Education
| Now Available: Spasticity SAE-P | | Access the new spasticity self-assessment examination for practitioners (SAE-P), based on 11 PM&R Journal articles. Earn up to 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, fulfill your ABPMR Part IV Maintenance of Certification® requirement, and learn how to: - Recognize clinical features of spastic hypertonia and methods for its quantification.
- Distinguish different localization techniques used for chemodenervation and neurolysis in the management of spasticity.
- And more.
Plus, you can access this activity for FREE using the complimentary SAE-P coupon that was provided with your Fellow/Associate membership renewal. Learn more.
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Health Policy/Advocacy
| ABIM Launches Choosing Wisely® App | | The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has released a smartphone app for the Choosing Wisely campaign. Choosing Wisely aims to promote conversations between clinicians and patients by helping patients choose care that is supported by evidence, not duplicative of other tests or procedures already received, free from harm, and truly necessary. Learn more.
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| Quality Payment Program: Things to Know | - TODAY at 12 pm (CT): 2018 Proposed Rules Town Hall Webinar—Curious about how to report quality in 2018? Join us during today's webinar and tell us your feedback on issues such as quality reporting, telemedicine, and more. Sign up.
- August 24 Webinar: The Quality Payment Program - Reporting as an Inpatient Physiatrist—Join us for an exploration of how to report quality measures as an inpatient physiatrist. We’ll review the MACRA law and associated Quality Payment Program requirements for 2017 reporting. Register for this free webinar.
- Quality Payment Program Hardship Exception Application for the 2017 Transition Year is Now Open
MIPS-eligible clinicians and groups may qualify for a reweighting of their Advancing Care Information performance category score to 0% of the final score, and may submit a hardship exception application. Learn more.
- Now Available: Accredited Online Course—A new, online, and self-paced overview course on the Quality Payment Program is now available through the CMS MLN Learning Management System. Learn more.
- CMS Releases Special Status Calculation for QPP—CMS has introduced new information that indicates whether clinicians have “special status” and can be considered exempt from the Quality Payment Program. Learn more.
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| See How the 2017 Annual Assembly Stacks Up | | Learn more about #AAPMR2017, October 12-15 in Denver, CO and register by August 30 for member discounts.
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Academy News
| Members-in-Training and Recent Graduates: Renew Your Dues | | Dues renewal for in-training members is open until September 30, 2017. Check here to see if you’re eligible for renewal. Whether you’re a PGY1, PGY4 or in fellowship, your Academy has the resources to help you throughout residency, as well as your transition to full-time practice. Academy membership provides career advice, educational resources to prepare for board exams, fellowship training advice, leadership opportunities, and more! Renew today to keep your valuable member benefits and stay connected to physiatry. | |
| Look for Your August Issue of The Physiatrist | | Keep an eye on your mailbox for the latest issue of The Physiatrist. The August issue features: - Announcing a BOLD New Vision for Physiatry Defined by YOU!
- Take the Next STEP in Your Ultrasound Education
- An Inside Look at the AAN/APA Dementia Measurement Work Group
- Navigating Medicare Coverage Determinations
- Welcome to Our New AMA House of Delegates Members
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Member Volunteerism
| TOMORROW: Last Chance for PHiT Nominations (Committee/Liaison Positions Only) | | The AAPM&R Physiatrist-in-Training (PHiT) Nominating Committee is seeking applications for committee/liaison positions on the PHiT Board. Any interested Academy resident and associate fellow (those in fellowship 2017-2018) members may apply. Submit your application by tomorrow, August 10.
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Physiatry News
| Experts in Arthritis/Fit to a T Program Videos Available | | The United States Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI), through their Experts in Arthritis and Fit to a T programs, have released Spanish-language versions of their animated, educational videos. You’re invited to watch and share them with your patients.
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AAPM&R Members in the News
- Susan Apkon, MD, FAAPMR, director of rehabilitation medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital, discusses spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and her efforts to urge Washington state's Medicaid pharmacy board to cover the drug Spinraza, used to help treat SMA, which has an extremely high price tag. Read more.
Do you have a newsworthy story to share with your peers? Send us an email at: pressinquiries@aapmr.org. Please note: AAPM&R reserves the right to deny requests where the purpose or content may not be considered in the best interests of AAPM&R or its members. | |