SDSMA Webinar Series 2010

Click below for more information or to register for the Webinar series presented by the SDSMA in cooperation with the Iowa Medical Society (IMS).

• Coding & Medicare Changes - 2010 Update
  • Each year there are changes to the medicare and CPT coding systems. This three-hour webinar will provide an overview of the changes for 2010.
• Physician Incentives for Adopting HIT Under the HITECH Act
  • This one-hour webinar will explain the incentives available through the HITECH Act, identify who is eligible for payment, and provide an update on any significant regulatory guidelines (including criteria for certified HIT systems and the demonstration of “meaningful use").
• Patient Relationships: Good, Bad and What to do when Things get Ugly
  • This webinar will demonstrate how patient-focused communication skills can foster a good patient relationship, and effectively handle complaints. It will also address how to terminate a provider-patient relationship.
• Health Information Technology Under HIPAA and HITECH: Unknown Potential, Unlimited Liability
  • This session will address the rapidly evolving liability risks that are emerging from the increasing use of electronic health information systems, the fact that they cannot be made absolutely secure, and the fact that more than 50 million electronic health records have been breached in the past four years.
• Register (you will be redirected to IMS' Web site)

(Note: not all webinars in this series include CME credit)

AMA Webinars

Click below for Webinars available through the American Medical Association.

• Secondhand Smoke: Changing Clinical Practice to Improve Children’s Health ( maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)