New Rules of the Game: An Update on Quality Measures and Board Certifications

Course overview

Learner Objectives: As a result of having attended the meeting, the participants should have had the opportunity to: • Understand the factors considered regarding reimbursement for hyperbaric oxygen therapy from the Government (Medicare). • Understand and define Quality Measures • Discuss the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the effect PQRS performance has on Medicare payments. • Discuss the pathway for Board Certification in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and the limitations with availability of Fellowships. • Discuss Maintenance of Certification Part 4 now required for Board Certified Physicians through American Board of Preventive Medicine. • Review available alternatives to Board Certification to include the CAQ program, which is now the UHMS Program for Advanced Training in Hyperbarics (PATH) Subject Matter: New Rules of the Game: An Update on Quality Measures and Board Certifications. Teaching Methods: Online video of speakers lecture with PPT slides embedded. Questions after the video lecture. Evaluation of program. Evaluation Methods: Evaluation is offered online after completion of the activity, which evaluates the effectiveness of the meeting, that no bias was presented, individual faculty and overall objectives were met. References: • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, North Palm Beach, Florida • National Fire Protection Association 99, Health Care Facilities; 2015. www.nfpa.org • UHMS Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications, Thirteenth Edition, Dr. Lindell Weaver, April 2014 (http://www.bestpub.com/books/hyperbaric-a-undersea-medicine/product/359-ebook-hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-indications-thirteenth-edition.html)