Renal Physicians Association Announces ABIM MOC Credit Earning Opportunity for Nephrologists’ Participation in QAPI

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- The Renal Physicians Association (RPA) is pleased to announce that the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Nephrology Board has approved the RPA's Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) in Dialysis Facility activity for 20 Practice Assessment Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points and Patient Safety MOC credit. Starting this fall, nephrologists associated with participating dialysis facilities may obtain MOC credit for their participation in QAPI activities.

"We're delighted to offer the opportunity for nephrologists to earn MOC credit for their day to day clinical practice activities," said Rebecca Schmidt, DO, RPA President.

"Through use of QAPI, dialysis facility Medical Directors are leading efforts to document and improve the quality of care at dialysis facilities, which provide life-saving treatment," said Richard J. Baron, MD, President and CEO of ABIM. "We are excited to be working with RPA to provide MOC credit for these activities and will continue to collaborate with health care organizations to enable physicians to seamlessly earn MOC credit for other activities they are engaged in to improve patient care."

How the QAPI in Dialysis Facilityprocess works

-- The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services' (CMS) Conditions for

Coverage (CfC) require that dialysis facilities hold monthly QAPI

meetings. The nephrologist medical director is not only expected to

attend, but also to lead the meeting.

-- Clinical quality data is collected and presented at the meeting and the

dialysis facilities maintain documentation of QAPI meeting participants,

Keywords for this news article include: Kidney, Medicare, Nephrology, Health Policy, Renal Physicians Association.

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