01/09/2019
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (NON-CLINICAL)
RE: CME in the 21st Century
From: Paul J. Liswood, DPM
The New York State Podiatric Medical Association (NYSPMA) offers free CME credits to our members at NY19, our clinical conference held each January. Our conference is one of the largest podiatry meetings. We offer courses and hands-on workshops in both surgical and non-surgical topics, and is widely regarded as one of the best education events for podiatrists in the country. Being a member of NYSPMA also gives you access to additional educational and practice management opportunities, such as our coding and billing consultant and coding section on our website.
NYSPMA is also looking to advance our members education and training to make them more valuable to insurance companies and state regulators. To that end, we have had discussions with officials at the NYS Department of Health (DOH) regarding increasing podiatrists' role in fall prevention, a stated goal of the New York State Prevention Agenda. NYSPMA is preparing a CME certifying course in fall prevention as a member benefit, and those members completing this course will have their names forwarded to DOH and insurance companies as podiatrists with advanced training in fall prevention. This will have a beneficial effect on those members and will strengthen podiatry.
Paul J. Liswood, DPM, President, New York State Podiatric Medical Association
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (NON-CLINICAL)
RE: CME in the 21st Century
From: Paul J. Liswood, DPM
The New York State Podiatric Medical Association (NYSPMA) offers free CME credits to our members at NY19, our clinical conference held each January. Our conference is one of the largest podiatry meetings. We offer courses and hands-on workshops in both surgical and non-surgical topics, and is widely regarded as one of the best education events for podiatrists in the country. Being a member of NYSPMA also gives you access to additional educational and practice management opportunities, such as our coding and billing consultant and coding section on our website.
NYSPMA is also looking to advance our members education and training to make them more valuable to insurance companies and state regulators. To that end, we have had discussions with officials at the NYS Department of Health (DOH) regarding increasing podiatrists' role in fall prevention, a stated goal of the New York State Prevention Agenda. NYSPMA is preparing a CME certifying course in fall prevention as a member benefit, and those members completing this course will have their names forwarded to DOH and insurance companies as podiatrists with advanced training in fall prevention. This will have a beneficial effect on those members and will strengthen podiatry.
Paul J. Liswood, DPM, President, New York State Podiatric Medical Association