MOC Credit Opportunity: QI Poster Presentations

SUBMISSION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• You must be a BCM or BCM-affiliated physician or physician assistant, who is ABMS Board-certified (by a participating ABMS Member Board) or NCCPA-certified.
• Any applicable fees or relevant member dues required by your respective ABMS Member Board or the NCCPA must be current.
• The noted QI activity featured in your poster:
  • has not been submitted previously by you for MOC Part 4 credit/MOC points
  • was funded in compliance with ABMS Portfolio Program™ requirements regarding industry/commercial support*
• Your QI activity/project meets all stated QI Activity Requirements.
• Your participation in the QI activity/project meets all stated Meaningful Participation Requirements.

*Any commercially supported QI efforts/activities or education-related interventions (that offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™) are deemed acceptable IF compliant with ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education (effective 01/01/2022), which replaced the former ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. As such and for those physicians/PAs seeking MOC Part 4 credit and to which this applies, the physician/PA is responsible for contacting the BCM MOC Program to discuss their intended QI effort in ensuring their understanding of and compliance with current ACCME standards, as well as for including all related and required documentation in this regard (per ACCME standards) when submitting QI activity/project information to the BCM MOC Program for their attention and processing for credit consideration.

POSTER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• The presentation date of your QI Poster should be in the SAME calendar year for which you are seeking credit.
• All of the following elements are required and must be clearly indicated on the QI Poster being submitted for credit consideration:
• Aim Statement/SMART Goal
• Measures that are aligned to determine if change occurs and relate directly to the Aim Statement/SMART Goal
• Interventions that have been aligned to impact the measures and were implemented into practice

ATTESTATION REQUIREMENT

Required for Physicians & Physician Assistants

Each physician or PA seeking credit is required to complete a designated Attestation Form, which they must sign and submit to certify their attestation. Subsequently, the Attestation Form will be sent to and must be co-signed by the Project Leader of the noted QI effort (or by their Supervisor, if the Project Leader is the physician/PA seeking credit). This attestation review and confirmation/approval period by the Project Leader/Supervisor serves to confirm the physician's/PA's participation as indicated on the Attestation Form, which is required for the BCM MOC Program to verify and process the Attestation Form, along with other relevant documentation, for credit consideration.

Project Leaders (and Supervisors, if applicable) typically are asked to complete their review, sign, and return/submit the Attestation Form within FIVE (5) business days from the date of the email notification they received, requesting their review. Physicians/PAs are encouraged to notify their Project Leaders/Supervisors as early as possible of their intention to request credit and thus an upcoming attestation review request, and to follow-up with them as needed to ensure the review and confirmation/approval process is completed by the deadline indicated above for credit consideration.

Note: In order for an Attestation Form to be processed for credit consideration, it must be complete and signed by the physician/PA seeking credit, co-signed by the Project Leader/Supervisor, AND received (as submitted by the Project Leader/Supervisor) by the BCM MOC Program by the above deadline for credit consideration. As such, it is the responsibility of the physician/PA to ensure they complete and submit their Attestation Form with enough time, taking into account the required subsequent Project Leader/Supervisor review period, to meet the indicated deadline for credit consideration.

ATTESTATION REVIEW

Required by Project Leaders & Supervisors

If a Project Leader has any physicians/PAs on their project team, seeking MOC Part 4 credit/points for their participation on the respective project/QI effort, the Project Leader should keep in mind that EACH physician/PA is required to submit an attestation of their participation ("Attestation Form"), which cannot be processed for credit consideration until after the Project Leader's review and co-signed confirmation of the participation, as described, is received by the BCM MOC Program. If a Project Leader is attesting to their own participation, their attestation must be reviewed and co-signed by their Supervisor. An overview of the standard Project Leader/Supervisor attestation review process is provided below.

The physician/PA seeking credit is asked to indicate on their Attestation Form the name and email address for the Project Leader of the noted QI effort. If a Project Leader is attesting to their own participation, they should provide on the Attestation Form their Supervisor's name and email address. After the physician/PA signs and submits their completed Attestation Form, it will be routed to the indicated Project Leader (or Supervisor, of applicable) for review and co-signature.

Upon receipt of the submitted Attestation Form, the Project Leader/Supervisor is asked to complete the following steps:

1. REVIEW: Consider the physician's/PA's responses (attestation) provided in their signed Attestation Form.
2. APPROVE: Provide where indicated your approval decision regarding the stated attestation.
3. SIGN: Certify your decision by signing the Attestation Form as instructed.
4. SUBMIT: Complete your review by selecting the designated button at the end of the form to submit the reviewed/co-signed Attestation Form by the indicated Review Deadline*

The Project Leader's/Supervisor's certified/submitted response serves to confirm their agreement (or disagreement) with the stated attestation regarding the physician's/PA's participation in the QI effort/project as described (including having met or not met all stated meaningful participation requirements for the project).

*Review Deadline: Project Leaders (and Supervisors, if applicable) typically are asked to review, co-sign, and submit the Attestation Form within FIVE (5) business days from the date of the email notification they received, requesting their review. For more information, see "Attestation Requirement for Physicians/PAs".