AAPM&R Connection E-Newsletter

Are you familiar with our Member Directory? This member benefit is a searchable database that allows you to locate and contact other Academy members. The search results are dependent on your contact information. Log in and update your member profile to make sure we have your correct information on file.

Update your profile by August 12, and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win 1 of 5 mē^® gift cards, worth $50 each. Please update the following information:

• My Contact Information
• My Professional Details
• My Practice Profile
• My Councils & Community Networks
  

Be PM&R Bold and join us for an upcoming Virtual Town Hall! Hosted by professional researchers and AAPM&R leadership, you’ll have a chance to share ideas, hear others' challenges, and provide actionable solutions. View our list of upcoming webinar-style town halls and choose the one(s) that resonate the most with you.

Plus, take 5-10 minutes and imagine physiatry 5 years from now. What do the physiatric practice models look like in the future of medicine? Share your perspective.

Keep an eye on your mailbox for the latest issue of The Physiatrist. The August issue features:

• Visioning PM&R Bold
• Academy Members Head to Rio for 2016 Paralympics
• Proceedings from the Innovations in Spine Care Summit: Part 1
• Memorial Healthcare System Receives Accreditation for PM&R Residency Program—An Interview with Meilani Mapa, MD
• When and How Do I Use Modifier 50?
• 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System Requirements: Part 2

PhyzForum is being rehabilitated! We heard your feedback and are currently redesigning our online member community to be more user-friendly, modern, and intuitive—populated with content important for you, our members. You’ll easily be able to participate in discussions to network, collaborate, and exchange best practices with your peers. Stay tuned to www.aapmr.org for the new PhyzForum community!

Still need to book your hotel room for the 2016 Annual Assembly? Three of our four hotels are already sold out, but we still have space available at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Hurry, reserve your room by September 15 for discounted rates.

Join us on Wednesday, October 19 for preconference education! Learn how to diversify your practice with medicolegal work, implement new ultrasound and regenerative medicine techniques into your existing clinical offerings or get the latest coding and reimbursement information.

• Building and Maintaining Medicolegal Work in Your Physiatric Practice—live streaming available!
• Clinical Applications of Ultrasound
• Coding and Reimbursement: Avoiding Audits and Denials
• Regenerative Medicine: Current Concepts and Brave New Paradigms in the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Conditions—live streaming available!
  

Live streaming is available for the medicolegal and regenerative medicine preconference courses. Register now!

More than 50 hands-on workshops are offered at #AAPMR2016 that cover a variety of topics. Take a look at a few of our open workshops below and view the full list here. Don’t miss your opportunity for hands-on education! Register early for exclusive member pricing and discounts.

• Physical Examination Maneuvers and the Use of Ultrasound for Examination of Peripartum Patients
• Palpation-Based Approach with Complementary Ultrasonography in Wrist and Hand Disorders
• Subtle Cavus Foot: Clinical and Ultrasonographic Evaluation and Biomechanics Based Treatment
• And more!
  
  
  

Get involved with the Academy on a national level and grow your network! Nominate yourself for a position on the Resident Physician Council (RPC) Board! Any current resident members (PGY1-3) may apply. Nominations for a committee/liaison position are due by August 15. View the position descriptions and submit your nomination.

AAPM&R's sports medicine SAE-P, Advanced Sports Medicine Concepts and Controversies, is available on mē^®. 

• Realize the role of exercise in the evaluation and management of patients with sport-related concussions.
• Describe the pathophysiology of lower extremity stress fractures.
• And more.

Earn up to 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to help fulfill your ABPMR MOC Part II requirement. Don't forget—fellow and associate members receive 1 free SAE-P each year, as long as you maintain your membership. If you haven't already claimed your complimentary SAE-P, do it today! 

Earn 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ with this complimentary activity! The REMS Playbook for Opioid Prescribing, available on the mē^® Catalog, offers education to all physicians on extended-release (ER) and long-acting (LA) opioid analgesics. This activity incorporates a fun, sports-themed learning experience with interactive modules and games. Learn more and get started.

AAPM&R has released a new practice preparedness resource on mē^®, Payer Contracts: Assessment, Negotiations and Deal Breakers. Consisting of 3 modules, the activity will teach learners how to get a payer’s attention in negotiating more favorable rates with notice, comparisons, and facts. Learners will also get a high level overview of the ‘deal breakers’ in payer contract language. Learn more.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the first session of a 3-part Virtual Office Hours series regarding 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) quality measures. The series includes 3 separate sessions that cover topics related to PQRS measures, such as a brief explanation of a quality measure, measures-related resources, and next steps for participation in 2016 PQRS. Learn more and register here.

• Jeff Kramer, MD, physiatrist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, recently joined as a new board member of Alternatives in Motion (AIM), a nonprofit providing donated mobility equipment and repair services to those in need. Congratulations, Dr. Kramer! Read more.

• W. Jerry Mysiw, MD, chairman of the department of PM&R at Ohio State, discusses his team’s 5-year research study to find whether deep-brain stimulation, which uses electricity to regulate, block or stimulate brain waves, could improve patients with severe traumatic brain injuries. Read more.

• Chloe Slocum, MD, was recently named the 2016-2017 Commonwealth Fund Mongan Fellow in Minority Health Policy by the Harvard Medical School Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Fellows are chosen from all fields of medicine and surgery in the United States and there were only 4 that were awarded this year. Congratulations, Dr. Slocum! Read more.

Do you have a newsworthy story to share with your peers? Send us an email at: pressinquiries@aapmr.org.