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 Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 11:59pm PT to access the Assembly website and claim CE credits.
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*
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.
All relevant financial relationships reported by contributors to the 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care are provided to learners prior to the start of Annual Assembly. During planning and development of the 2025 Annual Assembly, relevant financial relationships were mitigated for all contributors. Please review the disclosure information provided to learners that contains the relevant financial relationships that each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to AAHPM and HPNA throughout the faculty content and selection process.
2025 Annual Assembly Learner Disclosure and Migration Report
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.
Accredited Continuing Education Awards and MOC Credits Planned for the 2025 Annual Assembly
- Physician ACCME CME and MOC
- AAFP Prescribed Credits live and enduring prescribed credits
- PALTmed Certified Medical Director Credit
- 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)
- Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE) Knowledge-Based CPE Contact Hours (In-Person only)
- Other Certificate of Participation
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 75 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 June 26, 2025, at 11:59pm PT.
Evaluation period closes for claiming CME credits and MOC points on June 26, 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.
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 June 26, 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
The AAFP has reviewed 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care and deemed it acceptable for up to 21.00 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 02/05/2025 to 02/08/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP has reviewed 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care – Enduring and deemed it acceptable for up to 21.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 02/05/2025 to 06/26/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (PALTmed) Credits*
CMD Credit Statement: The 2025 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care has been pre-approved by PALTmed toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine is indicated as CMD clinical or CMD management. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity. The CMD Program is administered by the PALTmed Certification Council (https://paltmed.org/certification).
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*
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider number P0284.
Successful conference completion awards the RN participant up to 75 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 June 26, 2025, at 11:59pm PT.
Evaluation period closes for claiming NCPD contact hours and Category 1 Designated Pharmacotherapeutic contact hours on June 26, 2025, at 11:59pm PT.
There will be a $50.00 charge for re-opening evaluation access for late submissions through December 31, 2025.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Professions in scope for this activity are listed below. Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163
Pharmacists & Pharmacy Technicians
Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 21.0 knowledge-based CPE contact hours.
Note to Pharmacists: The only official Statement of Credit is the one you pull from CPE Monitor. You must request your certificate within 45 days of your participation in the activity to meet the deadline for submission to CPE Monitor.
Credits are generally reported during the first week of each month for those who claimed during the month prior.
Social Workers (ASWB) Credit Designation
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Amedco is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Amedco maintains responsibility for this course.
ASWB Content Level: Intermediate. Social Workers completing this course receive up to 21.0 continuing education credits.
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.
The following state boards accept ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals: AK, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT,ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY
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 June 26, 2025, at 11:59pm PT.
There will be a $50.00 charge for re-opening evaluation access for late submissions through December 31, 2025.