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Accreditation Council for CME Prohibits Commercial Supporter Content Review

In a development that surprised many CME professionals, the Accreditation Council for CME issued an FAQ document prohibiting providers from asking commercial...

Accreditation Council for CME Expands Definition of Commercial Interest

The Accreditation Council for CME has expanded the definition of commercial interest a decision that could preclude some medical education and communication...

Accreditation Council for CME Releases New Accreditation Criteria

No one seemed to see it coming when, just after Labor Day, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education dropped a bomb on the CME provider...

How to Comply with the Accreditation Council for CME’s Updated Standards for Commercial Support

WITH THE MAY deadline for implementing the Accreditation Council for CME's updated Standards for Commercial Support breathing down their necks, participants...

Federal and State Scrutiny

United States Senate Committee on Finance Releases CME Report

The United States Senate Committee on Finance issued a big wake-up call to the continuing medical education community on April 25 when it released a report...

Accreditation Council for CME Responds to Senate Finance Committee CME Report

For the first time, the Accreditation Council for CME is initiating a review of the commercial support system that will include considering a full range...

The State of State Pharma Marketing Regs: New Proposals

Physician-marketing legislation is already on the books in California, the District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Vermont. And now physician-marketing legislation has been proposed in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Here’s a roundup of the most relevant proposals...

Office of Inspector General's Pharma Marketing Guidance: The Impact on CME

THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW. It's another world, says Steve Passin, president, Steve Passin & Associates, LLC, a CME consulting firm in Newtown Square,...

CME Provider Tips & Tools

Best Practices for Getting Grants

More time, more money, more frustration. As CME providers know all too well, pharmaceutical companies' new grant application processes, created in response...

How to Get Commercial Support

The world of commercial support is changing, and CME providers find themselves frustrated and confused by all the new forms, online grant-request processes,...

How to Find Alternative Funding Sources

No doubt about it, there's an art to raising money to support CME especially these days, says Steve Hasterok, CME coordinator with University of South...

42 Tips for Managing Accreditation Council for CME Reaccreditation

Whether your next reaccreditation review will be under the Accreditation Council for CME's current Essentials, the updated criteria, or a combination...

How to Evaluate Bias in Your CME Activities

With increasing concern about the issue of independence in CME, providers face continued pressure to demonstrate compliance with the Accreditation Council...

How Medical Education and Communication Companies Should Respond to Accreditation Council for CME's New Definition of Commercial Interest

You've probably heard that the Accreditation Council for CME has proposed a revised definition of commercial interest. The new definition states: A commercial...

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