Sign up now! See the directions below. The self-paced online study group is open to anyone from any state.

Oregon MGMA sincerely thanks Tennessee MGMA for opening their program up to anyone interested in earning certification.

Here is their study schedule:

• Week of January 28 – Operations Management
• Week of February 4 – Financial Management
• Week of February 11 – Human Resources Management
• Week of February 18 – Organizational Governance
• Week of February 25 – Patient Centered Care
• Week of March 4 – Risk and Compliance Management and Review

 How you join the Tennessee ACMPE Study Group: 

1. Log in using your member ID or username and password at www.MGMA.org
2. At the top right, Click Member Community.
3. Click on Communities, then click All Communities.
4. Type Tennessee ACMPE in the Search box (also toward the right of the screen).
5. Select Tennessee ACMPE Study Group
6. Select green Join Community button
7. Click Settings and select your message delivery option:

• Real Time – one email for each message posted
• Daily Digest – one email containing all posted messages from the previous day (RECOMMENDED)
• Legacy – One email for each message in plain text with the ability to reply via email

Please call the MGMA Service Center at 1-877-275-6462 x1888 if you have questions or need help navigating.

Next CMPE Testing dates: March 9 – 23, 2019  Test Registration opens January 22 – Feb. 7, 2019 so mark your calendar and register early

Click here to register and get more details about the exams: www.mgma.com/acmpe-exam-registration

About the examinations:

• Multiple choice: Registration Fee $165
  A 175-item, multiple-choice test taken within three hours and 15 minutes. This exam assesses your on-the-job knowledge of the broad scope of group practice management principles and practices as described in the Body of Knowledge for Medical Practice Management
• Scenario: Registration Fee $165 
  A two-hour test with 90 items of multi-select, multiple choice, short answer, or drag and drop questions pertaining to 18-25 practice administration scenarios This exam assesses in-depth knowledge of medical practice management principles and issues, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Participation in the Tennessee ACMPE online study group is an eligible activity for ACMPE continuing education hours.  Those who’ve already achieved certification but need additional credit hours are welcome to participate in any study group.

Remember, you are responsible for keeping track of the time spent in content rich education and you should keep some documentation for your records. You can either make an entry each time you study the online information or add them all up and make one entry with the date of the last study group session.

How You Log Your ACMPE Credit Hours:

The new ACMPE tracking portal makes it easy to manage your credit hours. Take a moment to review the instructions for steps on how to log in, view and enter your hours.

1. Sign in to mgma.com.

2. Select "My Dashboard" found on the top right corner.

3. Select "ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT" found on the top right corner.

4. Select "ACMPE TRACKING" found on the left side to enter the portal (Suggestion:  Bookmark this page for easier access next time!)

5. Click "Full ACMPE Continuing Education Listing" to review your total claimed credit hours and to request altering existing credit hours.

6. Click "Add ACMPE Continuing Education Hours" to claim all qualified hours for ACMPE.
 

• To add hours for MGMA affiliates and external sources, click " Claim My Additional Credit".
• To claim your completed MGMA events, click "Claim My Attended MGMA Events".

If you have any questions or concerns, please email us:

ACMPE questions: acmpe@mgma.com
General CEU questions: continuinged@mgma.com

Oregon MGMA ACMPE Forum Rep:  Deb Bartel, FACMPE:  acmperep@omgma.com

FINAL RULE PUBLISHED which:

Establishes reimbursement rates for out-of-network services provided at in-network health care facilities. These permanent rules are effective 1/1/19.

Download documents of this filing below.

• Establishes reimbursement rates for out-of-network services provided at in-network health care facilities.

• Out-Of-Network Reimbursement Rate Rule Making Hearing

Now is the time to continue your journey and earn your Fellowship in the American College of Medical Practice Executives.

Education and experience eligibility: Starting in January 2019, to participate in the Fellowship program candidates must either have a Bachelor’s degree AND seven years of healthcare experience, OR a Master’s degree AND five years of healthcare experience. At least two years of this experience must be in a leadership role.

Volunteer hours: From January 2019 onwards, Fellows will be required to complete six volunteer hours to showcase commitment to our industry. These hours must include three hours from healthcare related opportunities and three hours from community service.

Business plan proposals: Our Fellows should be seen as the thought leaders within healthcare organizations, which means demonstrating the ability to execute on dynamic solutions to business problems. In that spirit, we will be phasing out the professional paper submission and moving towards the submission of innovative business plan proposals.  We believe this move will better support our Fellows to concretely demonstrate practical skills to current and potential employers.

Fellowship deadline: Candidates who enter the Fellowship program in 2019 will have two years from their application date to complete their Fellowship requirements.

Please join us for a webinar next week on Thursday, April 12 at 4:30pm where we'll address the upcoming changes to the Fellowship program and answer any additional questions you may have.  Send me your interest by sending an email to acmperep@omgma.com. I'll send you the Go To Meeting information for the webinar. 

In the mean time, feel free to reach out with questions or let me know if there are materials that would assist you.

Sincerely,  

Deb Bartel FACMPE

acmperep@omgma.com

(503) 274-4949

 To help you on your journey, I have a suggestion to inspire you:

 Fellowship Archive:

·         Browse relevant professional manuscripts written by Fellows through ACMPE.

https://www.thelundreport.org/content/oregon-health-authority-prepares-launch-new-credentialing-program

Check out the latest Legislative Update from our friends at OMA posted March 20, 2018

Oregon’s 2018 Legislative Session adjourned sine die on Saturday, March 3 at 4:54 p.m. OMA has completed work on their full OMA 2018 Legislative Report. The report details the association’s efforts and positions surrounding numerous pieces of legislation tracked by our government relations team.