ABMS Portfolio Program Meaningful Participation Requirements

The ABMS Portfolio Program recognizes quality and safety improvement work ABMS Member Board certified physicians and medical specialists (diplomates) and physician assistants (PAs) certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) are doing in their practices and health care organizations to help them earn credit for continuing certification (MOC). The program can contribute to organizational goals by encouraging and supporting physician/PA engagement in activities that make improvement happen. Accepting activities already being worked on alleviates the need for your providers to seek out external activities for continuing certification, keeping their focus on what is most important to them in the care of their patients.

Eligibility

The program operates through a national network of health care organizations that serve as ABMS Portfolio Program Sponsors and with the ABMS Member Boards to award credit. To be eligible for continuing certification credit through the ABMS Portfolio Program, a diplomate or PA should meet at least one of the following criteria.

Provides direct or consultative care to patients
Oversees clinical care delivery
Has an organizational leadership role in quality improvement or patient safety
Serves as a quality improvement coach, trainer, or student/resident QI advisor

Meaningful Participation Requirements

A diplomate or PA can receive continuing certification credit by fulfilling these requirements for meaningful participation:

Identify and/or acknowledge a gap(s) in outcomes or in care delivery
Identify and/or review data related to the gap(s)
Identify or acknowledge appropriate intervention(s) designed to improve the gap(s), OR participate in the planning and selection of intervention(s) designed to improve the gap(s)
Implement intervention(s) for a timeframe appropriate to addressing the gap(s), OR monitor and manage implementation of intervention(s) for a timeframe appropriate to addressing the gap(s)
Review post-intervention data related to the gap(s)
Reflect on outcomes to determine whether the intervention(s) resulted in improvement. If no improvement occurs after an intervention, participants must reflect on why no improvement occurred

Upon reflection of the outcomes, a diplomate or PA will attest to meeting the above requirements. The attestation must be signed by the participant and the project leader, or a person in an oversight position. If the diplomate or PA is in an organizational leadership position or is a quality improvement coach, trainer or student/resident QI advisor, a signature from a project leader or an oversight individual is not required.

See the ABMS Portfolio Program QI Activity Requirements sheet for more information.