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Upcoming Webinars
2023 NFO Business of Medicine Webinar Series
Continuing education credits are only available for LIVE sessions.
06/27/2023
Assessment of Middle Ear Fluid with OtoSight Middle Ear Scope: Clinical and Business Advantages – Sponsored by PhotoniCare
Bringing new diagnostic technology to your practice can be challenging. Does it make your job easier? Will it improve patient outcomes? Will the patients be better educated? Is it cost-effective? Learn how OtoSight Middle Ear Scope, the first-of-its-kind diagnostic, can help you improve the Quadruple Aims of Healthcare.
04/25/2023
Sinuva/Propel Assistance for the Office | Sponsored by Medtronic
NON-CME Educational Event Making healthcare better is our priority at Medtronic. We believe technology can play an even greater role in improving people’s lives. In addition to alleviating pain, restoring health, extending lives, we work in partnership with others to create seamless, more efficient care. Please join us for a discussion around Medtronic’s acquisition of Intersect and our new Connect portal which allows your offices to have third party assist with patient prior authorizations and benefit verifications for these products. Learn how we’re taking healthcare Further, Together at Medtronic.
03/28/2023
Custom ENT PCR Panel Powered By MedArbor Diagnostics
This session is sponsored by MedArbor Diagnostics | Non-CME Educational Program MedArbor Diagnostics is proud to present a customized PCR panel specifically for your ENT practice serviced locally by our lab in Sunrise, FL. We have been working with several ENT and Allergy Associate of Florida locations since the start of COVID-19 and direct with Dr. Nachlas, MD for the past 3 years. With Dr. Nachlas support we are ready to roll out our unmatched personal service to the entire practice. This webinar will review the ease of our report interpretation, seamless steps of implementation, and custom marketing options for you. MedArbor Diagnostics is a full service COLA and CLIA accredited clinical laboratory located near Philadelphia that believes “Proper Diagnosis Matters.” Our Mission is to provide best-in-class diagnostic solutions to physicians and their patients by delivering Fast, Accurate and Reliable results.
02/09/2023
Documenting Medical Necessity and Orders: CMS & Payor Compliance
This webinar will discuss the disconnect between what a physician considers the standard of care, the payer's payment policies, and potential professional liability issues. 1 AMA Category 1 Credit (Live Session Only) 0 Audiology CEU for this session
02/02/2023
Incident-to Rules to Live By
As ENT physicians continue to add ARNPs and PAs to their practices, it is critical that they understand when their services can be billed as the doctor ("incident to") and when they cannot. Without sufficient numbers of otolaryngologists to care for their patients, non-physician practitioners continue to play an important role when it comes to patient access to care in this important specialty. As more otolaryngology practices employ nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants, understanding the rules of Incident-to billing has become a priority. With this has come Medicare and other payer audits as they search for claims that do not meet the requirements for reporting the NP/PA services under a physician. This session will cover the details related to direct personal supervision, the importance of the physician's treatment plan and more. 1-Hour AMA Category Education Credit (Live session only) 0-Hours Audiology Education Credit
09/07/2023
Telemedicine, Virtual Visits and Digital E/M Services: an Update
CMS and Congress continue to work on determining which telehealth benefits allowed under the Public Health Emergency should be permanent. This webinar will present an overview of what we anticipate stays and what goes. 1-hour AMA Category 1 Credit (Live Session Only)
06/15/2023
Modifier and Unlisted Procedures
In this session we will help attendees understand the impact of certain modifiers on payment, and when reporting an unlisted procedure code, we'll provide recommendations on documenting the service for appropriate reimbursement. 1-hour AMA Category 1 Credit (Live Session Only)
05/18/2023
Business Associates Agreements
As the Office of Civil Rights continues to conduct audits and respond to complaints of HIPAA violations, Business Associate Agreements have been in the spotlight. This webinar will explain why. 1-hour AMA Category 1 Credit (Live Session Only)
08/17/2023
HIPAA Law Updates for 2023
You’ve heard that HIPAA is changing—but are you ready to implement major changes to your HIPAA compliance? The forthcoming modifications to HIPAA are extensive: impacting Policies, Training, Business Associate Agreements, Notices of Privacy Practices, and more. Without a plan in place, achieving compliance on the OCR’s timeline will be nearly impossible. 1-hour AMA Category 1 Credit (Live Session Only) 1-hour Audiology CEU (Live Session Only)
2022 NFO Business of Medicine Webinar Series
12/08/2022
Using 2022 Medicare Audit Trends to Prepare for 2023
Your compliance program must include an auditing and monitoring component, but with limited resources, you really can’t audit everything done in the practice. During this webinar, we’ll review recent 3rd party payer audits and the Medicare contractors’ recent focuses and how to use them in planning your own audit work plan.
10/14/2022
Medical Errors and Omissions: The Florida CME Requirement
This 2-hour self paced course meets the Florida CME re-licensure requirement. It addresses Medical Errors from the inpatient, hospital-based setting, as well as risk and error in the outpatient practice setting. The final portion of the course offers case studies in real, litigated cases in the state of Florida in each of the 5 highest areas of misdiagnoses. This session is a required session for physician Florida licensure renewal. This session is a self-paced module, provided at at no charge to NFO physician members through the NFO-MECOP partnership. It is available for FREE, to all Physician NFO Members only for the one-week time period specified, beginning Friday, October 14th at noon EST. The complimentary period closes the following Thursday, October 20th, at noon EST. To take advantage of this valuable NFO Educational benefit, physician members simply click the MECOP Access Link during the FREE period, use the username and password that was sent to your email from education@floridaent.org to sign into your personal account on the MECOP website and the Florida mandated course will be available to you at no charge. If you create a new MECOP account, you will NOT have access to the NFO benefit.
10/21/2022
Domestic Violence: Improving Screening and Connecting Patients to Resources
This 2-hour course meets the Florida CME requirement for license renewal. It discusses types of abuse and abuse patters, establishes domestic violence as a widespread public health issue. It discusses screening recommendations as well as reporting requirements. The course also offers resources for clinicians and patients. This session is a required session for physician Florida licensure renewal. This session is a self-paced module, provided at at no charge to NFO physician members through the NFO-MECOP partnership. It is available for FREE, to all Physician NFO Members only for the one-week time period specified, beginning Friday, October 21st at noon EST. The complimentary period closes the following Thursday, October 27th, at noon EST. To take advantage of this valuable NFO Educational benefit, physician members simply click the MECOP Access Link during the FREE period, use the username and password that was sent to your email from education@floridaent.org to sign into your personal account on the MECOP website and the Florida mandated course will be available to you at no charge. If you create a new MECOP account, you will NOT have access to the NFO benefit.
09/22/2022
Exposure Control Plan Requirements for Audiology
The purpose of this infection control plan is to outline those procedures to be implemented in the audiology environment for purposes of eliminating or minimizing potential transmission of infectious organisms among patients, employees, or other individuals gaining access into the clinical environment. In accordance with OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard 29 CFR 1910.1030, the following infection control plan has been developed to address specific tasks inherent to the practice of audiology and to minimize the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious bodily substances. While direct exposure to blood may be remote, this plan is intended to protect employees and patients from such possibility and to reduce exposure to non-bloodborne pathogens that may potentially play a role in disease transmission. This webinar will review the required elements of a written exposure control plan that is focused on audiology.
08/04/2022
Event Reporting and Root Cause Analysis
Course Description: Event reporting and effective investigations of safety events as well as near misses are a critical element in a culture of safety. Through identification of causal factors and process issues, clinicians are able to learn and improve practices to provide better quality of care. The effective use of data supports shared learning systems.
08/18/2022
Expect Surprises from the No Surprises Act
The No Surprises Act is often thought of as a way to protect patients in the hospital from unexpected, high medical bills from providers not on their plan. It is that but it’s also more. Every practice treating an out-of-network or uninsured (self pay) patient in their office must understand this laws implications. One other federal regulation that needs some discussion is Information Blocking. There are some concepts and requirements you must know to be compliant when patients request their medical records.
10/28/2022
Prescribing Controlled Substances: The Florida Mandated Requirement
Lawful Prescribing, Updated Statistics and Appropriate Management. Outline the requirements in House Bill 21 and House Bill 451. Discuss the implications of the rules outlined in HB 21 and HB 451. Discuss the current opioid overdose death statistics and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Outline current recommendations from the CDC. Discuss OUD (Opioid Use Disorder) and best practices for managing and treating patients. This session is a required session for physician Florida licensure renewal. This session is a self-paced module, provided at at no charge to NFO physician members through the NFO-MECOP partnership. It is available for FREE, to all Physician NFO Members only for the one-week time period specified, beginning Friday, October 28th at noon EST. The complimentary period closes the following Thursday, November 3rd, at noon EST. To take advantage of this valuable NFO Educational benefit, physician members simply click the MECOP Access Link during the FREE period, use the username and password that was sent to your email from education@floridaent.org to sign into your personal account on the MECOP website and the Florida mandated course will be available to you at no charge. If you create a new MECOP account, you will NOT have access to the NFO benefit.
10/13/2022
Managing Social Media Challenges in Healthcare
Social media is ubiquitous, highly divisive, and most importantly, it can be dangerous for healthcare and dental providers without the appropriate controls in place. This program examines social media devices, formats, and target audiences. The regulatory impact on healthcare and dental providers is described, and strategies to mitigate risks associated with social media are explored.
09/30/2022
Earlens: A New Class of Non-surgical Hearing Technology Exclusive to ENT Practices partnered with Audiology
Earlens, a new class of non-surgical hearing technology, exclusively available through ENT practices partnered with audiology is a substantial and meaningful step forward in the treatment of hearing loss. Earlens unique mechanism of action, directly vibrating the eardrum at the umbo of the malleus via a tiny custom-built lens, delivers 2.5X the audible bandwidth of acoustic hearing aids. This extended audible bandwidth, from 100Hz to 10kHz, provides for significant performance benefits when compared, head-to-head, with well contemporary fit hearing aids. Peer reviewed published studies demonstrate Earlens extended audible bandwidth delivers superior performance understanding speech in background noise and improved sound quality/clarity. The top two complaints reported by hearing aid users. This session will outline the physical reasons that the system is able to provide this increase in audible bandwidth and present peer-reviewed evidence supporting the efficacy and patient preference for a full bandwidth of audibility listening experience. Audiology Provider CEU Information: The Network of Medical Audiology Professionals is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of 0.1 CEUs. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy’s Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.