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Medical education company Lighthouse Learning, which caused a splash in the press when it launched last fall due to a vow not to seek commercial support, has received a two-year initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. ...

CME Income Grows Despite Shrinking Commercial Support

Commercial support may be continuing to decline, but accredited CME income still tops $2 billion....

New Publication: Everything You Want to Know about the ACCME

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education sets the record straight on what the organization is, does, and how its accreditation system works in The ACCME at Work: Accreditation, Recognition, Education, Operations, and Governance. ...

Top 4 Trends in CME

Results of a peer-reviewed study of the past five years in literature about continuing medical education...

Is it Time to Thank the ACCME?

The Accreditation Council for CME, or ACCME, has gotten a lot of criticism lately. Maybe it's time to point out what it's doing right....

New AMEX Product to Simplify Foreign Currency Payments to Healthcare Providers

A new product from American Express Meetings & Events is designed to make it easier to make payments to healthcare providers using foreign currency. ...

CME Coalition Urges CME Providers to Take Action Against Sunshine Act Proposed Rule

The CME Coalition is asking CME providers to oppose a proposed rule to the Physician Payment Sunshine Act that could make CME providers responsible for payment reporting to commercial supporters....

Are You Ready for the Sunshine Act?

A survey of participants at the Fourth Annual Life Sciences Meeting Management Forum reveal the industry's state of readiness for the implementation of the Sunshine Act....

FDA Releases REMS Blueprint

The Food and Drug Administration last week announced in the Federal Register that it has released its draft "Blueprint for Prescriber Continuing Education Program."...

CME Coalition Releases Voluntary Code of Conduct

The CME Coalition, which launched last June to provide a voice on Capitol Hill for those who believe continuing medical education can and does improve patient care, has released a voluntary Code of Conduct. ...

Will the Sunshine Act Be a Tough Act to Follow?

How to meet the challenges posed by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act...

CME Monitor: AMA Logic Harms Medicine

The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs stares at a clear, sunny day and chooses to call for rain....

Task Force 2011: CEJA, Misperceptions, REMS, and More

The AMA National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference explored the challenges of working together to improve patient care in today’s “gotcha” environment, along with hot topics like the controversial recent CEJA report and REMS....

AMA Approves CEJA Commercial Support Recommendations

The fifth time was the charm for the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 1-A-11 report, “Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical Education,” which was passed by the AMA House of Delegates in late June. ...

Is CEJA Becoming an Oxymoron?

The fifth time around, the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs report on CME still misses the mark....

ABMS Questions the Role of CME in MOC

Does the American Board of Medical Specialties’ white paper call for a new accreditation system just for maintenance of certification continuing medical education?...

Pfizer Eliminates Most Unsolicited Grants Under Med Ed Group Reorganization

Ninety percent of Pfizer’s Medical Education Group’s budget now will be allocated through a request-for-proposal process....

CME Income Grows Despite Shrinking Commercial Support

Commercial support may be continuing to decline, but accredited CME income still tops $2 billion....

AMA Approves CEJA Commercial Support Recommendations

The fifth time was the charm for the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 1-A-11 report, “Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical Education,” which was passed by the AMA House of Delegates in late June. ...

Working Together Works

If there’s ever a part of continuing medical education that providers love to hate, it has to be the budget and reconciliation processes. Kudos to a collaborative working group that developed a standardized solution....

The Science of Standardization: CME Budget and Reconciliation Templates

How a working group of educators and grantors collaborated to create standardized CME budget templates and terminology....

Alternative Staffing Checklist

Use this checklist to evaluate your current situation and determine if alternative staffing is right for you. ...

How to Hire Meeting Planning Contractors

Alternative staffing models could help you manage an increasing workload....

Success Strategies for Digital Meetings

How pharmaceutical companies can gain expert feedback and foster collaboration in a digital venue....

Task Force 2011: CEJA, Misperceptions, REMS, and More

The AMA National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference explored the challenges of working together to improve patient care in today’s “gotcha” environment, along with hot topics like the controversial recent CEJA report and REMS....

Will the Sunshine Act Be a Tough Act to Follow?

How to meet the challenges posed by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act...

CECity and the American College of Physicians Partner to Launch Physician Technology Platform

CECity and ACP are piloting a new platform, called MedConcert, designed to give physicians a way to connect with a community of practice, measure their performance with that of their peers, find interventions to help close their practice gaps, and build an e-portfolio to track credentials, board certifications, and licensure....