• Am J Phys Med Rehabil · Apr 2020

    Association of Participation in the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Maintenance of Certification Program and Physician Disciplinary Actions.

    • Carolyn L Kinney, Mikaela M Raddatz, James A Sliwa, Sherilyn W Driscoll, and Lawrence R Robinson.
    • From the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rochester, Minnesota (CLK, MMR); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona (CLK); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, Illinois (JAS); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (SWD); and Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (LRR).
    • Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Apr 1; 99 (4): 325-329.

    ObjectiveThe study analyzed the relationship between participation in the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation maintenance of certification program and the incidence of disciplinary actions by state medical boards over a physician's career. The hypothesis is that physicians who do not maintain their board certification have a higher likelihood of state medical board disciplinary actions.DesignThis retrospective cohort study analyzed American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation maintenance of certification data from all board-certified physiatrists who were enrolled in the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation maintenance of certification program from 1993 to 2007.ResultsMatching examination and license data were available for 4794 physicians, who received a total of 212 disciplinary action reports through the Federation of State Medical Boards. The results showed that physicians who have a lapse in completing the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation maintenance of certification program have a 2.5-fold higher incidence of receiving a disciplinary action report through the Federation of State Medical Boards (95% confidence interval = 1.76-3.63) and had higher severity violations (χ = 7.14, P < 0.05) than physicians whose certificate never lapsed.ConclusionsFor physicians in physical medicine and rehabilitation, loss of board certification through failure to fulfill the maintenance of certification program requirements is associated with an increased risk of disciplinary action from a state medical licensing board.

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