AAPM&R Connection E-Newsletter

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We Need All Members to Participate
When we conducted a similar study in 2012, members let us know the reported data was too high level and didn’t provide valuable compensation insights. To report the depth of information requested by our membership, we must obtain a high level of participation. Your individual participation not only results in receiving free reports, but it also helps the entire specialty gain valuable, specific compensation insights. Learn more and tell your colleagues to participate!

Over this past weekend, July 15-16, 2017, nearly 40 representatives from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR), the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), and the PM&R Residency Review Committee attended the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Summit in Rosemont, IL.

The group was charged with identifying ways to approach the issues regarding identifying and balancing future GME residency training content and securing future GME funding sources. Read more.

Limited seating is available in our Skills Labs. Sign up now to reserve your seat and earn MOC credit. Labs include:

• A Practical Guide to Uncommonly Performed Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Chronic Pain
• Breast Cancer Rehabilitation
• Basic Chronic Wound Care Skills
• Ultrasound Probe: The Stethoscope of Sports Medicine Physiatrists
• And more
  

Time to cheers with your PM&R peers! At the #AAPMR2017 President's Reception on October 13 at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, attendees will enjoy custom-brewed craft beer. A few of you sent in creative ideas to name our custom brew. Now it's time to vote for your favorite!

Fact: Denver has the largest city park system in the nation, with 14,000 acres of mountain parks and 2,500 acres of natural areas.

Make Denver part of your 2017 travel plans while gaining the best in PM&R-specific training and networking. Learn more.

The AAPM&R Physiatrist-in-Training (PHiT) Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for the PHiT Board. PHiT is the new name for our former Resident Physician Council (RPC). Any interested, current AAPM&R resident and associate fellow (those in fellowship 2017-2018) members may apply now. Get involved now! Learn more.

You won't want to miss this hands-on ultrasound training during the Next Step Interventional Ultrasound: Hands-On PM&R Applications course, held August 18-20 in Chicago. Visit your online member community, PhyzForum, to hear from course director Dr. Alfred Gellhorn about the details and why this course is unique. Only 5 spots left—register now.

On Thursday, July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2018 Proposed Rule. The rule describes proposed payment rates and policies for Part B payments for calendar year 2018. CMS will review comments to the rule submitted by September 11, 2017. 

Your Academy is in the process of reviewing the proposed rule in detail, including analyzing the rule’s proposed impact on payment rates for PM&R services in 2018. We have already identified several highlights that may be of interest to members—learn more.

On Thursday, July 27 at 12 pm CT, join AAPM&R Reimbursement and Policy Review Committee members Drs. Matthew Grierson and Scott Horn for a rapid-fire review of interventional physiatry coding. This complimentary webinar will answer your burning questions about physiatry coding. Register now.

Submit questions in advance to codingquestions@aapmr.org to walk away with the coding knowledge you need.

• Jonathan Bean, MD, MPH, MS, FGSA, FAAPMR, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School as well as at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, has been chosen as the 2017 recipient of the Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award. Read more.
  
• Julie Silver, MD, FAAPMR, director of cancer rehabilitation, as well as an associate professor and associate chair in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, at Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, wrote a new article in Coping with Cancer magazine, "4 Things Every Survivor Should Know about Cancer Rehabilitation." 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.