160.972 Opposition to Mandatory Maintenance of Certification
MSSNY opposes mandating Maintenance of Certification (MOC) until such time as evidence-based research demonstrates MOC is linked to improved patient outcomes. MSSNY acknowledges that the certification requirements within the MOC process are costly, time intensive and result in significant disruptions to the availability of physicians for patient care, and acknowledges and affirms the professionalism of individual physicians to self-determine the best means and methods for maintenance of their knowledge and skills. MSSNY will communicate to the American Medical Association and American Board of Medical Specialties examples of disproportional fees, onerous time requirements and unnecessary fragmentation of commonly recognized specialties, and will bring a copy of this resolution to the AMA House of Delegates for its consideration. (HOD 2013-165 and 168, Reaffirmed in lieu of HOD 2017-205)
