Charlotte AHEC

AHEC Continuing Medical Education

Honorarium Policy

The Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte AHEC CME adheres to the ACCME Standards of Commercial Support and the following policies and procedures regarding honoraria and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses for planners, teachers, and authors.

ACCME Standard 3.7 states that "The provider must have written policies and procedures governing honoraria and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses for planners, teachers and authors." The intent of this Standard is to ensure further separation of personal financial interests and commercial support from educational content.

1. An acceptable honorarium for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ events sponsored by Carolinas HealthCare System (CME-approved) will include amounts up to $1500 per presentation. If this amount restricts participation by an individual speaker, the Physician Course Director can request an Honorarium Appeal Form from CME. The appeal will be reviewed in a timely fashion (within 5 business days) by CME and the Physician Course Director will be notified immediately of CME's decision.
2. Funds from commercial support may be used to cover appropriate expenses for the Physician Course Director, speakers and other 'bona fide' employees of the educational activity, but those funds must come through CME, joint sponsor, or educational partner and not flow directly from the commercial supporter to the individual.
3. Out-of-pocket, per diem, airfare, ground transportation, and other travel expenses for planners, teachers, speakers, instructors, and authors will be paid in compliance with CHS policies governing travel reimbursement. In the case of jointly sponsored activities where activity expenditures are not processed by CME, the out-of-pocket, per diem, airfare, ground transportation, and other travel expenses for planners, teachers, speakers, instructors, and authors will be paid in compliance with the joint sponsor or educational partner’s policies governing travel reimbursement.
4. This policy will be reviewed every two years for appropriateness of honoraria amounts. Next review is due in January 2009.

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