{"id":5746,"date":"2016-08-10T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/total-cme-funding-drops-but-income-fro\/"},"modified":"2019-02-21T01:14:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:14:56","slug":"total-cme-funding-drops-but-income-fro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/total-cme-funding-drops-but-income-fro\/","title":{"rendered":"Total CME Funding Drops, But Income from Pharma Increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AMA &amp; many other physician groups are lobbying in support of a Senate bill to exempt drug and device makers from reporting the value of continuing medical education (CME), journal reprints, and textbooks provided to physicians (see <a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/9KptUv\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, while total accredited CME income is decreasing, the pharma industry is upping its financial support of CME, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accme.org\/news-publications\/publications\/annual-report-data\/accme-2015-annual-report\">2015 Annual Report<\/a> of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-VFk3bRaoXHc\/V6sYZkWTsxI\/AAAAAAAAIy8\/7N-Or6-6jzkDnS5LlfU_FneWuwHVy7tfwCLcB\/s1600\/ACCME-InfoGraphic-topcharts-2015.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ACCME-InfoGraphic-topcharts-2015.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Data from ACCME Annual Reports. Click on image for an enlarged, more readable view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>However, pharma may be channeling money to CME through organizations that are not required by law to report the value of their support for CME.<\/p>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a>ACCME&#8217;s annual reports breakdown the major sources of financial support of CME. These sources include Government or military, Hospital\/healthcare delivery system, Insurance company\/managed-care company, Nonprofit (other), Nonprofit (physician membership organization), Publishing\/education company (aka, MECCs or Medical Education Communication Company), School of Medicine, and other. Med Schools, MECCs, and Phys Societies account for 87% of the total funding, which in 2015 was $2.46 billion (down from $2.67 billion in 2014). <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PH_pBYNjpRg\/V6tdSRvhg-I\/AAAAAAAAIzk\/OgPr4kKIBMMzWww-3JNTu7Mny_6ZZKpeACLcB\/s1600\/ACCME-InfoGraphic-bottom-charts-2015.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ACCME-InfoGraphic-bottom-charts-2015.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Data from ACCME Annual Reports. Click on Image for an enlarged, more readable view.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Over the past several years, pharma has increased its funding of CME through MECCs, while funding from other major sources has dropped or remained flat as shown in chart above\/left. I am assuming nearly all of the commercial support, advertising, and exhibit fees are paid by drug and device companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AMA &amp; many other physician groups are lobbying in support of a Senate bill to exempt drug and device makers from reporting the value of continuing medical education (CME), journal reprints, and textbooks provided to physicians (see here). 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