On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are teaming up to present a webinar about CME as an Improvement Activity in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Attendees of the webinar will learn how they can support learners’ participation in MIPS and facilitate clinician engagement in institutional and community initiatives to improve performance, quality, and safety.
The webinar will feature the following presenters:
- Graham McMahon, MD MMSc, President and CEO, ACCME
- Angela Foster, MBA, MS, Health Insurance Specialist at CMS
- David Nilasena, MD, MSPH, MS, Chief Medical Officer for the Dallas Regional Office at CMS
- Molly MacHarris, Program Lead for MIPS at CMS
Registration Information
The webinar will take place from 1pm to 2pm CST and is free and open to the public. If you are interested in attending, you can register here. For additional information, you can contact info@accme.org or visit CME for MIPS.
Other CME MIPS Improvement Activity Resources
Rockpointe Corporation offers a free Quality Payment Program (QPP) CME Improvement Activity worksheet, available here. This may be helpful to CME providers in creating MACRA improvement activity education programs.On the ACCME website, visitors can download a Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Accredited CME Improvement Activities here.
Additional resources available through the CME Coalition can be found here.