Jeanna Stovall

Many have heard the saying that change is the only thing in life that is constant. In keeping with change, it gives me great pleasure to announce the unveiling of a new ACCP committee, the CHEST Regulatory and Reimbursement (CRR) Committee. The charge of this committee is to serve as subject matter experts in the understanding and development of educational content for members related to regulatory and reimbursement issues of high importance in ACCP’s scope of medicine.

Dr. James Parish, FCCP, has been appointed as Chair, and Dr. Kevin Chan, FCCP, has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the CRR Committee. A call for nominations was distributed to ACCP membership via e-mail, newsletter, and website. From these communications, the call for nominations has been well-received, garnering multiple responses for vacant committee member seats through November 4, 2013.

Staff of the CRR Committee has initiated restructuring and constitution of the committee with the creation of committee documents to be reviewed and vetted at our first formal meeting during CHEST 2013.

The CRR Committee looks forward to a successful year and will keep you abreast along the way.

Many have heard the saying that change is the only thing in life that is constant. In keeping with change, it gives me great pleasure to announce the unveiling of a new ACCP committee, the CHEST Regulatory and Reimbursement (CRR) Committee. The charge of this committee is to serve as subject matter experts in the understanding and development of educational content for members related to regulatory and reimbursement issues of high importance in ACCP’s scope of medicine.

Dr. James Parish, FCCP, has been appointed as Chair, and Dr. Kevin Chan, FCCP, has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the CRR Committee. A call for nominations was distributed to ACCP membership via e-mail, newsletter, and website. From these communications, the call for nominations has been well-received, garnering multiple responses for vacant committee member seats through November 4, 2013.

Staff of the CRR Committee has initiated restructuring and constitution of the committee with the creation of committee documents to be reviewed and vetted at our first formal meeting during CHEST 2013.

The CRR Committee looks forward to a successful year and will keep you abreast along the way.

Many have heard the saying that change is the only thing in life that is constant. In keeping with change, it gives me great pleasure to announce the unveiling of a new ACCP committee, the CHEST Regulatory and Reimbursement (CRR) Committee. The charge of this committee is to serve as subject matter experts in the understanding and development of educational content for members related to regulatory and reimbursement issues of high importance in ACCP’s scope of medicine.

Dr. James Parish, FCCP, has been appointed as Chair, and Dr. Kevin Chan, FCCP, has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the CRR Committee. A call for nominations was distributed to ACCP membership via e-mail, newsletter, and website. From these communications, the call for nominations has been well-received, garnering multiple responses for vacant committee member seats through November 4, 2013.

Staff of the CRR Committee has initiated restructuring and constitution of the committee with the creation of committee documents to be reviewed and vetted at our first formal meeting during CHEST 2013.

The CRR Committee looks forward to a successful year and will keep you abreast along the way.

Have ever received a member survey from the ACCP and wondered what to do with it, or pondered why should you take valuable practice time filling it out? This message is for you, so keep reading.

When Medicare transitioned to a physician payment system based on the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS), the American Medical Association (AMA) convened a multispecialty committee known as the Relative Value Unit (RVU) Update Committee, or RUC. The RUC provides the medical community a voice in describing the necessary resources required in providing physician services to your patients. RUC recommendations are carefully considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in assigning values to physician services.

The RUC recommendations to CMS are made from an analysis of data collected via specialty society surveys of members, just like you. A specialty society, like the ACCP surveys their membership about various procedures in efforts to adequately evaluate the RVUs of physician work, direct practice expenses (clinical staff time, supplies, and equipment), and malpractice expenses. Surveys probe the level of physician physical effort, technical skill needed to perform service, time in providing service, mental effort, medical judgment, and stress. All of these factors have value and are accounted for in assigning an RVU to a procedure. Give pause and think about the time and effort it takes to provide an excellent service to your patients before completing a survey. You have a voice, and the survey process is your stage to express and influence your concern toward the value of codes.

The ACCP is currently seeking volunteers to participate in a survey on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) (Current Procedural Terminology [CPT] code 31620). The online survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The window for completing the survey will begin on November 6, 2013, and will close on November 22, 2013.

If you have practice experience with EBUS and would like to participate in the survey, please contact JeAnna Stovall at jstovall@chestnet.org. Include "EBUS Survey" in the subject line; in the e-mail body, include your full name, practice address, telephone number (including area code), and e-mail address.

Have ever received a member survey from the ACCP and wondered what to do with it, or pondered why should you take valuable practice time filling it out? This message is for you, so keep reading.

When Medicare transitioned to a physician payment system based on the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS), the American Medical Association (AMA) convened a multispecialty committee known as the Relative Value Unit (RVU) Update Committee, or RUC. The RUC provides the medical community a voice in describing the necessary resources required in providing physician services to your patients. RUC recommendations are carefully considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in assigning values to physician services.

The RUC recommendations to CMS are made from an analysis of data collected via specialty society surveys of members, just like you. A specialty society, like the ACCP surveys their membership about various procedures in efforts to adequately evaluate the RVUs of physician work, direct practice expenses (clinical staff time, supplies, and equipment), and malpractice expenses. Surveys probe the level of physician physical effort, technical skill needed to perform service, time in providing service, mental effort, medical judgment, and stress. All of these factors have value and are accounted for in assigning an RVU to a procedure. Give pause and think about the time and effort it takes to provide an excellent service to your patients before completing a survey. You have a voice, and the survey process is your stage to express and influence your concern toward the value of codes.

The ACCP is currently seeking volunteers to participate in a survey on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) (Current Procedural Terminology [CPT] code 31620). The online survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The window for completing the survey will begin on November 6, 2013, and will close on November 22, 2013.

If you have practice experience with EBUS and would like to participate in the survey, please contact JeAnna Stovall at jstovall@chestnet.org. Include "EBUS Survey" in the subject line; in the e-mail body, include your full name, practice address, telephone number (including area code), and e-mail address.

Have ever received a member survey from the ACCP and wondered what to do with it, or pondered why should you take valuable practice time filling it out? This message is for you, so keep reading.

When Medicare transitioned to a physician payment system based on the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS), the American Medical Association (AMA) convened a multispecialty committee known as the Relative Value Unit (RVU) Update Committee, or RUC. The RUC provides the medical community a voice in describing the necessary resources required in providing physician services to your patients. RUC recommendations are carefully considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in assigning values to physician services.

The RUC recommendations to CMS are made from an analysis of data collected via specialty society surveys of members, just like you. A specialty society, like the ACCP surveys their membership about various procedures in efforts to adequately evaluate the RVUs of physician work, direct practice expenses (clinical staff time, supplies, and equipment), and malpractice expenses. Surveys probe the level of physician physical effort, technical skill needed to perform service, time in providing service, mental effort, medical judgment, and stress. All of these factors have value and are accounted for in assigning an RVU to a procedure. Give pause and think about the time and effort it takes to provide an excellent service to your patients before completing a survey. You have a voice, and the survey process is your stage to express and influence your concern toward the value of codes.

The ACCP is currently seeking volunteers to participate in a survey on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) (Current Procedural Terminology [CPT] code 31620). The online survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The window for completing the survey will begin on November 6, 2013, and will close on November 22, 2013.

If you have practice experience with EBUS and would like to participate in the survey, please contact JeAnna Stovall at jstovall@chestnet.org. Include "EBUS Survey" in the subject line; in the e-mail body, include your full name, practice address, telephone number (including area code), and e-mail address.