Publish Date
All accredited CME providers are expected to enter activity data in PARS to fulfill ACCME’s data reporting requirements. Each year, we aggregate this information in an annual data report as a service to our accredited education community and to identify long-range trends that shape the evolution of our system. Previous data reports are available here.
Steps to Complete Your Annual Reporting
To fulfill your annual reporting requirements, there are five steps to complete by Monday, April 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm Central Time:
- Accept the terms of the ACCME annual agreement, located in PARS under Provider Agreement(s). Each year, all accredited providers are asked to accept the annual agreement regarding data submission and compliance with ACCME policies and procedures.
- Enter all activities that started in 2023, and close all activities that also ended in 2023.
- If you provide enduring material activities, update the total cumulative learner counts as of December 31, 2023. Enduring materials should remain open until the end date, which may be up to three years from the start date.
- Complete and submit your Program Summary, located on the dashboard in PARS.
- Review and update your contact information. You can do this by clicking “Back to Accreditation Management” in the top right section of the PARS dashboard.
Please note: Providers accredited by a state medical society may be required to complete their annual reporting requirements earlier and should check with their Recognized Accreditor for more information.
Annual Reporting Resources
- Annual Reporting Checklist: See this guide for a detailed list of steps and information about annual reporting.
- Annual Reporting Office Hours: We are hosting office hours on March 12 to answer questions about annual reporting in PARS. Check out slides from the first office hours session.
- Annual Reporting Video Guides: Watch step-by-step videos on how to complete the following annual reporting tasks in PARS:
- Annual Reporting FAQs: Explore answers to commonly asked questions about annual reporting.
- Activity Reporting FAQs: Check out answers to questions about activity reporting, an annual reporting requirements.
- Excel Upload Information for Learner Counts
- Activity Excel File Upload Instructions for Learner Counts PDF: Use this guide to understand how to use the Update Learner Counts and Close Activity Excel file in PARS.
- Activity Excel File Template for Learner Counts: CME: If your activities are registered only for CME and are already entered into PARS, use this template to update only the learner counts for these activities. This template also allows you to close activities that are already entered into PARS.
- Activity Excel File Template for Learner Counts: CME and MOC: If your activities are registered for both CME and MOC and are already entered into PARS, use this template to update only the learner counts for these activities. This template also allows you to close activities that are already entered into PARS.
- Excel Upload Information for Activities
- Excel Submission Instructions for Activities: This document contains instructions to providers on how to upload activity data via Excel to PARS.
- Excel Activity Batch Template (CME): Providers should use this template for submitting CME activities.
- Excel Activity Batch Template (CME and MOC): Providers should use this template for submitting CME activities that they are also registering for MOC.