Financial Disclosures
The ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence require that all planners, faculty, speakers and others who would be in a position to control content to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. We define ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum financial threshold; everyone must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. All must disclose regardless of whether they view the financial relationships as relevant to the education.
All planners, speakers (faculty) and moderators for the San Antonio meeting have been listed in a disclosure recap report which is available by clicking one of the links below. A printed version of the report is also available at the registration desk upon request.
To download a PDF file, click HERE
To view on a webpage click HERE
If a Relevant Relationship Exists
All planners, speakers and peer-reviewers involved with the planning or teaching of this CME activity who have disclosed a relevant financial relationship (including those of their spouse/partner) are deemed to have a conflict of interest. ICSUS has resolved that conflict of interest prior to the CME activity using one or more of the following mechanisms:
| 1. Peer Review of content (PowerPoint presentation, manuscript or any other materials that provide information about the content of the presentation) to ensure presentation is balanced. |
| Moderators with a financial relationship will have a co-moderator who has no relationships. Co-moderator will ensure that the potentially conflicted moderator does not make treatment recommendations and remains unbiased during his participation. |
2. Change the content of the person’s assignment.
3. Limit the content to a report without recommendations.
4. Replace the individual with a conflict.
5. Disqualify faculty if there is no other means with which to resolve conflict.
