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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
