About NBPAS

• Must be an MD or DO.
• Initial board certification from ABMS or AOA required.
• Physicians must have an active and unrestricted license.
• Physicians must complete 50 hours of ACCME accredited CME every 24 months (100 hours if ABMS/AOA cert has lapsed)
• Renewal of certification is required every 2 years.

**NBPAS certifies only ABMS and AOA recognized specialties and subspecialties.

• 9200 NBPAS Diplomates (as of August 2021)
• 147 Accepting Hospitals (as of October 2021)
• 20 Volunteer Physician Board members

• NBPAS was started after 20,000+ physicians signed a petition to provide an alternative pathway to the mandated Maintenance of Certification (MOC/OCC) programs of ABMS and AOA.
• Published studies have found no association between MOC/OCC and improved patient outcomes. NBPAS did a thorough review of these studies, you can find them here.
• NBPAS diplomates believe in life-long learning and providing the best quality care to their patients.
• NBPAS board certification allows physicians to study practice-specific, accredited CME and maintain the highest possible peer-established standards in each specialty and subspecialty. Continuing certification through NBPAS allows physicians to prioritize the most important people in health care–their patients.

• NBPAS meets the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) standards for verifying education and training. This verification is required by credentialers at hospitals, health systems and health insurance companies.

• Thirteen states have passed legislation prohibiting MOC/OCC as a requirement for medical licensing, hospital privileges and payor reimbursement. View here
• The anti-competitive nature of the ABMS MOC product caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division. On September 10, 2018, the DOJ published guidance that strongly encouraged competition in physician certification. Read More
• The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a resolution stating that MOC/OCC should not be a mandated requirement for licensure, credentialing, payment, network participation or employment. Read More
• The ABMS released a Vision Commission report (2019) on MOC concluding that “ABMS must encourage hospitals, health systems, payers and other health care organizations to not deny credentialing or privileging to a physician solely on the basis of certification.”