The ABPN has issued a 16-page report, documenting speaker presentations and discussion summaries, for the 2017 ABPN Crucial Issues Forum, held April 9-10, 2017 in Chicago. This year's forum explored factors contributing to physician wellness and burnout and what might be done to promote physician wellness and decrease burnout by medical schools, residencies, specialty boards and professional societies.
A PDF version of the 2017 ABPN Crucial Issues Forum report is available on this website. Printed copies are also available upon request.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) is pleased to announce plans for significant changes in its program for lifelong learning and continuing certification, also known as maintenance of certification (MOC). These changes are the result of ongoing discussion by the ABPN as well as feedback from its diplomates and related professional societies. Diplomates will be provided with greater flexibility and more relevant and meaningful options for meeting ABPN requirements. See the press release for more information.
The ABPN now accepts American Osteopathic Association (AOA) residency training for admission to certain certification examinations if the medical residency training program achieves full ACGME-accreditation prior to resident completion. See the press release for more information.
The 2016 Annual Report from ABPN is now available. The report details ABPN programs, committees and initiatives, exam results and statistics, messages from outgoing directors and 2016 administrative fellows and other Board activities.
The grandfathering period or temporary criteria for practice time required to qualify for the ABPN certification in epilepsy has been extended from the year 2017 to 2018. See the press release for more information.
The application and detailed information about the ABPN 2018-19 Research Awards are now available on this website.
The ABPN Research Award supports research projects related to the mission of the ABPN, which is to develop and provide valid and reliable procedures for certification and maintenance of certification in psychiatry and neurology. Projects focus on innovative approaches to assessing physicians as they prepare to, or continue to, practice psychiatry or neurology. Expected outcomes include advances in the theory or practice of assessment along the continuum of residency training and clinical practice.
For more information, see our ABPN Awards Programs page.
The application and detailed information about the ABPN 2018-19 Faculty Innovation in Education Awards are now available on this website.
The ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Award supports the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects that promote effective residency/fellowship training or lifelong learning of practicing psychiatrists and neurologists.
For more information, see our ABPN Awards Programs page.
PQRS (formerly PQRI) was developed by CMS in 2007 as a voluntary pay-for-reporting program offering a financial incentive to physicians and other eligible professionals who report data on quality measures for covered services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries. For the current reporting period (CY 2016) there is no positive reporting incentive, but eligible diplomates who do not satisfactorily report data in 2016 will incur a 2% payment penalty in 2018. The PQRS payment adjustment applies to all of the eligible diplomates’ Part B covered professional services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). ABMS diplomates who have not yet started their 2016 PQRS Reporting and need access to a reporting registry for their PQRS data may report through the MedConcert® site at an ABMS discounted rate of $199.
For more information, visit the ABMS website.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) announces its 2017 Board of Directors. Kerry H. Levin, MD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, was named Board Chair. Robert J. Ronis, MD, MPH, Douglas Bond Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, was elected Board Vice Chair.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017-18 ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Award. The award is intended to support the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects that promote effective residency/fellowship training or lifelong learning of practicing psychiatrists and neurologists. For more information, read the 2017-18 ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Awards release.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017-18 ABPN Research Award. This is a new award program and is intended to support research projects related to the mission of the ABPN, which is to develop and provide valid and reliable procedures for certification and maintenance of certification in psychiatry and neurology. For more information, read the 2017-18 ABPN Research Awards release.
PQRS (formerly PQRI) was developed by CMS in 2007 as a voluntary pay-for-reporting program offering a financial incentive to physicians and other eligible professionals who report data on quality measures for covered services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries. For the current reporting period (CY 2016) there is no positive reporting incentive, but eligible diplomates who do not satisfactorily report data in 2016 will incur a 2% payment penalty in 2018. The PQRS payment adjustment applies to all of the eligible diplomates’ Part B covered professional services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). ABMS diplomates who have not yet started their 2016 PQRS Reporting and need access to a reporting registry for their PQRS data may report through the MedConcert® site at an ABMS discounted rate of $199.
For more information contact [email protected] or call 1-877-509-7774.
The grandfathering period or temporary criteria for practice time required to qualify for ABPN certification in brain injury medicine has been extended from the year 2018 to 2022. See the press release for more information.
The ABPN has issued an 8-page report, documenting speaker presentations and discussion summaries for the 2016 ABPN Crucial Issues Forum, held April 10-11, 2016 in Chicago. This year's forum explored innovations and improvements to the requirements for physician maintenance of certification.
A PDF version of the 2016 ABPN Crucial Issues Forum report is available on this website. Printed copies are also available upon request.
The ABPN 2015 Annual Report is now available. The report details ABPN programs, committees and initiatives, exam results and statistics, messages from outgoing directors and 2015 administrative fellows and other Board activities.
ABPN Diplomates can now choose any Clinical Module OR Feedback Module activity listed on the website to satisfy the requirement for one Improvement in Medical Practice (PIP) activity every three years. Effective immediately, this development now gives diplomates more flexibility with the Part IV requirement for their maintenance of certification.
The application and detailed information about the 2017-2018 ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Awards are now available on this website.
The ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Award supports the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects that promote effective residency/fellowship training or lifelong learning of practicing psychiatrists and neurologists.
For more information, see our ABPN Awards Programs page
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) is pleased to announce the creation of the ABPN Research Award. This award supports research projects related to the mission of the ABPN, which is to develop and provide valid and reliable procedures for certification and maintenance of certification in psychiatry and neurology.
For more information, see our ABPN Awards Programs page
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) announces its 2016 Board of Directors. Kailie R. Shaw, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of South Florida, was named Chair. Noor A. Pirzada, MD, Professor of Neurology at the University of Toledo in Toledo, OH was elected Vice Chair.
The ABPN has appointed four practicing board certified psychiatrists and four practicing board certified neurologists to its new MOC Clinical Advisory Committee. The new committee will work with ABPN to provide suggestions and feedback on how MOC impacts their practice and potentially improves patient care.
Chosen from nominations by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Neurology, the appointees will be invited to participate in the ABPN Crucial Issues Forum on Maintenance of Certification in April 2016. Those appointed include:
For more information, read the MOC Clinical Advisory Committee release. Congratulations to all.
The ABPN has issued two new reports documenting speaker perspectives and discussion summaries during both the 2014 and 2015 ABPN Crucial Issue Forums. PDF versions of the 2014 ABPN Crucial Issues Forum report and the 2015 ABPN Crucial Issues Forum report are available on the website. Printed copies are also available upon request. For more information, read the ABPN Crucial Issues Forum reports release.
ABPN is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016-17 ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Award (previously known as the Faculty Fellowship Award). The award is intended to support the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects that promote effective residency/fellowship training or lifelong learning of practicing psychiatrists and neurologists. Each year, the selection committee chooses up to two psychiatry and two neurology fellows for the two-year fellowship. For more information, read 2016-17 ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Awards release.
The ABPN has added a second administration of several Maintenance of Certification exams to satisfy requests from diplomates who would like to sit for the exam within a given year. Diplomates who are due to sit for the Psychiatry, Neurology or Child Neurology exam in 2016 can now apply for the February 2016 exam or the October/November 2016 exam. Diplomates who are due to sit for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry exam in 2016 can choose from the April 2016 or October/November 2016 exam.
For more information and application deadlines, please see the ABPN website or contact [email protected].
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. has unveiled a redesigned website at www.abpn.com.
ABPN President and CEO Larry R. Faulkner, M.D. responds to the American Board of Internal Medicine's announcement about changes to its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program. Click here to read the full letter to diplomates.
For additional information, read the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Statement: ABMS' Commitment to Board Certification and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) on www.abms.org
Two new MOC presentations from ABPN and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) explain ABPN MOC program requirements and describe related products developed by the APA. Additional presentations will be available in the future.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) announces its 2015 Board of Directors. Ann Tilton, MD, Professor of Clinical Neurology, Section Chief of Child Neurology, and Director of the Child Neurology Fellowship Program at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, was named Chair. Robert W. Guynn, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, was elected Vice-Chair.
The ABPN has established a faculty fellowship program to support the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects that promote effective training or lifelong learning of psychiatrists and neurologists. Information about the 2016-17 fellowships is now available on our ABPN Awards Program page. Please direct any questions to Dorthea Juul, PhD.
Beginning in 2014, diplomates are required to use only ABPN-approved products for Self-Assessment and Improvement in Medical Practice activities. Read more about the latest updates to our MOC Program.
Physicians are now required to become Board certified within seven years following successful completion of ACGME-accredited or ABPN approved residency training in their primary specialty.
For candidates and diplomates
• Apply for an exam
• Update and track MOC information
For training directors and coordinators
• Update resident training details
• Print Graduate Performance Reports
For the public and credentialers
• Search for Board certified physicians
• Verify certification status
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