AAPM&R Connection E-Newsletter

What are your ideas for future opportunities for physiatrists in the new year and beyond? What new models are you working in, exploring or hearing about from your peers? Head to PhyzForum to start a discussion with your colleagues today. Together, we can define a BOLD future for physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Send us your recommendations for these AAPM&R Board of Governors elected positions. Nominations are due by 11:59 pm (CT) on February 28, 2017.

The Academy's Board of Governors has created the new AAPM&R Graduate Medical Education (GME) Committee to provide the strategic guidance and infrastructure to address GME issues and concerns that are critical to the future advancement of the specialty. Learn more about serving on this committee and send us your application.

We have new practice preparedness resources on mē^® that help you run, transition, and diversify your practice. VBP, MIPS, APMs, and ACOs—Where do Physiatrists Fit? will help you:

• Understand the 2 different ways in which Medicare will pay physicians in the future.
• Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of alternative payment model proposals from Medicare, commercial health plans, and other organizations.
• Understand how an appropriately-designed alternative payment model can enable better care for patients and improve the financial viability of physiatry practices.
• Identify the steps an individual physiatry practice can take to develop and successfully implement a good alternative payment model.
  

Preview the video below for a summary of the activity.

Access 3 new case-based learning modules covering upper limb spasticity, lower limb spasticity, and dystonia on mē^®. The modules are available in a bundle or can also be purchased separately, with exclusive discounts for Academy members. Learners who complete all 3 activities can earn up to 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Beginning July 1, 2017, practitioners in Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, and Rhode Island are required to report on post-operative visits furnished to Medicare Part B patients and associated with a specific list of CPT^® services. Learn more.

The Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission’s Evidence-Based Guidelines Subcommittee will meet February 2, 2017 from 2 pm-5 pm. The meeting agenda and materials will be available 1 week before the meeting. Learn more.