On Wednesday, October 17th at 9:00am ET, the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) will present CME and MACRA: The Impact for Providers at CMEPalooza. Perhaps you’ve been hearing some noise about the ways that the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) may impact your role as a CME provider this past year without […]
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American Lung Association, CME, Press Release, Rockpointe
Rockpointe Partners with Lung Association to Offer Much-Needed COPD Education
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Sep
Sep
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (September 17, 2018) – The American Lung Association will hold three educational sessions for health professionals on the latest statistics, treatment options, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research findings this fall in Atlanta, Georgia (September 27, 2018), Long Beach, California (October 18, 2018), and Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas (November 15, 2018). These CME-certified […]
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Aug
Aug
On September 13th and 14th, 2018, the 16th Annual Independent Medical Education and Grants Summit will take place at the Philadelphia 201 Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two-day event boasts a variety of stakeholders, including commercial supporters, CME providers and others, to address leading industry issues centered around translating the value of CME, improving and […]
CME, Opioids, Press Release, Rockpointe
MEDX Rockpointe Primary Care 2018 Conferences feature 3 hours of education dedicated to helping clinicians fight the opioid epidemic
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Aug
Aug
In an effort to fight the opioid crisis and to help physicians and other health care providers meet state CME requirements for pain management, Rockpointe is offering 3 hours of CME in three sessions on Developing an Effective Treatment Plan: Opioid and Nonopioid-based Treatment Options for Acute and Chronic Pain Management – Meeting State Pain […]
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Aug
Aug
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) recently released a helpful step-by-step guide on implementing accredited continuing medical education (CME) activities. The sheet aims to help everyone better understand how accredited CME activities are not only limited to addressing gaps in performance or healthcare quality, but also can help clinicians meet professional expectations. This […]
CME, Maintenance of Certification
New Research Reveals Doctors Who Maintain ABIM Certification Are More Likely to Meet Quality Metrics
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Jul
Jul
Recently it was once again confirmed that physicians who complete regular activities to update their medical knowledge through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program perform better on Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures than those who do not. The recent analysis, as published in Annals of Internal […]
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Jun
Jun
“Alexa, let me hear all about the ethical principles involved in human experimentation.” Rockpointe launches the first CME-certified course ever offered on Alexa through the AudioEducate platform. With joint providers the Potomac Center for Medical Education (PCME) and the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research (APCR), a three-part series on the timely topic of patient informed […]
CME, Rockpointe
Online Accredited Educational CME/CE Course Designed to Help Community Based Radiologists Diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
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Jun
Jun
In an effort to help clinicians diagnose idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), Rockpointe, in partnership with the Potomac Center for Medical Education (PCME) and the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM), has launched a new CME/CE-certified webcourse geared toward community radiologists and radiologic technicians www.rockpointe.com/diagnosingIPF. The National Institutes of Health estimates that about 100,000 Americans suffer from […]
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Jun
Jun
Last week, Congress passed a major Veterans Affairs reform bill that includes a provision on CME to establish a program to provide education to non-VA professionals at no cost to the provider. The legislation, the “VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018” (the “VA MISSION Act of 2018”) was introduced first in […]
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May
May
We have always been strong proponents of continuing medical education (CME), as we believe it is the solution to many different healthcare issues. Recently, it seems as though Congress is starting to understand the importance as well, with the introduction of several CME bills to the House and Senate. One of the recent bills to […]