Managing Mitigation Without Losing Your Mind (Level 2)

Session Description: Recent updates to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education regarding CME activity planner and faculty eligibility criteria and conflict mitigation processes have created a ripple of confusion across the medical education community. However, developers of accredited materials must keep these Standards top-of-mind in order to consistently ensure independence from commercial influence in accredited programs.

In this session, the panel will briefly review the updated Standards that contribute to the ongoing challenges, including how to identify if an individual is an owner or employee of an ineligible company and how to identify and mitigate relevant financial relationships for activity planners or faculty.

During the session, participants will review a series of case scenarios to determine if individuals are eligible to participate in the development and/or delivery of an accredited activity, what financial relationships are relevant (or not), and what mitigation strategies are appropriate in a variety of scenarios. Some of the hot-button issues that will be addressed may include: the difference between stockholder and stock owner (and how to determine which you are); the guidance around the new product development-regulatory approval and when participation in accredited education is permitted; the rules around the length of time for disclosure - how far back disclosures must be reported, and how often; why over-disclosing is a significant problem for accreditors; and other complicated nuances of the Standards guidance.