{"id":3544,"date":"2018-01-04T15:49:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/?page_id=3544"},"modified":"2023-06-01T08:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:50:27","slug":"nccpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/ncmoc\/nccpa\/","title":{"rendered":"NCCPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)<\/strong> provides initial and maintenance of certification for physician assistants.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a collaborative agreement between NCCPA and the ABMS Multispecialty Portfolio Program \u2013 that the NC MOC participates in \u2013 Certified Physician Assistants can receive high-value CME credit for participating in patient safety and performance improvement activities to improve the quality of patient care.<\/p>\n<p>Certified PAs can now earn free Category 1 PI-CME credit with NCCPA for participating in QI initiatives within the NC MOC program.<\/p>\n<p>To Apply for PI-CME credit, complete the attestion:<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unc.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_b3Lz0ekXRN7XEbP\">Attestation for Approved NC MOC Projects<\/a>\n<p>NCCPA will notify PAs by email when these PI-CME credits have been logged in their record.<\/p>\n<p>PAs receive 30 PI-CME credits for the completion of each QI Effort.<strong> NCCPA makes this effort even more valuable by doubling the first 20 PI-CME credits earned during a PA\u2019s two-year CME cycle, for a total of 50 credits.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more details from NCCPA on earning credit through this program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccpa.net\/abms-portfolio-program\">http:\/\/www.nccpa.net\/abms-portfolio-program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) provides initial and maintenance of certification for physician assistants. 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