Maintenance of Certification: How Physician Self-regulation Can Improve Quality of Care

In this edition of the “Peer to Peer” audiocast series, Dr. Vincent DeLeo speaks with Dr. Thomas D. Horn about the importance of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process in improving the quality of care delivered in dermatology practices. Dr. Horn notes that MOC represents the best structure for physician self-regulation, which is crucial to ensuring the integrity of practice parameters within the specialty while avoiding third-party oversight. He also provides an in-depth explanation of how the MOC practice improvement and self-assessment modules are stuctured. Finally, Dr. Horn outlines some key changes in the MOC process that are pertinent to physicians.

Cutis Photo Challenge and Dermatopathology Diagnosis articles in print are approved by the American Board of Dermatology for MOC Self-assessment Credit.

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