The disappeared ABIM "Bonus Payment Program Template"

While I was telling other doctors about how ABIM attempted to force us into doing their MOC, I mentioned that they put out a "Bonus payment program" template for insurance companies. However, the link does not work anymore. I do not know when that first happened. Just post it here for future reference.

http://www.abim.org/doc/Bonus-Payment-Program-Template.doc     

Bonus Payment Program Template

 

[Insert Plan Name] would like to inform our network internists and internal medicine subspecialists, who are actively participating in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program, of our bonus payment initiative, [Insert Bonus Payment Initiative Name]. MOC promotes lifelong learning and enhancement of the clinical judgment and skills essential for quality patient care. 

Upon completion of an ABIM PIM Practice Improvement Module® as part of ABIM's Maintenance of Certification program, network internists and subspecialists will be eligible to earn a $[Insert Amount] bonus payment through [Insert Plan Name]'s [Insert Bonus Payment Initiative]. By aligning this financial incentive with ABIM's MOC requirements, [Insert Plan Name] and ABIM can work together to help you reduce the redundancy of data collection and measurement.  

Bonus payments are earned for completing one PIM [Choose “annually” OR “every two years”] during your MOC cycle. To earn the bonus payment of $[Insert Amount], you must: 

• Be an active [Insert Plan] provider as an internist or internal medicine subspecialist in full compliance with [Insert Plan Name]'s credentialing process;
• Be enrolled in ABIM's MOC program;
• Complete an ABIM PIM [Indicate Specific Time Period (e.g., Annually, Every Two Years, etc.)]. PIMs can be completed individually or as a group with other physicians in your practice (including physicians certified by the American Board of Family Medicine); and
• Authorize ABIM to provide electronic notification of your ABIM PIM completion status to [Insert Plan Name] through ABIM's web site (www.abim.org/submit-PIM).

 

If you have completed an ABIM PIM since [Insert Specific Date] and would like to authorize ABIM to provide [Insert Plan Name] with electronic notification of your PIM completion, please visit www.abim.org/submit-PIM. A step-by-step guide on how to submit a completed PIM to our plan is [Attached and/or Available on our Website at________]. 

[Insert Plan Name] encourages all internists, including those holding time-limited certification and those with certifications that are valid indefinitely, to participate in ABIM's Maintenance of Certification program. If you have not yet enrolled in MOC and would like to do so, please visit www.abim.org/moc. 

Please visit [Insert Plan Website] for information related to eligibility and participation in [Insert Plan Name]'s [Insert Name of Bonus Payment Initiative].