Resources
Request For CECH (CME) Letter & Radiography Certificate Copies
Requests for replacement letters and certificates from the NYSPMA office will incur a $10 administration fee per document. Please note we only hold copies for 4 years, including the current year. For example, in 2017 we will not have copies for years before 2016. Contact Kaitlin Walter at kwalter@nyspma , be sure to include your full name, the year, and whether you are requesting a CECH Letter or Radiography Certificate. Requests will take 5-7 business days to be fulfilled. Requests will not be taken over the phone.
A Path toward Value Based Payment
The State of New York (the State) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reached agreement on a groundbreaking waiver that allows the State to invest eight billion dollars for comprehensive Medicaid delivery and payment reform through a Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. The DSRIP program promotes community-level collaborations and aims to reduce avoidable hospital use by 25 percent over five years while financially stabilizing the State’s safety net.
Corporate Compliance Manual For Podiatric Practices
APMA partnered with attorneys at Ober | Kaler to create a Corporate Compliance Manual for APMA members.
Informed Consent Tips for Podiatrists
This page provides informed consent tips for podiatrists. It also includes a sample informed consent form.
Legal Resource Manual
NYSPMA is pleased to offer the NYSPMA Legal Resource Manual for Members.pdf as an exclusive benefit to our Membership. Please click the link to view the document; to download a copy and navigate the links, press Ctrl+S or choose download from beneath the File menu. This document is not for distribution and neither it nor the link should be provided to any other party.
Medicare Shared Savings Program Quality Measure Benchmarks
This document describes methods for calculating the quality performance benchmarks for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that are participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) and presents the benchmarks for the 33 quality measures for the 2014 and 2015 quality reporting years. This document also reviews the quality performance thresholds and scoring, as described in the Shared Savings Program regulations.
NYS Required Courses for License Renewal
CME Online Library
NYSPMA members can access courses for free through CME Online
- New York State Approved Infection Control Course
- HIPAA Update
- Blood Borne Pathogen Training
- Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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NYSPMA HEDIS Project: Podiatry as a Partner in Primary Care
NYSPMA has long maintained that podiatry is well positioned to partner with primary care to provide prevention and screening services to prevent disease, improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs. Healthcare delivery is being increasingly evaluated by clinical practice measurements. One such measurement is called a HEDIS measurement.
Opioid Training Course
Prescribers can fulfill the mandate by completing a free, comprehensive course covering the eight required topic areas, sponsored by NYSDOH, from the University at Buffalo. The previous two-part program has been updated in 2023 into one comprehensive new program.
The complete course can be accessed at: Opioid Prescriber Education Program - School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - University at Buffalo.
If you would like to take the course elsewhere, the course can be taken anywhere in the USA as long as it is accredited by one of the organizations below.
- Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
- The American Dental Association's Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP)
- The Academy of General Dentistry's Program Approval for Continuing Education (AGD PACE)
- The New York State Dental Association (NYSDA)
- American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)
- Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME)
- The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM)
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
- New York State Education Department
Population Health Improvement Program
The New York State Department of Health’s Population Health Improvement Program (PHIP) promotes a Triple Aim –better care, better population health and lower health care costs –by selecting regional contractors to provide a neutral forum for identifying, sharing, disseminating and helping implement best practices and strategies to promote population health and reduce health care disparities in their respective regions.
The New York State Health Care Provider Database
With support from the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth), HealtheConnections Health Planning undertook a planning project to assess the feasibility of making a statewide health care provider database a reality. Such a database could be instrumental in ensuring the best use of resources to achieve the maximum impact on reducing costs and improving service delivery throughout the State.
The database is envisioned to incorporate all licensed New York State health care providers (approximately 100,000–120,000 individuals), offer information that is modifiable and validated, and give users the ability to provide real-time feedback on accuracy of the information.
