8/5/2023 0 Comments Abpn folio![]() ![]() The ABPN website notes that with these physician folios “physicians can activate accounts that will enable them to keep their demographic and license information up to date, view and attest to their MOC activities, and apply and pay for examinations and annual MOC fees. This seems like just more ABPN needless bureaucracy and a way to generate more income for the ABPN, as there is no value in this for the ABPN diplomates. The last I checked, the guidelines for maintaining certification are still published for free. I can keep track of my own credits and don’t need an ABPN-monitored physican folio to do it for me. Since I may not recertify at that time, I certainly don’t want the board sitting with any of my money to “save” it for the exam fee. But I figure, with all the psychiatrists required to do this now, that $175/year adds up to a nice small treasure that I am sure will more than adequately cover exam development and administrative costs while allowing the CEO to see an increase in his already >$800,000 year salary. No statement was made regarding that, so I can only assume that the board then keeps all that money anyway for those nebulous “ exam development and administrative costs.” And though I paid $1400 for the exam this time, I guess that that means that buried in the annual $175 fee over 10 years is that same $1400, though it is hard to imagine a greed driven board maintaining the exam at the same price in 10 years. ![]() I responded that I may not choose to recertify again, as I will be 63 years old by that time and possibly retired. That means that they can simply continue on as they had been doing while the rest of us are punished because we recertified or were initially certified after 2012. I was told, “when you apply for your next MOC exam, you will be able to apply the payments of the annual fees you have paid thus far to credit towards the cost of that MOC exam.” And by the way, diplomates certified before 2012, including lifetime certificate holders, may elect to participate in the program through their physician folios account. Maintaining board certification status does require satisfying the MOC requirements as well as payment of the annual fees. This fee covers Maintenance of Board Certification status, use of a personalized ABPN Physician Folios account with customized MOC tracker, and development and administrative costs of MOC examinations, including a 10% credit annually towards an MOC examination in a ten-year period. Instead of a single fee at the time of the MOC examination, participants in the C-MOC program pay an annual fee. As of 2012, as part of the C-MOC program, the Board decided to change to an annual fee payment structure. I e-mailed the #ABPN ( ) and was told that previously, board certification was paid for at the time one applied for an exam. It was my understanding, or, I guess, misunderstanding, that that was optional and that I could instead choose to pay for my next recertification exam in 10 years. ![]() I received an e-mail with my “physician folio” report and a reminder that I would have to pay my $175 annual fee. ![]()
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