentrate more on what truly matters—patient care.
We at ABIG Health consider this piece essential reading for anyone in the healthcare industry, especially those directly affected by these certification processes. For a more comprehensive understanding of the issues and to consider the proposed reforms, we strongly recommend reading the full article.
Read the complete article here.
On Second Thoughts with Adam Brown
Following the article, we continue the conversation with Adam, where he answers a series of pressing questions about his insights.
Should MOC Be Completely Abolished?
Adam’s answer is straightforward—yes.
He argues that while initial certification is necessary, the ongoing Maintenance of Certification process has become redundant over the years and does not align with its intended purpose.
Is There a Less Burdensome Alternative to MOC?
Adam critiques the vague and often ambiguous requirements of MOC. For instance, the mandate for Emergency Medicine professionals to “attest to completion of an ABEM Improvement in Medical Practice (IMP) Practice Improvement (PI) activity” is unclear and impractical.
What Can Physicians Do About MOC?
There is a growing movement among physicians challenging the relevance of MOC through litigation, describing it as anticompetitive. Adam believes the real change needs to occur at the state and hospital levels, where MOC should be excluded from hospital privileging criteria.
Join us in rethinking how credentialing processes like MOC can be more meaningful and less burdensome.
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