Joint Providerships

St. Vincent Hospital and the Indiana State Medical Association define joint providership as the providership of a CME activity by one accredited and one nonaccredited organization. Accredited providers that plan and present one or more activities win nonaccreddited providers are engaging in "joint providership." The partnership does not intend to imply that a joint providership relationship is an actual legal partnership.

The accredited provider must take responsibility for a CME activity when it is presented in cooperation with a nonaccredited organization and ensure compliance of the activity.

Informing Learners

The accredited provider must inform the learner of the joint providership relationship through the use of the appropriate accreditation statement, disclosure statement, and designation statement. All printed materials for joint provider activities must carry the appropriate accreditation statement and logo of St. Vincent Hospital.

Fees

St. Vincent Hospital does charge a fee for this type of arrangement.

Compliance & Noncompliance Issues

St. Vincent Hospital expects all CME activities to be in compliance with the ISMA/ACCME accreditation requirements. In cases of joint providership, it is the accredited provider's responsibility to be able to demonstrate through written documentation this compliance to the ISMA.

Note that if a joint provider activity is found to be in Noncompliance with ISMA/ACCME's content validation policies or policies for disclosure and commercial support, the accredited provider in the relationship may be asked to provide one or more monitoring progress reports related to the issue. Similarly, special requirements exist for accredited providers that jointly provider activities with nonaccredited organizations that have a history of joint provider activities that do not comply with ISMA/ACCME's content validation policies or policies for disclosure and commercial support. We will not consider a partnership if noncompliance issues have been uncovered from past activities.

  • All speaker/presenters will be reviewed through the Conflict of Interest policy.
  • All CME activities must be planned independently and free from the control of a commercial interest.
  • All presentations must be given a balanced view of therapeutic options.
  • All presentations must be vetted and appropriate by the CME Office prior to the activity and by the established due date or the CME credit will not be given.
  • The disclosure slide must match the disclosure on file with the CME Office.
  • The CME Office allows for an introduction slide to contain a non-commercial, institutional logo, but does not allow for institutional logos on subsequent slides.
  • No slide set can be changed after the vetting process.