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INTENDED AUDIENCE
Retina specialists and ophthalmologists
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this CME activity, the participant should be able to:
- Explain the value of pay-for-performance and predict the long-term implications of the program.
- Discuss and evaluate the process for fellowship accreditation in retinal societies and the existing opposition to subspecialty certification.
- Summarize the current status for reimbursement of ASCs and debate whether retinal specialists should transition to ASCs.
ACCREDITATION AND DESIGNATION STATEMENTS
 Rush University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Rush University Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Release Date: December 2007. The opinions or views expressed in this educational program are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of Alcon Laboratories or Rush University Medical Center. The faculty may have included discussion on unlabeled uses of a commercial product or an investigational use of a product not yet approved for this purpose. Please consult the full prescribing information before using any medication mentioned in this educational program.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2008.
RUSH DISCLOSURE POLICY
It is the policy of the Rush University Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education to ensure that its CME activities are independent, free of commercial bias and beyond the control of persons or organizations with an economic interest in influencing the content of CME. Everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest (including but not limited to pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic) within the preceding 12 months. If there are relationships that create a conflict of interest, these must be resolved by the CME Course Director in consultation with the Office of Continuing Medical Education prior to the participation of the faculty member in the development or presentation of course content.
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CME COURSE DIRECTOR
Kirk H. Packo, MD
Director, Department of Ophthalmology Rush University/Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
FACULTY
William L. Rich III, MD, FACS
American Academy of Ophthalmology medical director of health policy
George A. Williams, MD
Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of the Beaumont Eye Institute at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan Clinical Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Eye Research Institute of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan
DISCLOSURES
Kirk H. Packo, MD
Grant/Research/Support:
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Consultant: None
Speakers’ Bureau: None
Stock Shareholder: None
William L. Rich III, MD, FACS
Grant/Research/Support: None
Consultant: None
Speakers’ Bureau: None
Stock Shareholder: None
George A. Williams, MD
Grant/Research/Support: None
Consultant: None
Speakers’ Bureau: None
Stock Shareholder: None
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