Category: Education
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Are You Interested in Becoming a DATA-Waived Physician?
Enhanced Payment Rates Available The Alabama Department of Mental Health is interested in partnering with physicians and other medical professionals who provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in the black belt counties and surrounding counties. As part of this initiative, ADMH is currently developing a Center of Excellence (COE) which will be located in one of these counties.…
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Attention Primary Care Providers: Alcohol and Drug Conference is March 19-21
See also: Are You Interested in Becoming a DATA-Waived Physician? Alabama Department of Mental Health has partnered with the Alabama Department of Public Health on a grant to increase awareness of substance use disorders among primary care professionals. This grant will allow ADMH to pay the registration fee only for any of the following to…
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BCBS 2019 Circle of Care Summit for Primary Care Select Physicians, March 1-2
Primary Care Select Physicians may now register for the Circle of Care Summit, March 1-2, 2019, at The Westin Birmingham. Reserve your spot online today! This year’s event is being hosted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama and co-hosted by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, Alabama Chapter – American Academy of…
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New Learning Opportunities Available for County Societies
The Medical Association is partnering with Warren Averett in 2019 to provide several topics that you can use to host events that will interest the physician members in your county, at no cost to you. Each talk lasts about 30 minutes and several can be combined for a 60-minute talk. MACRA/MIPS Refresher. MACRA is now in…
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Three Steps to Implement a Diabetes Prevention Strategy for Your Patients
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has been rising over the past 20 years. Based upon statistics on current health trends from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that 30 million adult Americans have diabetes1, or approximately 10 percent of the adult population. Even more adults are at risk for developing…
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MOC Update: Two Certification Programs Transition from Pilot to Permanent
Last year, the Medical Association worked to bring together physicians, medical organizations, state medical societies, hospitals, health systems, patients and the American Board of Medical Specialties to investigate the future of board certification. The first in-person meeting in March produced testimony on continuing certification from stakeholders who provided their perspectives and experiences with continuing certification,…
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AG Steve Marshall Speaks at November Education Weekend
BIRMINGHAM – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall addressed attendees during the Association’s Annual Medical Ethics seminar on Friday, Nov. 17, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Birmingham and helped kick off one of the largest weekends of educational offerings the Association has hosted since 2014. The weekend began on Friday, Nov. 17, with Ensuring Quality…