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VOLUME 50: THE UHM JOURNAL CELEBRATES A MILESTONE WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ISSUE

VOLUME 50: THE UHM JOURNAL CELEBRATES A MILESTONE WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ISSUE Enrico M. Camporesi, M.D.1; Richard E. Moon, M.D.2 1Editor Emeritus; Anesthesia Research Director; TEAMHealth Anesthesia, TGH; Emeritus Professor of Surgery, USF, Tampa, Florida US 2Associate Editor; Departments of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology, Duke University, North Carolina US EMAILS: – ecampore@usf.edu; richard.moon@duke.edu As the UHMS observes the distinguished anniversary of the publication of 50 volumes of the Undersea and Hyperbari...

FDA recommends UHMS-accredited hyperbaric facilities for treatment of specific illnesses

FDA recommends UHMS-accredited hyperbaric facilities for treatment of specific illnesses In a July 26 release entitled “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Get the Facts” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT/HBO2) for the treatment of severa...

Emergent HBO2 Access Issue

Emergent HBO2 Access Issue White Paper - Access to emergent hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy: an urgent problem in health care delivery in the United States Open Letter - Emergency hyperbaric oxygen therapy – a service in need of resuscitation ...

AMA: Changes in Medicare Physician Spending During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AMA: Changes in Medicare Physician Spending During the COVID-19 PandemicAMA: Changes in Medicare Physician Spending During the COVID-19 Pandemic Economic and Health Policy Research, American Medical Association, April 2021

Alliance Summary of CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality: Physician Payment Final Rule

Alliance Summary of CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality: Physician Payment Final Rule

The American Board of Preventive Medicine Announces Requirements for Diplomates to Maintain Certification during the Transition to the New, Continuing Certification Program

Chicago, IL, December 10, 2019: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) today announced the requirements for its Diplomates to maintain ABPM Certification during the transitional period from the current Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program to a new and innovative Continuing Cer...

The American Board of Preventive Medicine Announces the Approval of its Longitudinal Assessment Pilot for Clinical Informatics

Chicago, IL, November 25, 2019 – The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced today that the American Board of Medical Specialties’ (ABMS) has formally approved the ABPM’s proposed Longitudinal Assessment Pilot (LAP). The LAP pilot will include all current Diplomates Certified by th...

ABPM Increases Flexibility for Diplomates by Combining Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Requirement into a Single Continuing Medical Education Requirement

Chicago, IL, August 30, 2019 – The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced today that, as a first-step toward a comprehensive overhaul of its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program, the ABPM Board of Directors has approved a revision to its current MOC Part II requirement by co...

UHM Journal publishes second special edition on traumatic brain injury

UHM Journal publishes second special edition on traumatic brain injury The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society has published a supplemental issue of its member publication, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal, to summarize results in studies on traumatic brain injury (TBI)...

UHMS member alerts the Society on problems with CMS coverage of radiation proctitis

The Case of the Disappearing Indication Thomas M. Bozzuto, DO, FACEP, FFACHM, UHM On May 15, 2018, Palmetto GBA conducted an “Ask the Contractor Teleconference” (ACT) with Dr. Leland Garrett, Medical Director of Palmetto GBA of ...

Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Letter to Noridian

Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Letter to Noridian: Re: Local Coverage Articles A56155 and A56156 - Medicare Coverage for Amniotic Membrane Derived Skin Substitutes

Non-Emergent Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy Reason Codes and Statements (Updated 7/3/17)

Non-Emergent Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy Reason Codes and Statements (Updated 7/3/17) PDF

ABEM Subspecialists No Longer Required to Maintain EM Certification

ABEM Subspecialists No Longer Required to Maintain EM Certification Physicians certified in EM by ABEM who also hold an ABEM-issued subspecialty certificate are no longer required to maintain their Primary Emergency Medicine (EM) certification as long as they are participating in ABEM-accepted M...

Summary: 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule

On Nov. 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) final rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on Nov. 23, 2018. This is the first year CMS combined the Medicare PFS and QPP rules. ...

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2019 (CMS-1693-P) Draft letter 8-28-18

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2019 (CMS-1693-P) Draft letter 8-28-18