Continuing Education
Total Possible Credits
By attending
live sessions, attendees can qualify for up to the following credit totals:
ACMPE (live): 11.5 | AAPC: See Below | ACHE: 11.5 | CME: 11.5 | CPE: 10.8 | CEU: 11.5 |PDU: 11.5
AAPC CREDITS
For attendees seeking AAPC credit, AAPC will honor our CME credits 1:1 for AAPC credits from this conference. Please complete your session and overall evaluations, download the Conference Credit Certificate, and return it to AAPC for the 1:1 CME to AAPC credit award. For additional information, please see the link below and use the subsection titled “CMEs and AMA PRA Category 1 credits for CEUs”.
Claiming Conference Continuing Education Credit
To claim your credit, please visit the CEU Portal on MGMA.com.
Questions?
Please contact Ben Corley, MGMA’s CEU Specialist
Quickest response: Send an SMS text message to 303-397-1830
Or email Ben at continuinged@mgma.com
Additional Information
Types of credits available
The following credit types will be available for registrants who are scanned into, and complete the conference session evaluations:
- ACMPE, medical practice administrators in certification and Fellowship through ACMPE
- AAPC, continuing education for medical coding professionals
- ACHE, American College of Healthcare Executives Qualified Education
- CME, continuing education for licensed physicians (MD/DO)
- CPE, continuing education for licensed accountants
- CEU, generic continuing education credit
- PDC, professional development credits offered on behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM)
- PDU, continuing education for project managers offered on behalf of Project Management Institute.
Target Audience
This activity is targeted to individuals who are interested in learning how to master the business of healthcare.
Learning Levels
Basic / Overview: Education designed to provide a general understanding of a topic or knowledge area.
Intermediate/Update: Education that builds on a basic curriculum, designed to improve your ability to analyze and apply skills learned to a topic or knowledge area.
Advanced: Education that builds on an intermediate curriculum, designed to help you synthesize and evaluate complex concepts to create outcome-based solutions.
Prerequisites
Basic/Overview: No prerequisites
Intermediate/Update: A basic understanding of the topic or knowledge area.
Advanced: The ability to apply the topic or knowledge area.
Learning Format
Traditional: Traditional sessions feature either a speaker sharing his or her knowledge in a lecture-style presentation or a panel of speakers with a moderator facilitating a discussion. Traditional sessions include limited questions-and-answer time with the audience.
Interactive: An expert facilitator guides participant through interactive learning formats such as hot topic discussion and case study applications, all designed to foster the sharing of ideas, solutions and best practices.
Advance Preparation: There are no advanced preparations required for this conference.
Official Continuing Education Statement and Availability
American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE):
The credits earned for this content are considered to be “live” credits, issued for participation and attendance in a new, original event, with the opportunity for participation.
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC):
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 15 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor. One AAPC credit is earned for every 60 minutes of educational content, rounded down to the nearest 0.25 or as determined by AAPC.
American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE):
By attending the Medical Practice Excellence: Financial and Operations Conference offered by the Medical Group Management Association, participants may earn up to 15 ACHE Qualified Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
One ACHE credit is earned for every 60 minutes of educational content, rounded down to the nearest 0.25.
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (CME):
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The Medical Group Management Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Medical Group Management Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
One CME credit is earned for every 60 minutes of educational content, rounded down to the nearest 0.25.
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (CPE):
Medical Group Management Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
Continuing Education Units (CEU):
A certificate of attendance will be provided to healthcare professionals requesting generic CEUs for professional development, certifications through other professional associations or specialty societies.
One generic CEU credit is earned for every 60 minutes of educational content, rounded down to the nearest 0.25.
Professional Development Credit (PDC):
MGMA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.
Professional Development Units (PDU):
PDU credits must be reported to PMI by the event or activity attendee for credit. MGMA is an Authorized Training Partner: ATP Provider Number 5449.