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Continuing HPM Certification

Maintain your hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) subspecialty board certification by turning to AAHPM's products and resources.

July 2021 update: In response to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Proposed Standards for Continuing Certification call for comment, AAHPM, with the help and input of a group of members with diverse subject matter expertise, submitted a comment letter reflecting the needs and concerns of hospice and palliative medicine subspecialist physicians.

Allopathic Continuing Certification

Those who took the initial hospice and palliative medicine subspecialty certification exam between 2010 and 2012 will need to decide which maintenance of certification (MOC) exam type to take. For those whose certification was due in 2020 and took advantage of the one-year deferral offered due to the pandemic, the deferral has been extended to 2022.

If you opt to take the exam in 2021, the exam is scheduled for November 1, 2021.

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.


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.

Visit AAHPM Learn to purchase any of the products above.

Requirements

Some of the Boards require maintenance of the underlying specialty and some Boards do not. This is only general information. It is important to contact your applicable primary certification board for detailed requirements.

Does not require underlying certification to maintain certification in hospice and palliative medicine:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Surgery
  • Anesthesiology
  • Emergency Medicine

Requires maintenance of underlying certification to maintain certification in hospice and palliative medicine:

  • Family Medicine
  • Obstetrics/Gynecology
  • Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Radiology