UCA offers AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for CME through joint providership.
UCA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to certify education and issue CME credit to physicians.
ACCME defines joint providership as the offering of a CME activity by one or more accredited and one or more non-accredited organizations. All joint providership CME activities must be consistent with UCA’s CME mission and comply with ACCME standards.
Learn more about our joint providership process and discover useful resources to help you begin planning your CME activity!
The planning process below outlines roles and responsibilities of your organization and UCA.
Get started by working through the CME Activity Planning Sheet and then completing the formal Activity Planning Form.
Once received, we will review your form and if approved you will receive a UCA CME Joint Providership Agreement to sign.
A non-refundable administrative fee will be invoiced upon this signed agreement and payment is due within 30 days.
| Activity Type | UCA Member Administrative Fee | Non-Member Administrative Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Tier One: Committee Learning, Enduring Material, Internet Searching, Webinar, Podcast | $850 | $1,000 |
| Tier Two: Learning from Teaching, Journal, Manuscript Review, Test-Item Writing | $1,700 | $2,000 |
| Tier Three: Quality Improvement, Regularly Scheduled Series, and Live Course (Virtual or Live) | $3,400 | $4,000 |
A non-refundable administrative fee is required to secure and execute this joint providership agreement (see Tiered Administrative Fees above). This fee is separate from the CME credit fee.
UCA members receive preferred administrative fee pricing as a member benefit.
If your activity includes one or more activity types, the applicable administrative fee for each activity type will be assessed. For example, if your activity includes both a Live Course and Learning from Teaching (often associated with speaker preparation), the total administrative fee would include both the Tier Three and Tier Two administrative fees.
For a non-member:
For a member:
Associated CME credit fees would be invoiced separately.
Activity types are defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
The CME credit fee will be charged at a rate of $300 per credit hour.
CME credit hours are calculated in 15-minute increments. This fee applies to all presentations, including those scheduled concurrently. For example, if two CME-eligible sessions are held simultaneously from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the CME credit fee would be $600 total ($300 per presentation, per credit hour).
The CME credit fee will be invoiced at the conclusion of the activity. The CME credit fee will not be invoiced if the activity is cancelled prior to peer review of presentations and content.
In order to be considered for joint providership with the UCA, the interested organization must meet all of the following requirements:
NOTE: ACCME does not permit ineligible entities to be joint providers. ACCME defines an ineligible entity as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. Providers of clinical service directly to patients are not considered to be ineligible entities, unless the provider of clinical service is owned or controlled by an ACCME-defined ineligible entity. Further information is provided on the ACCME website.
Activity Types
Tier One: Committee Learning, Enduring Material, Internet Searching, Webinar.
Tier Two: Learning from Teaching, Journal, Manuscript Review, Test-item Writing.
Tier Three: Quality Improvement, Regularly Scheduled Series, and Live Course (Virtual or Live).
Forms and Templates
CME Credit Calculator – Agenda Grid Template
CME Joint Providership Financial Reporting Template
Resources
Bloom’s Taxonomy – Action Verbs for Writing Learning Objectives.
Examples of Communicating Disclosures to Learners.
Guidance for Planners to Ensure Clinical Content is Valid.
Key Steps to Identify, Mitigate, and Disclose Relevant Financial Relationships.
Sample Letter to Explain Why Financial Relationship Information is Collected.
Contact The Learning Experience Team if you have any questions about joint providership pricing and process.
Our Continuing Medical Education (CME) program is dedicated to improving the competence and performance of physicians and other Urgent Care clinicians (PAs, NPs, and Rad Techs) in the delivery and management of Urgent Care medicine through evidence‑based educational activities designed for the Urgent Care setting, resulting in measurable improvements in clinical decision-making, operational performance, and patient care.
