Press Releases
Explore ABIM's news releases – from Board of Directors appointments, to important information on our assessments, Maintenance of Certification (MOC), and more. Please note that the MOC program has evolved over the years and some information in older news may not apply to the current program.
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Health plans see value in rewarding physicians for participating in their specialty boards' maintenance-of-certification programs
July 1, 2010 – A board-certified cardiologist or internist or pediatrician used to be like the Pope: The physician passed a test just once, early on, and carried the “board-certified” designation for life, no requalification or retesting required.
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ABIM Reaches a Settlement With Arora Board Review
Philadelphia, PA, June 17, 2010 – On June 10th, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) reached a settlement with Arora Board Review and Rajender Arora, MD, owner and operator of Arora Board Review.
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ABIM Sanctions Physicians for Ethical Violations
Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2010 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) took formal action today to sanction 139 physicians for soliciting or sharing confidential examination questions used to certify doctors in internal medicine and its subspecialties.
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ABIM Interventional Cardiology Simulations Effective in Differentiating Novice vs. Skilled Physicians, According to New Research
Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 2010 – Research published in the April issue of The Journal of Simulation in Healthcare demonstrates the potential for high-fidelity simulations to be used in assessing physician performance as an approach to improving patient safety.
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The Hospitalist's May Cover Story On ABIM's Focused Practice In Hospital Medicine MOC Program
May 12, 2010 – Some in her HM group think Cathleen Ammann, MD, is the guinea pig.
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ABIM President and CEO Christine Cassel, MD, MACP discusses the importance of the MOC program in a guest column on KevinMD.com: "While we are of the profession, we are for the public..."
April 15, 2010 – The debate about recertification recently in the New England Journal of Medicine and highlighted earlier this week on KevinMD.com and in an Associated Press article brings to light some of the real challenges facing the future of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
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Doctors face board specialty 'expiration dates'
April 5, 2010 – The next time you’re at the doctor's office, take a peek at those certificates hanging on the wall.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Names Wendy S. Levinson, MD, Chair of Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2009 – Wendy S. Levinson, MD, the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.