Commercial support – The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc

Compliance

Commercial support & grant administration

Commercial support agreements, disclosure management, and conflict mitigation that protect educational independence and satisfy the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence — with a file that proves it.

Letters of agreement

Independence review

Grant reconciliation

The promise

Independent education, fully documented.

Almost nobody sets out to let a supporter influence content. What actually happens is subtler: a suggested faculty name, a topic that maps a little too neatly onto a product, an acknowledgement slide that says slightly too much. Each is defensible on its own and indefensible in aggregate — which is why the documentation matters as much as the intent.

Medical societies

Conference organizers

Education companies

Industry medical affairs

What is included

Letter of agreement preparation and execution
Commercial support compliance oversight
Educational grant tracking and reconciliation
Funder acknowledgement that stays within the rules
Faculty disclosure and relevant-relationship review
Conflict-of-interest mitigation and documentation
Independence review of content and faculty selection
Post-activity financial and outcomes reporting

How it runs

Independence is a documentation problem before it is an ethics problem.

Letters of agreement executed before anything else moves

Signed by the supporter and by iiCME as the accredited provider, with the terms of independence stated plainly. No funds, no planning against those funds, until it is signed.

Supporters have no role in content or faculty

Not in topic selection, not in faculty selection, not in content review. We are the ones who say no, which is often more comfortable for you than saying it yourself.

Acknowledgement that is acknowledgement, not advertising

Funder recognition placed and worded to the standard — outside the educational content, without product references, without logos where logos are not permitted.

Relevant financial relationships, reviewed properly

Every planner and faculty member’s relationships reviewed against the activity content, with mitigation documented for those that are relevant rather than blanket-disclosed and forgotten.

Grant funds tracked and reconciled

Income and expense tracked against the activity, reconciled at closeout, and reported to the supporter in the form they need for their own compliance obligation.

A file that answers the question before it is asked

Agreements, disclosures, mitigations, content reviews, and reconciliation held together as one activity file. This is what makes an audit uneventful.

FAQs

Frequently asked

Can a commercial supporter suggest topics or faculty?

No. Supporters may not control or influence the identification of educational need, learning objectives, content, faculty selection, or evaluation. We hold that line as the accredited provider.

How is the supporter acknowledged?

In a manner and placement consistent with the ACCME Standards — outside the educational content, without product names or promotional language. We draft the acknowledgement so it is right the first time.

Who signs the letter of agreement?

The supporter and iiCME, as the accredited provider. Where you are the joint provider, you are a party to the arrangement but the accreditation accountability sits with us.

What happens if a supporter asks for something we cannot do?

We say no, in writing, and document it. Clients frequently tell us that having an accredited third party deliver that answer is easier than delivering it themselves.

Do you help find funding?

We do not solicit grants on your behalf. We prepare the documentation that makes your activity fundable and administer support once it is committed.

Next step

Talk to us about your program.

A 30-minute conversation is usually enough to tell you whether joint providership fits, what it would take, and roughly how long it would run.