Continuing HPM Certification
You have options for maintaining your hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) subspecialty board certification. The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and each co-sponsoring HPM Board (Anesthesiology, Emergency, Family Medicine, Pediatrics) have guidelines for continuing certification. Check with your primary board to stay current with requirements. Hospice and palliative medicine diplomates from qualifying boards follow ABIM continuing certification guidelines for HPM.
November 2021 update: The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has released the updated Standards for Continuing Certification for all allopathic boards of medicine. AAHPM had input and it made a difference. Since its approval as a subspecialty of medicine in 2006, AAHPM has worked closely with the boards and offered input when possible. AAHPM convened a work group that provided substantive comments including a call for equitable care that is acknowledged in the updated standards.
HPM MOC/Continuing Certification Assessment
- How to prepare for the day of the exam.
Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA)
Osteopathic Continuous Certification
If you hold a time-limited certificate, you are required to participate in the four components of the OCC process in order to maintain your Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in HPM.
DOs with a Certificate of Added Qualification in hospice and palliative medicine are required to maintain certification in the underlying, primary Board. Please contact your primary Board for details.
About Allopathic Qualifying Boards:
December 2021 update: The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has approved the following boards to move from co-sponsoring boards to qualifying boards in hospice and palliative medicine.
- American Board of Gynecology (ABOG)
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
- American Board of Radiology (ABR), and the American Board of Surgery (ABS)
For HPM certified diplomates from these boards:
- Once certified in the HPM subspecialty, you become a diplomate of ABIM for the HPM subspecialty and must meet all ABIM's requirements for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) in the HPM.
- The physician's original board no longer manages your certification and MOC for the subspecialty of HPM.
Resources for Continuing Certification
These AAHPM products can help you meet the MOC requirements.
HMD Prep, 2nd Edition (Reviewed 2023)
MOC Part II CME Activity: 5 ABIM
Expiration Date: January 31, 2023
Essential Practices in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Learning Modules
MOC Part II CME Activity: 3 per module/ABP, ABIM
Expiration Date: September 18, 2023
HPM FAST - Pediatric
MOC Part II CME Activity: 2 ABIM, ABP
Expiration Date: March 1, 2024
HPM FAST - Psychiatry/Cognition
MOC Part II CME Activity: 2 ABIM, ABP
Expiration Date: March 1, 2024
HPM FAST - Prognostication
MOC Part II CME Activity: 2 ABIM, ABP
Expiration Date: March 1, 2024
HPM FAST - Hospice Regulatory (Reviewed 2022)
MOC Part II CME Activity: 2 ABIM, ABP
Expiration Date: November 2, 2025
Test Taking Like a Pro
Expiration Date: July 20, 2024
Osteopathic physicians and physicians from other primary boards should check directly with their board about getting MOC/OCC credits for these educational activities.
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