This session is specifically targeted towards residents, physicians and residency program directors, but all registrants are invited to attend.
ABFM Board Certification Session:
Sunday, July 18 from 7-8 am

We are excited to have the ABFM Director of Outreach Ashley Webb join us Sunday from 7-8 am regarding board certification. Webb will answer your questions about preparing for your boards and maintaining your board certification. This session is specifically targeted towards residents, physicians and residency program directors, but all registrants are invited to attend.

After attending the session, participants will:
  • Understand the purpose and value of certification to participating physicians and the public/patients
  • Articulate the requirements during residency that enable a graduate to be ABFM board eligible and/or certified
  • Describe the stages in the certification process and activities within each
  • Appreciate the value of integrating work that is already being done in practice with certification
  • Understand the importance of mapping out certification requirements to support ongoing learning, self-assessment and improving care in practice throughout the 3-year stage
Effective Coding Workshop:
Sunday, July 18 from 1-3 pm

We have added for no extra fees an afternoon session for those who want to attend Sunday, July 18, from 1-3 pm. Dr. E.G. "Nick" Ulmer of Charleston, SC, will present "Show Me the Money: Clinically-Correct Coding and Billing." This session is specifically targeted towards residents, new physicians and residency program directors, but all registrants can attend.

In this 2-hour interactive, case-based discussion, Dr. Ulmer will help clarify the Comparative Billing Reports and help attendees devise a strategy to correctly code, document, and bill the Medicare Wellness Visit, and more.
Dr. E.G. "Nick" Ulmer, a family physician from Laurens, SC, will conduct the CME session.

At the conclusion of the session, physicians will be able to:
  • Be able to state the association of the Comparative Billing Reports and Medicare Wellness Visits in 2021
  • Outline how to correctly code, document, and bill the three types of Medicare Wellness Visits
  • Know how to correctly apply the modifier -25 to MWV encounters with chronic disease management
  • Know how to correctly apply the modifier -25 in Evaluation and Management visits linked to procedures
  • Know the basics behind the Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) and correct capture during chronic disease management

There is no cost to attend this afternoon session if you are attending the Annual Meeting.
Preview of CME Sessions at Annual Meeting
And More!
Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians
755 Avignon Drive
Ridgeland MS 39157
(601) 853-3302