Legislators Join the “Keep the CME Exemption” Chorus
Sep 25, 2014
This past month more than 800 individuals and 200-plus organizations voiced their concerns with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposal to eliminate the exemption under Open Payments reporting for accredited continuing medical edu...
How continuing medical education can help doctors improve patient outcomes
CME: A Platform for Quality
Sep 17, 2014
The National Quality Strategy (NQS), a product of the Affordable Care Act, is the next logical step for certified continuing medical education, which historically has focused on addressing gaps in physician knowledge and competence, patient care...
820 Commenters Tell CMS to Keep CME Exemption
Sep 09, 2014
Those who submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal to drop its exclusion of continuing medical education from Open Payments physician spend-tracking and reporting requirements overwhelmingly favor either...
ACCME Goes Global
ACCME Goes Global
Sep 04, 2014
The Accreditation Council for continuing medical education recently announced that CME providers outside the United States can apply for accreditation through the same process used by U.S. providers. It made this possible by removing language fro...
ACCME Comes Out Against CMS Proposal to Rescind CME Open Payments Exclusion
ACCME Comes Out Against CMS Proposal to Rescind CME Open Payments Exclusion
Aug 25, 2014
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education sent a letter on August 21 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services saying it believes CMS should not take back the exclusion from Open Payments tracking and reporting that CMS h...
Why CMS Should Repeal the Change in the CME Exemption
Aug 19, 2014
This proposal is bad for both patients and healthcare providers and needs some TLC to get it back to where it protects against tracking free speech.
Open Payment Update: Web Site Down, Docs’ Ire Up
Open Payment Update: Web Site Down, Docs’ Ire Up
Aug 14, 2014
Glitches abound as docs log in to check the first round of spend reporting before the Open Payments database goes public in September.
CME on the Rise: ACCME 2013 Annual Report
CME on the Rise: ACCME 2013 Annual Report
Jul 17, 2014
While it continues to decline, the pace at which commercial support is decreasing did slow a bit in 2013, and all other indicators show that the continuing medical education enterprise is still looking healthy.
Quiz: Test Your CME Skills
Quiz: Test Your CME Skills
Jul 14, 2014
The CCMEP exam, administered by the National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals, which created the designation program six years ago, consists of 150 questions in five content areas: 1.  Adult Learning Principles (15 percent)—cov...
CMS Proposes Withdrawing CME Exemption from Open Payments
CMS Proposes Withdrawing CME Exemption from Open Payments
Jul 07, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services believes removing the exemption for accredited CME will make reporting more consistent. Some members of the CME community disagree, arguing that removing the exemption will cause more confusion.
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