CME and MOC Information

2022 ASH Annual Meeting

• The Annual Meeting evaluation sites have closed. To request CME certificates or certificates of participation, please contact [email protected].  

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to: 

• Employ the knowledge gained regarding the diagnosis and treatment of classical and malignant hematologic disorders to improve patient care
• Discuss state-of-the-art research in hematology; and
• Analyze the potential contribution of novel, not-yet-approved modalities of therapy to current evidence-based management of hematologic disorders.

ACCREDITATION AND CREDIT DESIGNATION
The American Society of Hematology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ASH designates this Other (blended live and on-demand) educational activity for a maximum of 72 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC
Participation in this CME activity enables the attendee to earn up to 72 Medical Knowledge points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

QUALIFYING SESSIONS
Physician attendees can claim CME for viewing qualifying live sessions as they are broadcast or after they have concluded. Accredited sessions will be labeled in the print and online meeting materials, as well as in on-site digital signage.

CME CERTIFICATE ELIGIBILITY
ASH is accredited to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to physicians only. The American Medical Association (AMA) defines physicians as those individuals who have obtained an MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree from another country. Physicians not licensed in the United States who participate in this CME activity are also eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

HOW TO OBTAIN CME CREDIT
A processing fee of $30 will be charged for CME certificates. Physician attendees may complete the Annual Meeting Evaluation Surveys to claim their CME credits and print their CME certificates through the ASH website by clicking the Annual Meeting CME link on the homepage. Attendees may print a Session Summary listing of all the accredited sessions they participated in. The online process for claiming CME credits and printing a CME certificate for the 64th ASH Annual Meeting must be completed no later than April 14, 2023.

HOW TO OBTAIN ABIM MOC POINTS
Once you have completed your CME credit claim, you will be asked to submit a reflective statement on how you intend to change your practice based on the knowledge you gained from participation in the meeting. Upon review and approval, your points will be submitted to the ACCME by ASH and will appear in your ABIM Physician Portal within 24 hours. In order to receive ABIM MOC points for the 64th ASH Annual Meeting, the online process for claiming CME/ABIM MOC credits must be completed by April 14, 2023.

CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
Non-physicians and other health-care professionals attending the meeting can receive a Certificate of Participation by completing the Annual Meeting Evaluation Surveys through the ASH website beginning Saturday, December 10, 2022. Attendees may print a Session Summary listing of all the accredited sessions they participated in. The online process of filling out the annual meeting survey must be completed no later than April 14, 2023. There is no charge to meeting attendees for this service.

EUROPEAN BOARD FOR ACCREDITATION IN HEMATOLOGY
The 64th ASH Annual Meeting has been reviewed and approved for CME-CPD accreditation by the European Board for Accreditation in Hematology (EBAH). The EBAH has approved this educational activity for a maximum number of 32 CME-CPD credits. Each participant should only collect credits for time that she/he actually spent in the educational activity.

If you plan to claim EBAH-CME credit for attending the meeting, please check the appropriate box during the registration process or after the meeting in the online evaluation site. There is no fee required in order to be eligible for EBAH CME-CPD credits. For additional information about EBAH CME-CPD credits, visit the EBAH website.

CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY FOR THE ASH ANNUAL MEETING
ASH is committed to providing quality, objective, balanced, and scientifically rigorous continuing medical education activities that are free from commercial and non-commercial bias. In accordance with the rules of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), ASH policy requires that all meeting session chairs, speakers, and moderators disclose in writing prior to the meeting any financial relationships they may hold with companies in the healthcare and biotechnology industries. Poster presenters are likewise required to disclose in writing any financial relationships they may have prior to the meeting and display their disclosures as a part of their poster presentation. If bias, actual or perceived, occurs during the presentations, session attendees are encouraged to address such bias during the question-and-answer periods following the presentations.

All ASH annual meeting presenters (including invited chairs and speakers, and abstract presenters and moderators) are asked to disclose any relationships of the following types: Employment, Consultancy, Stock Ownership, Research Funding, Honoraria, Patents & Royalties, Speakers Bureau, Membership on an entity’s Board of Directors or advisory committee, and any other financial relationship including Travel Support.

Any questions about this policy or concerns regarding disclosures should be directed to [email protected].

NON-CME SESSIONS
ASH is committed to continuously re-evaluating our policies and processes to ensure that they align with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s (AACME) increasingly stringent standards. The ACCME defines Ineligible Companies (IC), also known as commercial interests, as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including biomedical startups and diagnostic laboratories with proprietary products, are classified as ineligible companies and, per ACCME, any presentation given by employees of industry is considered to be promotional in nature and therefore ineligible to be accredited.

There are a number of programs and sessions in the program that are not accredited for CME. Please note that oral and poster abstracts are no longer included in the accredited programming.

The final list of non-CME sessions is subject to change. Accredited sessions will be labeled on the virtual platform and an up-to-date list of sessions will also be available.

Education Program Sessions
Novel Approaches in MDS

General Sessions
Plenary Scientific Session
Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize
Late-Breaking Abstracts Session
Best of ASH

Special Interest Sessions
Blood Presents: How to Get Published in a Peer Review Journal
Grassroots Network Lunch
Blood Advances Meet the Editors
Promoting Minorities in Hematology: Presentations and Reception
ASH Foundation Run/Walk
Meet the Blood Editors
Blood Advances Presents: How to Peer Review a Scientific Paper
LGBTQIA+ Community Networking Brunch
ASH Health Equity Rounds Lunch
Blood and Beyond
Disability Community Networking Breakfast
Special Session: AI and Machine Learning: A New Frontier in Hematology
Hemostasis and Thrombosis Community Networking Reception
Women in Hematology Networking Dinner
Driving Real-World Evidence for Hematologic Malignancy Research: A Joint ASH RC and EU HARMONY Session

Spotlight Sessions
Platelet Factor 4-Mediated Immunothrombosis: Insights from the Novel Syndrome of Vaccine-Induced Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VITT)
Sowing the Seeds of Leukemia Before Birth

Non-CME Programs
All sessions in the following programs are not accredited for CME credit:

• ASH-a-Palooza Events
• ASH Wellness Studio
• ASH Poster Walks
• ASH Health Equity Studio
• How I Treat: Bringing Science to Clinical Dilemmas
• Events
• Oral and Poster Abstracts
• Meet the Scientist
• Scientific Program
• Scientific Symposia
• Scientific Workshops
• Product Theaters
• Trainee Activities and Services

2023 ASH Meeting on Hematologic Malignancies

ASH is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ASH designates this other (blended live and on demand) educational activity for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ASH is accredited to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to physicians only. The American Medical Association (AMA) defines physicians as those individuals who have obtained an MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree from another country. Physicians not licensed in the United States who participate in this CME activity are also eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Non-physicians may claim a Certificate of Attendance documenting their participation in the accredited CME activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points equivalent to the number of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

To request a Certificate of Attendance, CME Credit, or ABIM MOC points, attendees must complete the program evaluation surveys through the online evaluation module. To request ABIM MOC points learners will be asked to submit a reflective statement on intention to change practice based on the knowledge gained from participation in the meeting. Upon review and approval, MOC points will be submitted to the ABIM by ASH.

Attendees do not need to attend the live sessions as they air in order to claim credit for them. Attendees can view live sessions as they are broadcast or “watch again” after they have concluded; the play button on those sessions will change from Watch Now to Watch Again a few minutes after the conclusion.

To claim CME/MOC or request a certificate of attendance, attendees must complete the program evaluation surveys, which will be available closer to the meeting. Additionally, for ABIM MOC points, you will be asked to submit a reflective statement on intention to change practice based on the knowledge gained from participation in the meeting. Upon review and approval of the statement, points will be submitted to the ABIM by ASH.

The deadline to claim CME/MOC or request a certificate of attendance is December 31, 2023.

2023 Course

The ASH Consultative Hematology Course (CHC) is a virtual half-day program led by faculty familiar with consultative practice issues and commonly encountered clinical problems that require the expertise of a hematologist. Program participants engage in case-based presentations and have the opportunity to interact with experts during the live Q&A panel.

CME and MOC for the ASH Consultative Hematology Course

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

CME/MOC and Certificates of Attendance

ASH designates this Other [blended live and on demand] activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ASH is accredited to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ to physicians only. The American Medical Association (AMA) defines physicians as those individuals who have obtained an MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree from another country. Physicians not licensed in the United States who participate in this CME activity are also eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™.

Non-physicians may claim a Certificate of Attendance documenting their participation in the accredited CME activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

To claim CME/MOC or request a certificate of attendance, attendees must complete the program evaluation surveys through the online evaluation module, which will be available closer to the meeting. Additionally, for ABIM MOC points, you will be asked to submit a reflective statement on intention to change practice based on the knowledge gained from participation in the meeting. Upon review and approval of the statement, points will be submitted to the ABIM by ASH.

The deadline to claim CME/MOC or request a certificate of attendance is December 31, 2023.

2023 Meeting

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

CME Credit and Certificate of Attendance

ASH designates this educational activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians can claim a maximum of:

• North America: 13 Credits
• Mediterranean: 10 Credits
• Asia-Pacific: 10 Credits
• Latin America: 11.5 Credits

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ASH is accredited to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to physicians only. The American Medical Association (AMA) defines physicians as those individuals who have obtained an MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree from another country. Physicians not licensed in the United States who participate in this CME activity are also eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Non-physicians and other health care professionals attending the meeting may receive a Certificate of Attendance to document their participation in an accredited activity.

To claim CME credit or request a Certificate of Attendance, attendees must complete the online program evaluation surveys through ASH Academy. Instructions can be found in the mobile app provided for meeting.

ABIM MOC Points

Participation in this CME activity enables attendees to earn American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points. Attendees will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.

To claim ABIM MOC points, attendees must complete the online program evaluation surveys through ASH Academy. During the survey, attendees will be asked to submit a reflective statement on intention to change practice based on the knowledge gained from participation in the meeting. Upon review and approval of the statement, points will be submitted to the ABIM by ASH.

2023 Workshop

ASH is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Society intends to offer continuing medical education (CME) credit for eligible physician participants in the workshop; other workshop participants will be eligible for a certificate of participation.

Workshop participants certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine or the American Board of Pediatrics who earn CME credit for the workshop will also be eligible to earn maintenance of certification credit for the workshop upon successful completion of a brief additional assessment.