News in brief Jan. 11 MACRA webinar to cover transition to value-based payment Webinar host Todd Husty, DO, will cover the basics of transitioning to a value-based payment system. Jan. 10, 2017Tuesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email At 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Jan. 11, MACRA webinar host Todd Husty, DO, will cover the basics of transitioning to a value-based payment system. Dr. Husty will go over the differences between fee-for-service and risk adjustment reimbursement, and the importance of specific provider documentation in value-based reimbursement. The webinar has been approved for one AOA Category 1-A CME credit. Prior registration is required for this webinar—register here. Learn more about MACRA at osteopathic.org/MACRA, and check out the AOA’s other webinars here. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleJan. 13 webinar will share info on single GME, 2017 Match Next articleThere are now more than 100,000 US DOs, report confirms
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