PARS
ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS) is your entry point into the digitized world of CME. Accredited CME providers serve a vital role in our healthcare ecosystem by delivering quality education to physicians.
Your Hub for Centralized CME Data
PARS is a tool you can use to help advance the field of accredited education through the centralized collection of activity and learner credit data. Explore training videos at the link below, and get the big picture on how it all works in the video at right.
Reporting Requirements
CME Activity Data
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.
Learner Credit Reporting
PARS allows accredited providers to not only enter CME activity data but also record learnercredit data within the same system. While reporting learner credit data in PARS is optional, itrepresents an important opportunity to support a more modern, digitized approach tomanaging and reporting CME credit.
By entering both activity and learner credit data in PARS, providers can:
- Increase the visibility of CME activities and reach a broader audience of learners
- Reinforce the value of activities for learners and other stakeholders
- Reduce physicians’ reporting burden, giving them more time to focus on patient care
- Decrease administrative workload related to physician inquiries and certificate requests
- Support regulatory and certifying authorities by enabling easier access to verified CME and Maintenance of Certification (MOC)/Continuous Certification (CC) credit data
Learner credit data entered in PARS is reported to participating state medical licensing boards and certifying boards in collaboration with the ACCME, eliminating the need for physicians to manually track and submit their credits.
To get started with learner credit reporting in PARS, refer to the Learner Reporting Quick Start Guide, which provides step-by-step instructions and best practices for efficient implementation.
Featured Partners
This select group of accredited CME/CE providers will play a key role in advancing a national system for seamless credit reporting,
These LMS companies demonstrate seamless, high-quality integration with ACCME’s and Joint Accreditation’s data systems.
Key Resources to Support Your Data Entry
Explore these resources for an overview of the features in PARS, including how-to videos, technical resources, frequently asked questions, and year-end reporting information.
