Born in Milwaukee and raised in Brookfield, ACOEP's Sr. Coordinator of Database Management , Gina Schmidt is a Wisconsinite through and through. She attended UW-Milwaukee and graduated in 2007. Gina has lived in four different states in the past seven years with her husband and their two dogs. Get to know a [...]
ACOEP's Director of Member Services, Sonya Stephens grew up in Jacksonville, Florida and graduated from the University of Florida. She moved to Chicago to attend grad school, decided it wasn't for her and then tried law school for a semester, before making the decision of not attending anymore school for a while! [...]
With another year soon coming to a close, ACOEP is very excited to welcome two new staff members to the team, Tyescia “Ty” Jackson and Lindsey Roden. Ty Jackson, who will be taking on the role of Manager of Continuing Medical Education, is a Chicago native, and comes to ACOEP [...]
This year's Resident Chapter Governing Board election will take place on Wednesday, November 2nd from 12:30-2:00pm at the ACOEP Resident Chapter Board Meeting at Scientific Assembly in San Francisco, CA. The Resident Chapter Governing Board is made up of 13 members, including five executive officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Immediate [...]
By Bradley Chappell, DO, MHA, FACOEP, FACEP The triple aim of healthcare, as defined by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is increased QUALITY, decreased COST, and PATIENT SATISFACTION.¹ If you work in a community setting, there is rarely a shift you work that patient satisfaction does not cross your mind. [...]
Megan Koenig, DO, MBA, MS New Physicians in Practice Committee Past-Chair We are pleased to welcome guest blogger Megan Koenig, Past-Chair of ACOEP’s New Physicians in Practice Committee, as she provides tips on maintaining and improving your credit score. Once a year it is smart to request [...]
National Government Services, a Medicare billing contractor, has proposed a policy called a Local Coverage Determination (LCD), that will make it difficult to bill Medicare for any medical office visits when OMT is performed. If passed, this policy will automatically impact ten states including- Illinois, Minnesota, Connecticut, Wisconsin, New York, [...]
By Bradley Chappell, DO, MHA, FACOEP, FACEP It is that time of the year again. July is the month we bid adieu to our experienced seniors, welcome the new juniors, and spend a little time enjoying the warm summer fun in the sun. As you transition to a new stage [...]
Yesterday was a big day on Capitol Hill, and for the emergency medicine community. Craig Manifold, DO testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee in the hearing “Strengthening our National Trauma System.” Click here for a video recording of the session, Dr.Manifold’s testimony begins around 1:09. Other members of [...]
Are you keeping up to date on MACRA? The AOA has been collecting feedback regarding some proposed rule changes. They’ve now submitted the information representing the osteopathic community in the hopes that this will affect real and lasting changes to benefit both provider and patient. Click here to read more [...]