APILM223880222- CME/CMLE - Laboratory Reimbursement

Course Description

This is an online educational commentary in Lab Management offering 1.0 continuing education (CME/CMLE) credit that can be used to fulfill CC Part II and CMP requirements. This educational commentary is provided through our affiliation with the American Proficiency Institute (API).

Faculty/Authors
Ann Lambrix
VP RCM Consulting
Vachette Pathology
Physician Competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge

CME/CMLE Credit: 1.0
Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Default Credit Type: None (You must meet the eligibility requirements in order to obtain CME credit.)

Instructions

To claim CME/CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

Review the Technical Considerations.
Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
Click Access to begin the course.
Review the Educational Activity.
Complete and submit the Post Exam. You will have a maximum of three attempts to obtain the required score. You will be notified if you have met the credit requirements after each attempt.
Submit the course Evaluation.
Enter the maximum number of credits offered and click Claim CME to register credit.

Disclosure Statement

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 1/1/2022
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2024

Course Objectives

Following completion of this activity, you will be able to:

Understand the Medicare fee schedule assigned to professional physician services and clinical lab services,

Identify the characteristics of the two different fees schedules and the applicable procedures that would fall into each,

Understand the role and impact of PAMA (Protecting Access to Medicare Act) as it relates to clinical laboratories,

Identify proactive ways to reduce impact of planned fee schedule cuts.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Credit Offered:	1 CME/CMLE Credit