Information and updates on the rules, regulations, and codes that regulate continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development activities for physicians and other healthcare providers.
The new healthcare Accountable Care Organization model is a promising new partner for outcomes-driven continuing medical education, but it may be a tough nut to crack.
On a cold Halloween night while I walked the neighborhood with my children, dressed as Fred Flintstone, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final physician fee schedule for 2015. In that 1,000-plus–page rule was a...
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education recently released two new reports that examine the validity of two common perceptions of CME: That it does not result in improved healthcare professional behavior and patient health, and ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave continuing medical education providers both a trick and a treat on Halloween when it issued its final rules relating to Open Payments (formerly known as the Sunshine Act). The trick: It eliminat...
The first step for continuing medical education providers who want to work with Accountable Care Organizations: Learn how these new potential partners operate so you can get their attention, and their business.
In a letter to CME stakeholders, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education President and Chief Executive Officer Murray Kopelow, MD, urged CME providers to help disseminate an Ebola education package put together by the American Hosp...
By Judy Sweetnam, M.Ed., CCMEP, and Steven M Passin, FACEHP, CCMEP
This year the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education has scrutinized a number of areas from the Standards for Commercial Support, as reflected in findings from se...
“Continuing Medical Education as a Strategic Resource,” a new report from the American Hospital Association’s Physician Leadership Forum, explores the current role of CME in hospitals, as well as what still needs to be done to make it more effect...
In the two years since the Food and Drug Administration released the final form of its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies, or REMS, for extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics, 62 accredited providers have produced 211 REMS-comp...
A new guide to the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations’ disclosure code is designed to mitigate any negative effects on medical meetings. Here are some of its recommednations.
