Published: July 24, 2015

Practice management: learning, future forward

Two Physician Payment Policy Workgroup (3P)-supported Miniseminars and a Board of Governors Instruction Course have been included in the robust Annual Meeting schedule to provide exciting learning opportunities: Business of Medicine for Residents and Fellows: Planning for the Future; New Payment Models: Effects on Otolaryngology Reimbursement; and Board of Governors’ Hot Topic 2015: Practicing Otolaryngology in 2025. Please mark your calendars so you don’t miss these sessions.


Educational sessions at the Annual Meeting will provide attendees with information about practice management and alternative payment models.Educational sessions at the Annual Meeting will provide attendees with information about practice management and alternative payment models.

Two Physician Payment Policy Workgroup (3P)-supported Miniseminars and a Board of Governors Instruction Course have been included in the robust Annual Meeting schedule to provide exciting learning opportunities: Business of Medicine for Residents and Fellows: Planning for the Future; New Payment Models: Effects on Otolaryngology Reimbursement; and Board of Governors’ Hot Topic 2015: Practicing Otolaryngology in 2025. Please mark your calendars so you don’t miss these sessions. Business of Medicine for Residents and Fellows: Planning for the Future Monday, September 28, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Room: D161 Once the residency and fellowship training period ends, the focus shifts to the various practical questions surrounding providing quality care to patients and how to navigate everyday life as a practicing otolaryngologist. This course has been designed to prepare residents and fellows to tackle the important decisions they will need to make from choosing a place to practice and interviewing for a position, to selecting maintenance of certification courses and advancing their practice. All residents and fellows are encouraged to attend. New Payment Models: Effects on Otolaryngology Reimbursement Monday, September 28, 2015 1:00 – 2:00 pm Ballroom C Four, Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center The Academy, through the Ad Hoc Payment Model Workgroup, continuously analyzes the trends and developments in current payment reform efforts. We work to keep well-informed of the payment reform trends to let you know how current alternative payment models changes will affect our profession and our patients in the near future. Join a panel of Academy payment reform experts as they share their personal experiences with alternative payment models, focusing on the potential benefits and risks for otolaryngologists. Additionally, Ad Hoc Payment Model workgroup leaders will discuss recent Academy efforts to work with private payers and CMS to develop potential models that would allow for otolaryngologists to participate in the new value-based payment system and receive credit for participation in alternative payment models (APMs), such as the 5 percent incentive CMS will give to providers participating in APMs in 2019-2024 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Board of Governors’ Hot Topic 2015: Practicing Otolaryngology in 2025 Tuesday, September 29, 2015 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Room: D167 With the evolution of hospital employment, mergers, and subspecialization, expert panelists, consisting of Academy leaders in private practice and academics, will discuss the challenges faced by today’s otolaryngologists and what the practice of otolaryngology in 2025 may look like. Presentations will be made on hospital mergers and acquisitions, hospital employment versus independent practice, academic employment models, and subspecialization trends. Can’t wait for the Annual Meeting to learn more about APMs in otolaryngology or share your own experience? Come read and contribute anytime to the discussion on ENTConnect at www.entconnect.entnet.org.


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