Submit your Feedback on CE Independence by March 8, CME that Counts for MIPS Webinar, Interprofessional Continuing Education Report, Clinician Spotlight

February 27, 2019

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News
Submit your Feedback on CE Independence by March 8
Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit Report; Join Us on Social Media

Reminders for Accredited Providers
Complete Your 2018 Year-End Reporting in PARS
CME for MOC: Learner Data Reporting Deadline; ABP Update

Upcoming Educational Opportunities
ACCME & CMS Webinar: CME that Counts for MIPS
CME for MOC Webinars
ACCME 2019 Meeting Registration Still Open; New! Adolescent Health Workshop with HHS

Tools and Tips
Commercial Support Videos

Connect with Us
New! Clinician Spotlight
Social Media Highlights from ARC

Our Story of the Month
Ohio State Medical Association: Addressing Opioid Abuse in Ohio

Collaborations and Engagement
European CME Forum Video: Accrediting Learning in the Workplace
NAM Opioids Webinar
The Future of Continuing Education AMEE CPD Webinar
More Collaborations

Career Opportunity
Data Systems Analyst

For Your Reference
Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future Commission Final Report
Publication Opportunity: MedEd Publish Journal

In Case You Missed It
MOC Crosswalk
“Evolving Board Certification – Glimpses of Success,” ACCME and ABA, NEJM

News

SUBMIT YOUR FEEDBACK ON CE INDEPENDENCE BY MARCH 8

Thanks to all of you who have responded to our call for feedback to review the rules that protect the independence and integrity of accredited continuing education (CE) for healthcare professionals. If you have not yet responded, we encourage you to participate by March 8, 2019. We are asking you for recommendations about potential revisions to the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support: Standards to Ensure Independence in CME Activities℠ (the Standards) that will ensure their continued relevance and effectiveness.

We welcome all perspectives and look forward to engaging with you. For more information, visit, www.accme.org/my-SCS-feedback.

JOINT ACCREDITATION LEADERSHIP SUMMIT REPORT; JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

A new report, IPCE Works! Identifying Measures of Success and Evaluating Our Impact, explores key recommendations for evaluating the effectiveness of interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) in improving healthcare team performance and patient care.

We are happy to announce that you can now find Joint Accreditation on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

To learn more, visit the Joint Accreditation website, www.jointaccreditation.org.

Reminders for Accredited Providers

COMPLETE YOUR 2018 YEAR-END REPORTING IN PARS

To meet your year-end reporting requirements, you must enter data for your 2018 activities and your 2018 program summary in the Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

Deadline: For ACCME-accredited and jointly accredited providers, the deadline for completing your 2018 year-end reporting requirements is April 1, 2019. Providers accredited by a state or territory medical society may be required to complete their 2018 year-end report earlier and should check with their accreditor for information.

For more information and links to educational resources, please visit our Data Reporting Requirements and PARS Resources pages. Read more.

CME FOR MOC: LEARNER DATA REPORTING DEADLINE; ABP UPDATE

If you have any 2018 learner data that you still have not reported for CME that counts for Maintenance of Certification (MOC), we will continue to accept that data in PARS through April 1, 2019.

The American Board of Pediatrics now allows credit to be submitted more than once a day for journal-based CME only. For more information, please see these FAQ:

Learn more about CME in Support of MOC at www.accme.org/MOC.

Upcoming Educational Opportunities

ACCME & CMS WEBINAR: CME THAT COUNTS FOR MIPS

Join the ACCME and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a webinar on March 6 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm CT. Learn how you can support your learners’ participation in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and facilitate clinician engagement in institutional and community initiatives to improve performance, quality, and safety. Register now.

CME FOR MOC WEBINARS

ACCME 2019 MEETING REGISTRATION STILL OPEN; NEW! ADOLESCENT HEALTH WORKSHOP WITH HHS

meeting Join us at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on April 30 – May 2 to collaborate with your peers and expert faculty with the goal of advancing your own professional development. Take time to build your skills and make plans for evolving learning and improvement for the practitioners and communities you serve. Registration is still open.

We're pleased to invite ACCME 2019 Meeting attendees to join us for a new post-conference workshop, “Successes from the Field: Collaborating to Enhance Care and Services for Adolescent Health,” on May 2 from 2:00 - 4:30 pm CT. This workshop will focus on hands-on approaches to bring collaboration and community engagement to CME that advances the health of adolescents. This session is being conducted in partnership with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health – Region 5, with support from the HHS Office of Adolescent Health.

There is no additional fee to attend this workshop. Registration details coming soon. For more information, contact Lesley Craig at Lesley.Craig@hhs.gov.

Tools and Tips

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT VIDEOS

We produced these videos to support your compliance with the Standards for Commercial Support: Standards to Ensure Independence in CME Activities℠:

To see the full list of our video resources, visit the Video Resources page.

Connect with Us

NEW! CLINICIAN SPOTLIGHT

As part of our ongoing efforts to promote the value of accredited CME, we are highlighting the role of clinicians as planners, teachers, learners, or CME committee members.

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To read the full interview, visit our Clinician Spotlight page. To nominate a clinician, please complete the nomination form.

SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS FROM ARC

On February 13 – 14, we hosted the Accreditation Review Committee (ARC) meeting in our Chicago office. We want to thank our ARC members (below, left) for their commitment and time to helping assure a high-quality, self-regulated CME system that advances healthcare professional performance and patient care.

Brooke J. Taylor, MPH, CCMEP, received an award of appreciation for completing her term of volunteer service with the ARC from Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, ACCME President and CEO (below, right).

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Stay in the know with ACCME on social media by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Our Story of the Month

OHIO STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: ADDRESSING OPIOID ABUSE IN OHIO

This month's Our Stories: Exemplary Practices features the Ohio State Medical Association. Mary Whitacre, Director, Educational Development & Services, shares her organization's efforts to address the opioid crisis.

"Our SmartRx online educational activity keeps prescribers up to date as Ohio continues to address the prescription drug abuse epidemic. To supplement our SmartRx activity, we provide additional resources for physicians and other prescribers to inform them about appropriate prescribing and clinical treatment. Our BeSmart online resources help raise awareness about Ohio’s prescription opioid misuse and addiction problem, providing links to prescribers and distributing preventative information to patients as well as information about addiction and recovery."

Read the full article and more stories about how accredited CME providers are making a difference in healthcare at www.accme.org/resources/our-stories.

Collaborations and Engagement

EUROPEAN CME FORUM VIDEO: ACCREDITING LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE

Kate Regnier, MA, MBA, ACCME Executive VP, speaks to ecancertv at the European CME Forum about the growing flexibility and innovation in CME, the increasing focus on education by and for teams, and the importance of recognizing learning in the workplace. Watch the full interview.

NAM OPIOIDS WEBINAR

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) hosted a one-hour webinar on February 13 to introduce the Action Collaborative on Countering the US Opioid Epidemic. Steve Singer, PhD, ACCME VP, Education & Outreach, and member of the NAM Steering Committee, presented the Health Professional Education and Training portion of the webinar. The ACCME is one of 50 participating groups in the initiative. Watch the full webinar.

“THE FUTURE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION,” AMEE CPD WEBINAR

Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and CEO, ACCME presented an overview on “The Future of Continuing Education,” in collaboration with the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). Watch the full webinar.

MORE COLLABORATIONS

A Crisis in Health Care: A Call to Action on Physician Burnout, a report published by Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Harvard Global Health Institute. For ideas about how CME can promote clinician wellness, watch this ACCME video commentary.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Back to Bedside Initiative
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Visiting Scholars Program
The National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment (NCICLE) produced two guidance documents: The Role of the Clinical Learning Environment in Preparing New Clinicians to Engage in Quality Improvement Efforts to Eliminate Healthcare Disparities and Achieving the Optimal Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environment

Career Opportunity

DATA SYSTEMS ANALYST

The Data Systems Analyst is responsible for providing support to accredited CME providers, collaboration partners, staff, and volunteers in their use and understanding of ACCME’s proprietary data collection systems, including the Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS). This person will support providers in inputting data correctly and analyze ACCME’s data for quality and reporting purposes.

Please see the ACCME Careers page for more information about this position.

For Your Reference

Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future Commission Final Report
MedEd Publish Journal: The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) MedEd Publish Journal is accepting submissions through March 1, 2019.

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