Information on Educational Seminars



Value-Based Purchasing/PQRI
Brown Bag Teleconference
  With Mark Levine, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Denver region
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
March 2, 2010

This presentation provides an overview of Value-Based Purchasing, including the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), with important updates for 2010.  Registration is now closed.

You may access the handouts for this program by clicking here.

You may access the audio recording of this program by clicking here.


2009 Meeting With The Health Plans


See below for links to materials from our 2009 Meetings with the Health Plans.

Aetna

Anthem

Cigna/Great West

Cofinity

Rocky Mountain Health Plans

United


2009 Education Sessions Handout Ordering Information

.Compliance: The Foundation of a Successful Practice

Marcia Brauchler, MPH, CPC, CPHQ,
Physicians' Ally, Inc

August 20, 2009

Click here to order CD of program materials

The Things They Never Taught You In Medical School: A Practical Guide to Legal Compliance in the Practice of Medicine

Roni Teitlebaum, Attorney at Law

June 30, 2009

Click here to order CD of program materials

Essential Business Skills for Successful Medical Practice

Marcia Brauchler, MPH, CPC, CPHQ,
Physicians' Ally, Inc.

Julie Conroy, COO, Western Skies Billing Service

Janet McIntyre, MBA, FACMPE, JEM Healthcare Consultants

May 9, 2009

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EMR: Perception vs. Reality

David Ehrenberger, MD

Thomas Kelley III, MD, FAAFP

Doug Bach, HDConsult

February 25, 2009

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September 2009 Special Teleconference

HITECH: Breach Notification Update
September 28, 2009

Click here to access the recording of this session & here for the handouts.


August 2009 Brown Bag Teleconference

Electronic Tools Are In High Demand: Are You Ready?
August 18, 2009

Click here to access the recording of this session.


May 2009 Brown Bag Teleconference

What's In A CPT Code?
May 19, 2009

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April 2009 Brown Bag Teleconference

Colorado Prompt Pay Statute
April 21, 2009

Click here to access the transcript of this session.


January 2009 Brown Bag Teleconference

E-Prescribing
January 20, 2009

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November 2008 Brown Bag Teleconference - Special Event

Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act
November 11, 2008
12-1 PM

Presented by Kari Hershey, Budman & Hershey, LLC

Login to the Practice Management Community & Scroll down to Resources to download handouts & down a bit further to Links to access the session recording.


C.R.S. 25-37-101, Fair & Transparent Contracting Law

At the 2008 CMS Annual Meeting in Keystone, Kari Hershey, Budman & Hershey, LLC,

answered physicians' questions about this important law.

Click HERE for the audio recording & HERE for a copy of the Q&A


PQRI Update
July 15, 2008

Click HERE for the audio recording from the Brown Bag Teleconference presented by

Mark Levine, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CMS Region VIII

Login to the Practice Management Community & visit the Medicare/Medicaid neighborhood to download handouts


Uses & Disclosures of Protected Health Information
April 15, 2008

Click HERE for the audio recording from the Brown Bag Teleconference presented by

Doris Genco, HIPAA Team Lead & Security Lead with DHHS/OCR Region VIII.

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If you have a suggestion for a topic to be considered please e-mail us at Enews_Editor@cms.org.




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Phone: 720-859-1001 or 800-654-5653
Fax: 720-859-7509
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