Data Description for American Board of Family Medicine, Inc. 1. Organization Description The American Board of Family Medicine, Inc. (ABFM) is one of twenty-four member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties. ABFM is an independent non-profit organization. The mission of the ABFM is to improve the health of the public through: (1) certifying family physicians who are highly skilled and effective in improving the health of their patients, (2) setting standards for the training of family medicine residents, (3) conducting research to advance the scientific basis of family medicine, (4) cultivate leaders within the specialty of family medicine, and (5) collaborating with other organizations to promote better health care. As part of its mission the ABFM maintains a national data base of board certified family physicians. More information about the ABFM is available at: www.theabfm.org 2. Data Available Data Commons Service Verification Verification+ Description of Data Physician Certification status with ABFM – includes dates Physician Certification status with ABFM – includes dates as well as participation in Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MOC) Relevant Certifications / Accreditations Primary-Source Information on Certification and Certificates of Added Qualifications Primary-Source Information on Certification and Certificates of Added Qualifications and participation in MOC 3. Data Pricing ABFM’s certification status reporting service is designed to allow organizations to verify that an individual is a board certified family physician. The addition dates of certification and the status of a physician in MOC is included in the Verification + service. Based upon key fields, the query will return certification status information including maintenance of certification participation and the existence of any certificates of added qualifications. Pricing is pre-paid in blocks and based upon volume as follows: Level Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Volume 1 – 1,000 Query 1,001 – 10,000 Query 10,001 – 100,000 Query Per Transaction Cost $1.10 $.55 $.28 An unlimited annual subscription is available at $ 2,062.50 per year 4. Data Collection How do you determine the data’s accuracy? All data regarding the primary certificate and certificates of added qualifications status of a physician, as well as the participation status in maintenance of certification, is data generated solely by the ABFM and is considered primary source information. The ABFM also maintains in its data base other information including but not limited to medical schools and residency programs attended as well as fellowship training obtained; this data is gathered directly from the physician or the residency program. How do you know that the data are current? The ABFM updates its file of currently certified family physicians on a daily basis. Periodic events, such as the issuance of new certificates, occur throughout the year and are updated as soon as new information is available. Given the continuous nature of certification it is recommended that an annual verification or re-verification of certification status takes place on February 15 of each year. 5. Specific Data / Collection Processes ABFM Certification Description Original Contributor Verification Activity Frequency of Update ABFM Certification Type Certification Type CAQ Certificate Number ABFM Certification Status with the ABFM as established by the ABFM Daily ABFM Daily ABFM Certification Status of any certificates of added qualifications as established by the ABFM Unique ABFM certificate identifier as issued by the ABFM Certification Duration ABFM Length of current certificate validity as established by the ABFM Daily DATA COMMONS | www.MyDataCommons.org Copyright © 2014 by Data Commons, LLC. All rights reserved. Upon Certification 2 MOC Status ABFM Annually ABFM Physician's status with MOC. Participating (Y/N) and Current (Y/N) as established by the ABFM Physician requirements for MOC, as determined by ABFM MOC Requirement Certification Duration CAQ Certification Occurrence Certification Occurrence CAQ Certification Period Start Date Certification Period Start Date CAQ Certification Period End Date ABFM Length of current CAQ certificate validity as established by ABFM Daily ABFM Upon Certification ABFM Describes whether the FM certificate is an initial certificate or one issued through a recertification process as established by ABFM Describes whether the CAQ certificate is an initial certificate or one issued through a recertification process as determined by ABFM Family Medicine certification start date as established by ABFM ABFM Date of CAQ certification as established by ABFM Upon Certification ABFM Daily Certification Period End Date CAQ Certification Status ABFM For physicians certified prior to 2011, there is an end date to the certificate. Physicians certified after 2010, must continually maintain the certificate. There is no end date. All as established by ABFM Projected end date of CAQ certificate as established by ABFM ABFM Current Status of ABFM Certification as established by ABFM Daily Certification Status CAQ Recognition Status Hospital Medicine ABFM Current status of CAQ certification as established by ABFM as established by ABFM Recognition of Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine certificate as established by ABFM Daily ABFM ABFM DATA COMMONS | www.MyDataCommons.org Copyright © 2014 by Data Commons, LLC. All rights reserved. Annually Upon Certification Upon Certification Daily Annually 3
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