What is the CMP?

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The Collaborative Maintenance Pathway (CMP) is an alternative Maintenance of Certification (MOC) assessment option that allows you to stay 100% certified by focusing on just 20% of the field each calendar year. Over a span of 5 years, your entire knowledge base is refreshed, but you never have to study everything at once.

The CMP is delivered through ACC's SAPs, so it includes comprehensive educational material, annual updates and all the CME/MOC credit that you need. Annual participation requires using your CMP SAP to:

• Review the CMP topic(s) for the year, which represent approximately 20% of the field (see the table below). You may choose how much time to spend learning about the year's CMP topic(s).
• Complete the practice questions for the year's CMP topic(s) and score 70% or better.
• Take and pass a Performance Assessment (a 60-question online test) for that year's topic(s).

A passing score on the Performance Assessment satisfies your MOC assessment requirement and extends your assessment due date by one year. As a simplified option for refreshing your knowledge, staying licensed, AND maintaining your certification, the CMP delivers everything you need annually through one single program.

6 Steps to Participating in the CMP

1. Be currently certified by the ABIM and not in an exam grace period. Grace periods occur when you fail an assessment in the year you were due but have met all your other MOC requirements. If you are in a grace period and you have questions, please contact ABIM directly.
   

   You can check your certification status by signing in to your ABIM Physician Portal at abim.org.

   ABIM Contact Information:
   Phone: 800-441-2246
   Email: request@abim.org

2. Purchase the relevant SAP.
3. Enroll in the CMP
4. Score 70% or better on the Practice Questions for the CMP topic(s). You may answer as many times as necessary to achieve that score.
5. Take a Performance Assessment
6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for the next 4 years (but on a different 20% of the field each year). When you finish your first five-year cycle, simply start all over with a new cycle.

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