South Carolina CME Requirements

Learn about the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Calendar for January 2018 with MIPS written and circled on it.
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Finish your 2017 QPP checklist before ringing in the new year

Before popping the cork on the bubbly, cross these items off your to-do list to succeed in Medicare’s Quality Payment Program.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Nov. 30, 2017: National Advocacy Update

MIPS reporting, physician office-based testing and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Health insurance markets are highly concentrated, new report reveals

Even though two mega-mergers were blocked, most commercial health insurance markets are highly concentrated, and many are dominated by one insurer.

Access to Care
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Metro areas increasingly dominated by single insurance companies

Findings of the 2017 edition of AMA’s Competition in Health Insurance: A Comprehensive Study of U.S. Markets which examines market concentration in 2016.

Press Releases
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AMA analyses support blocking the Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Humana mergers

Competition and choice hang in balance as the health insurance industry slides toward corporate monopolies.

Press Releases
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Court overturns physical therapy decision

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that physician practices can employ physical therapists. This overturned a previous ruling that prohibited them from working in a physician’s office. Patients can now benefit from easier access to physical therapy services.

Judicial Advocacy
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36 med students, young physicians recognized as future leaders

Three dozen med students, residents and early career physicians received recognition for their work. Awards cover reducing health care disparities, as well as non-clinical leadership in advocacy, community service and education.

Awards
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States where health insurers are squeezing out competition

Proposed mergers among four of the nation’s five largest health insurers could have a big effect on patients and physicians in many communities around the country. What will competition look like in your state?

Access to Care
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AMA releases analyses on possible Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Humana mergers

The AMA issued analyses showing that proposed commercial health insurance mergers would exceed federal anti-trust guidelines in 97 metropolitan areas.

Press Releases