CME New webinars cover preventing burnout and responding to payor audits An April 15 AOIA webinar will share strategies for cultivating resilience, and an on-demand webinar will discuss best practices for dealing with payor audits. April 9, 2025WednesdayApril 2025 issue The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics auditsburnoutCMEwebinar The American Osteopathic Information Association is presenting two webinars that respectively cover cultivating resilience as a physician and responding to payor audits. Details about the webinars are below. Your inner well: Cultivating resilience On April 15 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. CT, Stephanie White, DO, will share information about the Inner Well framework: a powerful approach to sustaining well-being, preventing burnout and fostering personal and professional growth. Gain practical strategies to maintain balance, set boundaries and cultivate long-term fulfillment in your medical career. This webinar is part of the “Regaining the Joy of Practicing Medicine” series, and attendees have the opportunity to earn 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credit. Cost: $60 for AOA members, $85 for nonmembers and $20 for students and residents (please email [email protected] for the discount code). Register here on the AOA’s online learning platform. How to respond to a payor audit: Medicare and beyond This CME course is available online anytime. Negative audit results can lead to significant penalties: repayment, financial penalties, de-participation and even prison. Vicki Myckowiak, Esq., discusses the types of payor audits, best practices for completing audit demands and how to appeal them. This on-demand presentation provides attendees with steps providers can take to minimize the chances of a negative audit result. Attendees can earn 1.0 AOA Category 2-B credit. Costs: $60 for AOA members, $85 for non-members and $20 for students and residents (please email [email protected] for the discount code). Register here on the AOA’s online learning platform. Related reading: The best and worst states for doctors in 2025 Nominations open soon for the AOIA’s Digital Health Innovation Steering Committee More in Training DOs hope that new research will lead to universal use of COMLEX for DOs The research found positive correlations between performance on COMLEX and American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE)/American Board of Surgery (ABS) exams, which means residency programs can confidently use applicants’ COMLEX scores to predict future ABSITE/ABS exam performance. COCA seeks comments on proposed amendments to COM accreditation standards The COCA seeks comments from the osteopathic medical profession and the public at large on the proposed amendments. Previous articleBreaking down social media use in children: Is it time for a warning label? Next articleApplications now open for positions on AOA bureaus, committees and councils
DOs hope that new research will lead to universal use of COMLEX for DOs The research found positive correlations between performance on COMLEX and American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE)/American Board of Surgery (ABS) exams, which means residency programs can confidently use applicants’ COMLEX scores to predict future ABSITE/ABS exam performance.
COCA seeks comments on proposed amendments to COM accreditation standards The COCA seeks comments from the osteopathic medical profession and the public at large on the proposed amendments.