Request types that we support
Jump to request type: Independent Medical Education - Independent Patient Education - Charitable donations - Independent Third-Party Educational or Professional Meeting Support - Additional request types
Independent Medical Education
Independent Medical Education is funding to an independent third party to support the development or implementation of clearly defined medical or education programs or activities for health care providers that foster increased understanding/knowledge of scientific, clinical or health care issues that contribute to the enhancement of patient care.
Examples
May include live presentations (e.g., symposia, regional/local programs, teleconferences, live webcasts) or enduring materials (e.g., printed materials, programmed tests, podcasts, slide kits, monographs, and web-based instructional materials).
Allowed
- Expenses for executing medical education programs (e.g., disease presentations, symposia’s, websites)
- Expenses for the development of medical education items (e.g., agendas, program content and development, accreditation fees)
- Equipment rental (e.g. chairs, tables, AV, etc.)
- Modest food buffet allowed
Not allowed
Independent Patient Education
Patient Education is programs designed primarily to advance disease state or treatment education to the patients/consumers and/or care partners.
Examples
- Patient support groups
- Live patient education
- Development, production and distribution of an enduring patient education piece
- Disease state awareness programs
Allowed
- Expenses for executing patient programs (e.g., disease presentations, symposia, websites)
- Expenses for the development of patient education items (e.g., brochures, patient diaries)
- Written materials that inform patients about adherence to medication regimes, health lifestyle choices
- Patient self-assessment and tracking tools
- Equipment rental (e.g. chairs, tables, AV, etc.)
- Modest food buffet allowed
Not allowed
Charitable donations
Charitable donations support 501(c)(3) or other nonprofit organizations for specific nonprofit purposes. For nonprofit providers (e.g. hospitals) of their related foundations, the nonprofit purpose must specifically relate to support for low-income persons or families, indigent/homeless persons or families or underserved or uninsured persons or families.
Examples
- General administrative expenses
- Donations that support the 501(c)(3) mission
Allowed
- General mission support
Not allowed
Independent Third-Party Educational or Professional Meeting Support
Third-Party Educational or Professional Meeting Support is operational meeting support of third-party scientific and educational conferences or professional meetings for scientists or other related professionals.
Examples
- Registration services
- Advertising and promotion of the event
- Reduction in overall registration fee
Allowed
- Overarching operational support
- Expenses not related directly to the education (except food)
Not allowed
- Support of any educational aspect of the meeting, unless non-CME support is specifically allowed by any accrediting body and/or the standards of the independent third-party
- Registration, travel costs, lodging or any other expenses for non-faculty attendees
- Entertainment and recreation expenses
- Parking for attendees
Additional request types
Other request types include independent educational research, fellowships, scholarships and independent screening programs and health fairs.
Independent Educational Research
Educational research grants assist in data collection and analysis geared toward determining patient or public health care trends. They foster increased understanding/knowledge of scientific, clinical or health care issues that will contribute to the enhancement of patient care through educational methodologies, activities or initiatives.
Examples
- Data mining an existing database to identify unmet needs or knowledge gaps
- Qualitative research to understand patient/HCP understanding
Independent Screening Programs and health fairs
Screening programs and health fairs include financial assistance to independent third parties to support costs associated with the third party’s Health Screening Programs to assist patients with self-assessment.
Examples
- Disease state screening or disease state testing events
Allowed
- Anticipated costs for testing supplies, rental fees
- Modest food buffets allowed
Not allowed
- Employee staffing costs such as overtime or hiring extra personnel to work at an event
- Purchase of equipment
- HCP/customer must not bill the patient or third-party for the screening activity or for screening related items and services received free from AbbVie or for an office visit if the screening is not part of a regular office visit.
Fellowships
Fellowships are financial assistance provided to a university, medical school or nonprofit organization for fellowship programs to support educational or research activities of healthcare providers in training. AbbVie may not participate in the selection of the recipient.
Examples
- Funds to a university or 501(c)(3) to support the ongoing education of a fellow or resident
- May support a large fellowship program or an individual fellow
Allowed
- Support of educational or research activities
- Reasonable stipend/salary
Not allowed
- Expenses for tools and equipment
- Funds for the purpose of purchasing educational items with an independent value (e.g. laptop, smart phone, tablet)
Scholarships
Scholarships include financial assistance for medical students, residents, fellows and other healthcare providers in training to attend major educational, scientific or policymaking meetings of national or regional specialty medical associations. Must be given to an academic or training institution that selects recipients of funds.
Examples
- Provide financial support to a university to send a fellow/other healthcare providers in training to a national conference
Allowed
- Registrations for meetings
- Reasonable travel expenses
Not allowed
- Funds cannot be used for obtaining or maintaining an HCP/customer license.
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