Accredited Continuing Education
The 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care has been planned implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the Joint Providership of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).
Attendees of the 2025 Annual Assembly will have until July 1, 2025 at 11:59pm PT to claim CE credits.
Accredited CE Awards and MOC Credits
- Physician ACCME CME and MOC
- AAFP Prescribed Credits – pending approval
- ABPLM Certified Medical Director Credit – pending approval
- RN and APRN ANCC NCPD and Category 1 Pharmacotherapeutic Contact Hours
- Physician Associate (PA) CME Credits
- Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) credits (In-Person only) – pending approval
- Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE) Knowledge-Based CPE Credits (In-Person only) – pending approval
- Other Certificate of Participation
Disclosures
The 2025 Annual Assembly Planning Committee, staff and reviewers disclosed no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships identified throughout the faculty and content selection process will be successfully mitigated and disclosed prior to the individual(s) assuming their role in the 2025 Annual Assembly. For more information on the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, please visit https://www.accme.org/standards-resources.
Disclaimers
The accredited education clinical content selected for the 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a health care provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. Any recommendations made by the authors and faculty must be weighed against the healthcare clinician’s own clinical judgment based on, but not limited to, such factors as the patient’s condition, benefits versus risks of suggested treatment, and comparison with recommendations of pharmaceutical compendia and other medical and palliative care authorities.
Planned Accredited CE Credits/Contact Hours Include:
- Preconference workshops February 5, 2025, up to 7.5 credit/contact hours
- In-Person conference from February 6-8, 2025, up to 13.5 credit/contact hours
- Minimum of 45 credit/contact hours in virtual on-demand session pre-recorded content*
Physicians
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits*
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AAHPM designates this other activity (blended credit for real-time and self-paced learning) for a minimum of 45 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*The number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is subject to change upon presenter availability and submitted session pre-recordings for on-demand participation. Additional information regarding maximum AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ allowed will be updated following pre-recorded session submissions for enduring access when available.
Access to on-demand conference recordings closes May 14, 2025, at 11:59pm PT.
Evaluation period closes for claiming CME credits and MOC points on July 1, 2025, at 11:59pm PT.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Points
The 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care is planned in the context of one or more of the ABMS/ACGME Competencies and includes an evaluation designed to assess changes in learners’ competence, performance, or the impact on patient outcomes.
To support MOC reflection opportunities, the 2025 Annual Assembly offers end of day accredited education homerooms in the in-person space where learners engage with faculty and colleagues to share key learning points and discuss session reflections. Learners are asked to choose sessions reflective of their top learning priorities and to keep track of at least one key learning point from each attended session for reflective learning.
AAHPM has registered the 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care to offer MOC points to the following certifying Boards:
- American Board of Anesthesiology: This activity contributes an anticipated 45 CME credits* to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®.
- American Board of Internal Medicine: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn an anticipated 45 MOC medical knowledge points* in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.
- American Board of Pediatrics: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn an anticipated 45 MOC points* in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
- American Board of Surgery: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn an anticipated 45 credits* toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
* Number of MOC points/credits are subject to change upon presenter availability and submitted session pre-recordings for on-demand participation.
Use of Learner Data: It is AAHPM’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting registered certifying board’s MOC credit. Learner data will be shared with ACCME and the applicable certifying board. By completing the evaluation component to obtain CME/MOC points, you give AAHPM permission to share your data with ACCME and the relevant certifying board(s) where applicable.
Physicians claiming MOC points for their participation in the 2025 Annual Assembly must attest to meaningful activity participation and completion/submission of (1) Session-Level and (2) Overall Annual Assembly Evaluations within the time frame designated for the MOC points to count toward any MOC requirements that are due by the end of 2025. Evaluation period closes for claiming CME credits and MOC points on July 1, 2025, at 11:59PM PT.
There will be a $50.00 charge for re-opening evaluation access for late submissions through December 31, 2025.
De-identified aggregated data from the evaluation may be used for research and/or publication and will confirm to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis where indicated.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Prescribed Credits
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
Conference organizers plan to apply for 21.0 Live AAFP Prescribed CME credits and a max of 21.0 enduring on-demand Prescribed credits. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) Credits*
Conference organizers plan to apply for ABPLM management and clinical hour credits towards certification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine once program content and agenda is finalized and ABPLM CME application is reviewed. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined.
Physician Associate (PA) CME Credits
NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME and AAFP prescribed credit. PAs may claim an anticipated maximum of 45* AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for successful completion.
*The number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ credits are subject to change upon presenter availability and submitted session pre-recordings for on-demand participation.
RN and APRN Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) Credits*
Successful conference completion awards the RN participant up to 45 contact hours* (60 minutes per contact hour) in blended activity format. Attendees must attend the session in its entirety, attest to attendance at the time of evaluation, and complete/submit the online evaluations within the time frames designated.
NCPD certificates will delineate Category 1 Designated Pharmacotherapeutic Contact Hours earned in addition to NCPD contact hours awarded for successfully completed conference sessions.
*Number of NCPD contact hours are subject to change upon presenter availability and submitted session pre-recordings for on-demand participation.
Access to on-demand conference recordings closes May 14, 2025, at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Evaluation period closes for claiming NCPD contact hours and Category 1 Designated Pharmacotherapeutic contact hours on July 1, 2025, at 11:59PM PT.
There will be a $50.00 charge for re-opening evaluation access for late submissions through December 31, 2025.
Pharmacists (ACPE) Credit Designation
Social Workers (ASWB) Credit Designation
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Social Workers: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA,
MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WV*, WY
*OK: Accepts ASWB ACE for live, in-person activities but not for ethics and/or online courses.
*WV: Accepts ASWB ACE unless activity is held live in West Virginia.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, ND, NE, NM, NH, NV, OK*, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
MI: No CE requirement
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
AL MFTs: Credits authorized by NBCC or any other state licensing agency will be accepted.
MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
MI: No CE requirement.
Other Attendees
Certificate of Attendance/Participation will be available for other members of the healthcare team not accessing available accredited continuing education credits pending completion/submission of (1) Session-Level and (2) Overall Annual Assembly Evaluations within the time frame designated. Evaluation period closes for claiming CME credits on July 1, 2025, at 11:59pm PT. There will be a $50.00 charge for re-opening evaluation access for late submissions through December 31, 2025.