CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Accreditation to Become a MSSNY Accredited Provider

Accreditation

• Introduction

• Purpose of the Application for Accreditation

• Determining Intra-State vs. National Accreditation

• Guide to the Application Process for Accreditation

Essential Areas

• A System to Accredit and Monitor Providers of Continuing Medical Education

• Standards for Commercial Support

• Guidelines for Interpreting the Essentials as Applied to Enduring Materials

• Internet Activites 

• Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
  
  

Application for Accreditation/Reaccreditation

• Pre-Application for Accreditation Form
• Activity List
• Self-Study Labels

• Application for MSSNY Accreditation or Re-accreditation - Part 1

• Application for MSSNY Accreditation or Re-accreditation - Part 2

• Application for MSSNY Accreditation or Re-accreditation - Part 3
  
  

Accreditation Reference Tools

• Accreditation Statement for MSSNY Providers

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Types of Accreditation

• New Inquires for Accreditation

• Procedure for Conducting Site Surveys

• CME Resurvey Policy

• Accreditation Fees 

• Accreditation Decision and Appeal of Adverse Decision
  
  

References Documents

• Statistical Annual Report Form

• Surveyor Report Form

• Instructions for Monitor Review

• Monitor Evaluation of CME Activity

• Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

MSSNY Policies 
 

The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) recognizes that physician professional responsibilities require life-long education through practice-based learning and improvement, appropriate to the individual physician’s needs.  

To assist in this goal, MSSNY conducts an intrastate voluntary accreditation program for organizations providing continuing medical education (CME).  MSSNY, through its recognition as an intrastate Accreditor by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, evaluates and recognizes organizations as accredited providers whenthe CME Program sunstantially complies with the Essentials and Standards.  MSSNY seeks to assure that CME addresses competence and performance gaps while connecting current practice to best practice and to assist physicians in identifying CME activities that meet these standards.  

The development of CME is significantly affected by specific elements of organization, structure, method and evaluation. These elements are presented in the Essential Areas and their Elements. The principles described in these essentials and standards are the guidelines used by MSSNY survey teams in evaluating the quality of education efforts. Institutions applying for initial or re-accreditation will be based on these principles. These guidelines are reviewed periodically.  

The MSSNY accreditation system exists to accredit providers whose missions are to educate physicians within their local area - New York and contiguous states.

For more information, please contact:
Joanne Wise, Manager
Continuing Medical Education
Medical Society of the State of New York
99 Washington Avenue, Suite 408
Albany, New York 12210
(518) 465-8085  Fax (518) 465-0976
jwise@mssny.org