Continuing HPM Certification
Maintain your hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) subspecialty board certification with updates and new options in 2022.
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 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.
Allopathic Continuing Certification
Determine which option is right for you. Those who are due for their continuing certification (MOC) assessment in 2022 can chose between the traditional 10-year high stakes exam on November 1, 2022 or a new Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA).
Physicians due for assessment in 2020, 2021 or 2022 in the available specialties will be eligible to enroll starting on December 1, 2021. The first set of questions will be delivered January 4, 2022 and the quarter ends March 31, 2022, so enrolling early ensures physicians will have the full quarter to access and answer questions for that quarter.*
*The traditional 10-year assessment is the only option for Family Medicine physicians due for assessment in 2022. The LKA will be available in the future.
Consider which hospice and palliative medicine exam option will best meet your needs. This MOC Exam Fact Sheet is a resource for information on the new MOC certification option.
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is the administering board for HPM. Diplomates register for the MOC assessment through your primary board and pay the fees defined by your primary board. Learn more about exam options and what will work best for you.
- 10 year exam at a test center
- Longitudinal Assessment option available in 2022
- how to prepare for the day of the exam
Contact your primary board for details on your continuing certification requirements and exam registration dates. Learn more about upcoming dates of administration.
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.
Resources for Continuing Certification
These AAHPM products can help you meet the MOC requirements.
HMD Prep, 2nd Edition
MOC Part II CME Activity: 5 ABIM
Expiration Date: January 31, 2023
HPM PASS, 3rd Edition
MOC Part II CME Activity: 9 ABIM, ABP
Expiration Date: July 5, 2022
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
MOC Part II CME Activity: 2 ABIM, ABP
Expiration Date: November 4, 2022
Osteopathic physicians and physicians from other primary boards should check directly with their board about getting MOC/OCC credits for these education activities.
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