Author: rtisch61@comcast.net

Slides from Alliance February 2018 webinar. Alliance_Webinar_2.18_Simplifying-Requirements-through-ACCME-and-AMA-Ali...
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Click the links below for ACCME statements on the AMA/ACCME Alignment Efforts.  The first highlights an article published in JAMA on the joint vision for CME from ACCME and AMA leaders.  The second statement discusses the concept of an "Other" category of educational format acceptable to AMA and ACCME, and includes a link to the Alignment page.  Look for new FAQs regarding the requirements for edu...
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Click below to view the ACCME's latest report on its IPCE efforts. http://accme.org/news-publications/news/new-report-promotes-research-interprofessional-continuing-education
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With a sense of gratitude (and not a small amount of pride), I am celebrating my 20th Anniversary providing counsel and services to the CME community! Of course, it would not have been possible without the trust that my clients put in me to guide them through issues that ranged from, say, “thorny” to “interesting” to “enlightening.” I also recognize those friends and mentors in the CME commu...
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http://accme.org/education-and-support/video/commentary/cme-counts-aba-moca-20-and-abp-moc-webinar
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Download the AMA's opinion on Sunshine Act/Open Payment and CME here: https://download.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/washington/open-payments-continuing-medical-education.pdf
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Find SACME's thoughtful and detailed response at http://www.sacme.org/News_Announcements/3844132
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Here is the URL for the archived webinar on ACCME's ABIM/MOC page: http://www.accme.org/education-and-support/video/commentary/cme-counts-abim-moc-archived-webinar
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ACCME held a webinar discussing its new ABIM/MOC process on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. I thought there were some very good questions, including regarding ACCME's intention to publish all of the activities a provider designates for ABIM MOC, even those that might be "closed." Looking forward to ACCME's mechanism for uploading individual participant information. I am wondering whether the current ...
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Will the Sun begin to Shine on NPs and PAs? New effort in Congress seeks to "close a loophole" by bringing NPs and PAs into the Sunshine? Is this inevitable since the "transparency" sought by the Sunshine Act has, as part of its rationale, the fact that physicians can prescribe--and now NPs and PAs are gaining that ability?
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