MOC watch: ABIM says 'we got it wrong'

"ABIM clearly got it wrong. We launched programs that weren't ready ... We want to change that," the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) began its statement addressing changes in the controversial Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Five key changes, including enrollment fees, program language, the internal medicine exam, a 2-year suspension of part IV practice performance projects, and self assessments, will be implemented immediately with ongoing updates. "There were parts of the program about which we've received a lot of negative feedback that our directors themselves agreed with. Therefore, we made the decision to commit to changing them, and we pulled back the ones we could not stand behind operationally," Richard J. Baron, MD, president and CEO of the ABIM, told MedPage Today in a phone interview.