News in brief CMS appoints 4 DOs to expert committees DO experts will help the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services refine MACRA requirements and review quality measures. May 1, 2019Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently appointed three DOs to serve on expert committees related to MACRA. The AOA nominated these DOs for these positions. Cole Zanetti, DO, MPH, is serving on CMS’ Technical Expert Panel for the 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Improvement Activities. The TEP is reviewing selected MIPS Improvement Activities. Seger S. Morris, DO, MBA, chair of the AOA’s Bureau of Emerging Leaders and the New Physician in Practice member of the AOA Board of Trustees, is serving on CMS’ MACRA Episode-Based Cost Measure Hospital Medicine Clinical Subcommittee. The subcommittee will help develop episode-based cost measures in hospital medicine suitable for potential use in the Quality Payment Program. Nina Paonessa, DO, is serving on CMS’ MACRA Episode-Based Cost Measure General and Colorectal Surgery Clinical Subcommittee. The subcommittee will help develop episode-based cost measures in general and colorectal surgery suitable for potential use in the Quality Payment Program. In addition, Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, is serving on CMS’ Technical Expert Panel for the 2021 Impact Assessment of CMS Quality and Efficiency Measures project. The TEP is reviewing selected quality measures. More in Newsbriefs DO appointed to VA leadership role Haipeng “Mark” Zhang, DO, will serve as acting assistant under secretary for health. Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories. Previous articleNational survey planned to assess current use of osteopathic principles and practice Next articleCall for entries: 2019 BIOM competition on global health research and narrative medicine
DO appointed to VA leadership role Haipeng “Mark” Zhang, DO, will serve as acting assistant under secretary for health.
Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories.