As physicians, we spend our days caring for others. We advocate for our patients, keep up with an ever-changing health care landscape and work to provide the best possible care, often while navigating increasing demands on our time and resources.
That is why I am so thrilled to have helped launch the Your KMA Campaign: a commitment to making sure your professional association is working for you. Your KMA is about listening to what Kentucky physicians need and providing the resources, education, advocacy and support that help you thrive in medicine.
One of the most important ways we can support you is through practical and relevant education. Our Learn With Me series, moderated by KMA Past President Monalisa Tailor, M.D., is designed with that goal in mind: providing timely, physician-focused education that you can take back to your practice and put to work.
Our recent Learn With Me: All Things Billing is a perfect example. I highly recommend taking the time to view this CME offering through KMA’s enduring material page, available here. With the reality of declining reimbursements, we should make sure we receive credit for ALL of the work we do in direct patient care. This webinar provides billing codes and practical guidance that physicians can begin using immediately to get credit for work they are already doing. I was so impressed by the information provided and immediately implemented several of the tips into my own practice.
We all need to get smarter about billing, and this webinar offers useful information for both primary care and specialty physicians. That is what Your KMA should look like: resources that recognize the realities you face every day and give you tools you can use in your practice.
And there is more to come.
Our upcoming Learn With Me: Considerations of Diabetes, featuring Marisa Belcastro, M.D., on Nov. 19 will continue that focus on timely, clinically relevant education. Diabetes remains an important issue for physicians across specialties, and personally for so many of us, and this session will provide another opportunity to learn, earn CME and take practical information back to your patients.
I hope you will take advantage of these opportunities and continue to engage with Your KMA. Whether it is through CME, advocacy, professional development or simply having a stronger voice for physicians in Kentucky, KMA is here to support you.
Your KMA is your association. And we are committed to making sure it delivers value to you.