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Case Studies for Independence: Advanced Discussion of the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support
Wed, 05/11/2011 - 16:25 — accmeadminDescription: Explore advanced topics related to maintaining independence in CME in the context of interactions with commercial supporters. ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow, MD, and Deputy CEO, Kate Regnier, MA, MBA, discuss six thought-provoking cases to illustrate how ACCME's Standards for Commercial Support apply to interesting scenarios. The case studies were provided by the Pharmaceutical Alliance for CME (PACME) - a member section of the Alliance for CME (ACME).
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Call for Comment - Disclosure of Commercial Support at CME Activities
Wed, 04/13/2011 - 07:47 — mmartin- Length: 2:13 minutes (2.03 MB)
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Description: Standards for Commercial Support: Disclosure of Commercial Support at CME Activities
ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow, MD, explains a new call for comment about the policy related to Standard 6 of the ACCME's Standards for Commercial Support, which says that providers must disclose to learners the sources of commercial support. The proposed policy would prohibit the use of commercial interests' logos, slogans, or reference to any of the commercial interest’s corporate units in commercial support disclosure statements.
To view and take the opportunity to respond to the Disclosure of Commercial Support Call for Comment, please click here. The deadline to respond to this Call for COmment is June 6, 2011.
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The Program Summary is a summary of the income and expense attributable to your CME Program for the year. The Program Summary reflects two kinds of data:
- first, the aggregation of income and expense that is attributable to individual CME activities (these amounts are automatically aggregated from the information you provide about your individual activities), and
- second, income and expense that is not attributable to a single activity, but rather is allocated to your CME Program as a whole (you must manually fill in these amounts each year).
Programmatic income, for instance might include internal allocations from another department at your organization. Programmatic expenses, for example, might include CME staff salaries or rent. Please note: at this time, commercial support must be attributed to a specific CME activity.
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Yes, the accredited provider must report the full amount of commercial support received, even if the commercial support is distributed to other non-accredited joint sponsors.
In a co-sponsorship relationship, if the commercial support is distributed amongst the accredited providers, each accredited provider should report the amount it receives. It is also acceptable for the accredited provider who is taking responsibility for the activity to report the full amount of commercial support. What we want to avoid is "double counting" of the amount of commercial support received.
In March 2011, the ACCME modified the requirement for reporting in-kind commercial support, in response to feedback from accredited providers. Below is a description of how to report in-kind commercial support via the Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS) for activities taking place in 2011 and beyond, as well as for activities that took place in or before 2010.
- For activities that you are recording for the Reporting Year 2011 or later, you will account for any in-kind (non-monetary) commercial support by indicating the nature of the in-kind support. You should not estimate the dollar value of in-kind support. The following are the options in PARS to describe the nature of in-kind support:
- Durable equipment
- Facilities/Space
- Disposable supplies (Non-biological)
- Animal parts or tissue
- Human parts of tissue
- Other - description required
- For activities that you are recording for the Reporting Year 2010 or earlier, you will estimate the value of in-kind support, add that amount to any monetary support you received, and report the total as "Total Value of Commercial Support Received."
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How do I report Commercial Support for an activity? FAQ
Commercial Support for a CME activity is financial, or in-kind, contributions given by a commercial interest, which is used to pay all or part of the costs of a CME activity. The definition of roles and requirements when commercial support is received are outlined in the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support (SM).
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Common Noncompliance Issues
Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:17 — breakthroughDescription: What are the most common areas of Noncompliance with the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria?
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