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[Chart] MOC: Where does the money go?

How does the American Board of Internal Medicine spend the revenue it obtains from physicians' maintenance of certification fees? This chart breaks it down.

 

Physicians attending the American College of Physicians 2014 conference in Orlando, Florida, had a chance to question the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) about the controversial issue of maintenance of certification (MOC). A popular question involved where ABIM spent the revenue it obtains from physicians' MOC fees. ABIM supplied the breakdown below.

 

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