The American Board of Preventive Medicine Responds to its Diplomates’ preference by Establishing an Annual Maintenance of Certification Fee for those Diplomates Certified in the Specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine and the Subspecialties of Clinical Informatics and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Chicago, IL, September 21, 2018 – The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced today that it has established an annual Maintenance of Certification (MOC) fee of $175 for all Diplomates initially certified or recertified in any of the ABPM’s Specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine (collectively as “Specialties”) or its Subspecialties of Clinical Informatics and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine (collectively as “Subspecialties) on or after January 1, 2019.

Those Diplomates who have been initially certified or recertified by the ABPM in any Specialties or Subspecialties on or before December 31, 2018 and possess time-limited certificates, will not be required to pay an annual MOC fee until such time as the Diplomate recertifies with the ABPM at the end of the Diplomate’s current certification cycle. During the current certification cycle, however, these Diplomates will be required to pay the then-current MOC Part 3 exam fee when registering for the MOC Part 3 exam.

In announcing this new policy, the ABPM’s Board Chair M. ‘Tonette’ Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH, said “A majority of Diplomates who participated in the ABPM’s MOC program and who responded to the recent MOC Survey expressed their preference for an annual MOC fee over the current format which requires the Diplomate to make a lump-sum payment when registering for the MOC Part 3 exam. By implementing an annual fee for those Diplomates certified or recertified in any Specialties or Subspecialties on or after January 1, 2019, the ABPM has proactively addressed the concerns articulated by our Diplomates while preserving the process for those Diplomates who are currently in-cycle to be recertified by the ABPM.”

By registering for MOC and paying the annual fee, Diplomates certified in any ABPM Specialty or Subspecialty will have log-in access to the ABPM’s MOC portal which will provide them with links to ABPM-approved MOC Part 2 and Part 4 activities, and the ability to track their progress in meeting MOC requirements and utilize the ABPM Customer Support Center.

This annual MOC fee is effective as of January 1, 2019 for new Diplomates and those Diplomates recertified by the ABPM on or after January 1, 2019. Payment of the first installment covering calendar year 2019 can be made by clicking on the following link: https://certification.abpm-us.org/login

Diplomates certified by the ABPM in any Specialty or Subspecialty will have until December 31 of each year to pay the required annual MOC fee.

This new policy does not impact those Diplomates who possess only non-time limited certificates from the ABPM.