The Monthly Dose: July 2026
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The Monthly Dose
July 2026
Insights, advocacy, and updates from NBPAS
Policy Watch
Massachusetts Bill Could Expand Physician Choice
Massachusetts House Bill 1400 would prohibit hospitals, ACOs and health plans from requiring Maintenance of Certification for employment, medical staff membership, clinical privileges, credentialing, network participation or reimbursement. It would also make clear that MOC cannot be required for state medical licensure.
This would build on progress already underway in Massachusetts. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts already recognizes NBPAS alongside ABMS and AOA for physician credentialing, demonstrating that physician choice can be incorporated into established credentialing standards.
H.1400 received a favorable committee report and is now before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. Its reporting deadline has been extended to July 31, 2026.
Learn more: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1400
Massachusetts physicians can help: Contact your state representative and senator and ask them to support H.1400 and urge the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing to advance the bill before July 31.
Not in Massachusetts? Share this update with a Massachusetts colleague.
Hospital Acceptance
NEW! Accepting Hospital in Florida
Physicians in South Florida now have another hospital recognizing NBPAS certification. Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach recently adopted the following bylaw language:
"Recertification may be through the ABMS, AOA, or the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS)."
This is another great example of how hospitals can recognize NBPAS through a straightforward update to existing bylaw language, helping expand physician choice while maintaining established credentialing standards.
Interested in helping your hospital recognize NBPAS? Explore our resources and step-by-step guidance: Introduce NBPAS to Your Hospital
Physicians Supporting Physicians
Supporting Lifelong Learning in Your Specialty
NBPAS believes physicians should be able to identify and pursue the education most relevant to their practice and patients. Specialty-specific CME allows you to focus on emerging treatments, new technologies, changing patient needs and the areas where additional learning will have the greatest impact.
Whether you are applying to NBPAS for the first time or renewing your certification, the CME you are already completing may put you well on your way. NBPAS requires 50 hours of specialty-specific Category 1 CME within the past 24 months.
Apply or renew today and keep your continuous certification current.
From The NBPAS Store
Start the Conversation – Wear an NBPAS Lapel Pin
Advocacy doesn't always begin in a meeting room. Sometimes it starts with a colleague noticing your NBPAS badge holder or asking about your lapel pin.
Our NBPAS Store offers a few simple ways to make NBPAS more visible and help start those conversations within your hospital and medical community.
We'd love to see how you're showing your NBPAS pride!
Feel free to send us an email with a photo or tag us on social media.
One Thing You Can Do This Month
Make Your Certification Visible
A quick correction from last month's newsletter:
the example should have read Jane Smith, M.D., DNBPAS
One of the easiest ways to support NBPAS is simply to use your credential.
Adding DNBPAS to your email signature, professional biography, conference presentations, and online profiles helps increase awareness and recognition among colleagues, administrators, and credentialing teams.
Example:
Jane Smith, M.D., DNBPAS
As more diplomates proudly display their certification, NBPAS becomes increasingly visible throughout hospitals, medical staffs, and healthcare organizations. Small actions by thousands of physicians can make a meaningful difference.
Suggestions
Have an idea, need help? Reach out to NBPAS at
info@nbpas.org.
Someone from the team will be happy to get back to you.