Primary Care Services Enhanced Payment Program

CMS Informational Bulletin 12/21/2012 advises that “subspecialists that qualify for higher payments are those recognized by … ABMS, … ABPS or … AOA.”

ABMS  Family Medicine Adolescent Medicine Geriatric Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Sleep Medicine Sports Medicine

ABMS  Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine Child Abuse Pediatrics
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Hospice and Palliative Medicine Medical Toxicology
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Infectious Diseases Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Pulmonology Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine

ABMS Internal Medicine
Adolescent Medicine	Interventional Cardiology Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant	Medical Oncology Cardiovascular Disease	Nephrology
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Pulmonary Disease Critical Care Medicine	Rheumatology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism	Sleep Medicine Gastroenterology	Sports Medicine
Geriatric Medicine	Transplant Hepatology Hematology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Infectious Disease

AOA Family Physicians	no subspecialties

AOA Internal Medicine
Allergy/Immunology	Cardiology
Endocrinology	Gastroenterology
Hematology	Hematology/Oncology
Infectious Disease	Pulmonary Disease
Nephrology	Oncology
Rheumatology

AOA Pediatrics
Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine	Neonatology
Pediatric Allergy/Immunology	Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Pulmonology

ABPS does not certify subspecialists.
There is no Board certification specific to Pediatrics. The only eligible Board certifications are:
American Board of Family Medicine Obstetrics Family Practice
Internal Medicine