CME

Technology like telemedicine and virtual visits can enhance your patients’ experience; this new technology increases their choices in the health care they receive. As the service becomes more readily available, patients are expecting more from their own physician. It makes sense for a patient to have the choice to see their own doctor for continuity of care and comfort in times of illness and uncertainty. Play this webinar for a general look at telemedicine and virtual visits and how they may benefit your patients. .75 AMA PRA Cat. 1 

Perceived stress, distress, stress, and burnout are terms you are all too familiar with, and incorporating self-care practices may seem difficult when you are in the grips of mental entropy. But self-care practices improve stress management, focus and clarity, anxiety, and depression. The work you provide is more meaningful than the stress it creates. Understanding the connection between your aptitude and passion contributes to improved mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual self-care.
2 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 2 ETHICS

Materials in this handbook provide guidance for many emergency situations commonplace in Texas. These guidelines can help the practice identify key emergencies, know what to do in an emergency situation, and plan for the safety of your team. The handbook provides tips on how to train your staff and help develop strategies for resuming functions after an emergency occurs.
1.75 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1.75 ETHICS

Stress is the first phase on a continuum that leads to burnout. Within the current health care climate, physicians and physicians in training are expected to multitask constantly under the pressures of a full waiting room, demanding patients, stressed office staff, and a waiting family. Learn how to build a support system to prevent, recognize, and address burnout and create a stable foundation of wellness for medical students, residents, and physicians.
1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS

This brief manual will guide physicians in the office setting who are prescribing opioid pain relievers to their patients with chronic pain. It covers the use of drug testing in the office setting, how to talk to your patients about drug testing, contracting with your patient for appropriate drug use, and methods of testing.
1.25 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1.25 ETHICS

What is happiness and why does it matter? Happiness is difficult to define but most people know it when they see or feel it. Regardless of the influences, individuals can take charge and learn strategies to cultivate happiness in their lives. Obtain the strategies and tools to help you hardwire happiness into your life.
 1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS

Laws governing Medicare and Medicaid participation are complicated and confusing … while state and federal governments are doubling down on enforcement. This publication explains the laws and regulations related to Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse and how the government is enforcing them.
4 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 4 ETHICS

With mixed messages of success stories and failures coming from participants in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), many physicians are still questioning if it is worth it to participate in MIPS, or better to just take the penalty. That decision can be a challenging one. Play this webinar to get an objective look at how reporting can impact your practice.
0.5 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 0.5 ETHICS

This course is designed to increase knowledge about nutrition and provide tools to help you counsel and educate your patients about the critical role that nutrition plays in type 2 diabetes prevention and management. The course provides research-based information to help physicians and health care providers manage patients with type 2 diabetes. 
1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS

In 2014, 54 percent of U.S. adults had never been tested for the disease, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, even though one preventive HIV screening is covered each year under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, and many insurance plans. Make HIV testing a routine part of your practice.
1 AMA PRA Cat. 1 • 1 ETHICS

Most people never look beyond the first page of Google, so that’s where you need to be for potential patients to know you exist and how you can help them. Play this webinar, to learn from experts as they share strategies to get your practice on the first page. 
1 AMA PRA Cat. 1

Check out other CME activities from around the state. All providers are either accredited by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) or by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).