Offer MOC Points for My Activity
Healthcare organizations including CME providers, hospitals, health systems, and medical societies can support physician engagement in MOC by offering MOC points to ABIM Board Certified physicians for learning activities and QI/PI projects that they are already doing.
Register a CME Activity
Through the ABIM MOC Assessment Recognition Program, ABIM and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) have collaborated to simplify the integration of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and accredited CME.
The collaboration continues to expand the number and diversity of accredited CME activities that offer ABIM MOC points, and it streamlines the process for registering CME activities for ABIM MOC recognition.
To register a CME Activity for MOC points
- Download the CME for MOC Program Guide to determine eligibility.
- Go to ACCME's website to register the activity and submit participant data using ACCME's Provider and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
Submit a QI/PI Project
Approval for activities offering AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Accredited providers should register Practice Assessment MOC activities in ACCME's Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
Approval for all other activities:
ABIM Approved Quality Improvement (AQI) Program
The AQI program is the process through which ABIM recognizes externally developed quality improvement activities that physicians are doing in practice.
ABIM welcomes proposals from sponsors that may include medical specialty societies, hospitals or departments within hospitals, medical groups, clinics or other health-related organizations that wish to approve a single activity.
- Download the ABIM Approved Quality Improvement Program Guide (pdf)
- Download and complete the AQI Application (pdf)
- Email completed applications to mocprograms@abim.org
AQI applications are peer-reviewed by one or more members of the relevant ABIM Specialty Board. Email mocprograms@abim.org for upcoming application submission deadlines.
View a list of current QI/PI Activities
ABMS Portfolio Program™
Health care organizations seeking to offer MOC points for multiple QI activities across a number of specialties may wish to be a sponsor organization within the ABMS Portfolio Program. The Portfolio Program, a service provided through the American Board of Medical Specialties® (ABMS), works with all types of health care organizations to support physician involvement in quality, performance, and process improvement (QI/PI) initiatives and recognize their work for Practice Assessment MOC credit.
Organizations can visit the ABMS Portfolio Program website for more information on becoming a sponsor organization.
Submit Participant Completion Information
MOC Activity Providers who do not submit participant completion information through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) can use ABIM’s Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). The following resources are available to support your submission process:
- Download ABIM SFTP User Guide (pdf) for detailed instructions.
- Sign on to the ABIM SFTP site.
- Download the Participant Completion Data template (csv). The file can be opened and edited in Excel. If your file opens in a different program, right click the file, select Open with > and click Excel.
- Questions? Email MOCPrograms@abim.org.