Explore ABIM's news releases – from Board of Directors appointments, to important information on our assessments, Maintenance of Certification (MOC), and more. Please note that the MOC program has evolved over the years and some information in older news may not apply to the current program.
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ABIM Sanctions Physicians for Ethical Violations
Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2010 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) took formal action today to sanction 139 physicians for soliciting or sharing confidential examination questions used to certify doctors in internal medicine and its subspecialties.
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ABIM and Bridges to Excellence® Collaborate to Reduce Data Reporting Burden on Physicians
Philadelphia, PA, May 26, 2010 – In an effort to reduce the redundancy of physician quality reporting, data collected for the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) PIM Practice Improvement Module® in Diabetes can now be used to achieve recognition and rewards through Bridges to Excellence® (BTE).
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ABIM Interventional Cardiology Simulations Effective in Differentiating Novice vs. Skilled Physicians, According to New Research
Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 2010 – Research published in the April issue of The Journal of Simulation in Healthcare demonstrates the potential for high-fidelity simulations to be used in assessing physician performance as an approach to improving patient safety.
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The Hospitalist's May Cover Story On ABIM's Focused Practice In Hospital Medicine MOC Program
May 12, 2010 – Some in her HM group think Cathleen Ammann, MD, is the guinea pig.
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ACP and ABIM Survey Finds General Internists Leave Practice Sooner, Less Satisfied with Career than Subspecialists
Philadelphia, PA, May 7, 2010 – A survey conducted by the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) found that 9 percent of all internists originally certified between 1990 and 1995, including a significantly larger proportion of general internists (17 percent) than internal medicine subspecialists (4 percent), are no longer working in general internal medicine or one of its subspecialties about a decade after their original certification by ABIM.
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ABIM Announces Knowledge Self-Assessment Module Focused on Care for the Medically Underserved
Philadelphia, PA, April 29, 2010 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will begin offering internists and subspecialists in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program a knowledge assessment option focused on improving health care for medically underserved populations and closing well-documented disparities in care.
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ABIM President and CEO Christine Cassel, MD, MACP discusses the importance of the MOC program in a guest column on KevinMD.com: "While we are of the profession, we are for the public..."
April 15, 2010 – The debate about recertification recently in the New England Journal of Medicine and highlighted earlier this week on KevinMD.com and in an Associated Press article brings to light some of the real challenges facing the future of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
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Doctors face board specialty 'expiration dates'
April 5, 2010 – The next time you’re at the doctor's office, take a peek at those certificates hanging on the wall.
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Mayo Clinic Recognized by Three Certifying Boards for Quality Improvement Activities
Philadelphia, PA, January 27, 2010 – The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) – the nation's three largest physician certifying Boards–today announced that Mayo Clinic has been approved as a Portfolio Sponsor of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) activities.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Files Complaint Against Arora Board Review, Rajender Arora, MD and Anise Kachadourian, MD
Philadelphia, PA, January 5, 2010 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against a board review course for physicians in internal medicine, alleging copyright infringement and theft of trade secrets by Arora Board Review, its principal Rajender K. Arora, MD, and Anise Kachadourian, MD. On December 7, 2009, U.S. Marshals, together with ABIM security and attorneys, seized infringing materials at the residence of Dr. Arora pursuant to a court order.