The application period for 2026-27 B/C/C volunteer leadership roles is open now through April 30 | LEARN MORE
Here are this week’s CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls: CMS “Office Hour Calls” are hosted every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m., ET. The calls provide an opportunity for hospitals, health systems, physicians and clinicians to ask questions of agency officials regarding CMS’s temporary actions that empower local hospitals and healthcare system. Here are the … Read More
Below are the COVID-19 regulatory updates from CMS and HHS for this week: Medicare to reprocess telehealth telephone E/M visits paid at lower rate Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will automatically reprocess claims for audio-only telephone Evaluation and Management visits (CPT codes 99441, 99442, and 99443) retroactive to March 1, 2020 that were previously denied or … Read More
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) are working together to address the concerns of residents and fellows about their Board eligibility during a time of disruption in their education and training. Both organizations acknowledge the tireless dedication of residents and fellows who, at great personal risk, have … Read More
Work is currently underway to develop the next round of federal COVID-19 legislation. Earlier this week, the United States House of Representatives introduced H.R. 6800, the ‘‘Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act’’ (HEROES Act). This $3 trillion package includes significant funding and policies which would cover many sectors of the economy and society … Read More
Mona Masood, DO, founded Physician Support Line, (888) 409-0141, a free and confidential peer support service for physicians to discuss stressors with volunteer psychiatrists.
Statement from the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Physicians, American Osteopathic Association and American Psychiatric Association WASHINGTON, DC—MAY 14, 2020—Today, America’s frontline physicians, representing more than 600,000 physicians and medical students, are speaking out to protect our fellow physicians who provide crucial … Read More
The AOA and American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) are partnering to offer an online learning activity with first-hand accounts from the frontlines. Hugh M. Ettlinger, DO and OMM residency director at Saint Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York, shares surprising insights from treating COVID-19 patients with OMM. Participants can earn 0.75 AOA 1-B credit … Read More
Here are this week’s CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls: CMS “Office Hour Calls” are hosted every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m., ET. The calls provide an opportunity for hospitals, health systems, physicians and clinicians to ask questions of agency officials regarding CMS’s temporary actions that empower local hospitals and healthcare system. Here are the … Read More
Below are this week’s COVID-19 HHS and CMS updates. Provider Relief Fund attestation deadline extended to May 24 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the deadline for health care providers to attest to receipt of payments allocated from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund and the Paycheck … Read More