New Standards, New Survey Process

Even Though CME providers undergoing the Accreditation Council for CME reaccreditation process only have to document that they've complied with the updated Standards for Commercial Support since May 2005, when the new rules took effect, they say the process has changed. Surveyors are placing a bigger emphasis on the process for disclosure and management of conflicts of interest. That's not surprising, since those are the areas that underwent the biggest revisions.