The Scope E-Newsletter April 2009

The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (ACME) will present a two-session webinar series, "Legal Issues Impacting CME," May 14 and May 28, at 2 p.m. Both webinar sessions will be broadcast in the UT Graduate School of Medicine Preston Medical Library conference room.

Made available by the Graduate School of Medicine Office of the Dean, all Graduate School of Medicine faculty, staff, residents and fellows; University of Tennessee Medical Center physicians and staff; and all partners with an interest in CME legal issues are invited to view these webinars at no cost.

Session I, "Federal (FDA, HHS, OIG) and State Regulation of Certified CME," May 14, will be presented by John Kamp, JD, PhD, Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Communication.

Session II, "The Stark Truth," May 28, will be presented by Arnold Friede, JD, Counsel, McDermott Will & Emory LLC, and Barbara Huffman, MEd, FACME, CME Manager, Carle Foundation Hospital.

This series is designed to update CME providers and commercial company representatives on the current legal issues that impact CME; review and discuss the implications from the current legal issues for all CME stakeholders; and outline what CME stakeholders, particularly CME providers, must do to comply with the legal regulations that impact CME.

For more information or to register, contact Communications and Outreach at 305-9190 or cme@utmck.edu.