Philadelphia Neurological Society

Philly Neuro Society's last lecture is available for viewing and you can earn 1 free CME credit. You do not need to be a member, but would love it if you were Dr. Roy Hamilton from UPENN, Cogntive Behavioral Neurologist and Dean for Diversity and Inclusion spoke about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Neurology. https://www.phillyneuro.org/video-archive

If interested in learning more about jobs in Teleneuro, check out Women’s neurology Group virtual Teleneuro Career Fair with representatives from SOC, NeuroX and Telespecialists https://us02web.zoom.us//tZAocu-gqjwoHNY9JEE9tksb8568huKvL

And that's a wrap - virtual MDS 2020 in the bag...now to go back and view all the on demand content the rest of the week. Really well done! Free to register till FRIDAY (they extended) and free on demand/non cme content till 10/1!... virtual.mdscongress.org

Hi All...The MDS Congress is open and free! If you want to check it out register at mdscongress.org and download the mdscongress app. One thing I would definitely check out, movement specialist or not, resident or attending, is the MDS Video challenge tomorrow night! Therapeutic plenaries today are about PD motor and no motor symptoms.

For those asking to see Dr. Paul Offit's talk about Covid Vaccines given at the Philadelphia Neurological Society last week - here is the link! [https://www.phillyneuro.org/video-archive](https://www.phillyneuro.org/video-archive)

Link information for our kick off meeting: Date: 09/2/2020 @ 6pm (please log in 15 minutes prior to start) Topic: Making a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed presented by Dr. Paul Offit ... Web Access Here: https://Jefferson.zoom.us/j/95914282905 Audio Dial In Access: 1 646 876 9923 | meeting ID 959 1428 2905 | Passcode 905493

Hi All - 2020 season is upon us and not even a pandemic can stop the longest running neurological society - here is this year's agenda! Meetings will be via zoom - link to follow. Sept. 2 Dr. Paul Offit (CHOP) Making a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Warp Speed Oct. 7 Dr. Roy Hamilton (PENN) Diversity in Neurology Nov. 11 Dr. Stephen Brem (PENN) - Impact of CONNECTOMICS on Glioma Surgery and Clinical Neurosciences... Dec. 2 Dr. Lindsay Higdon (JEFF) Autoimmune Epilepsy Jan. 6 Neuro Bowl Feb. 3 Dr. Lara Jehi (Cleveland Clinic), Understanding Impact of Outcomes Research March 3 Dr. Dani Basset (PENN) Neuroscience of Consciousness April 7 - Dr. Paul Matthew (Harvard/Brigham) MOC/Burnout See more

Anyone interested in FND - there is a free webinar tomorrow through the FNDsociety. You can register from homepage - they are free and they are excellent! https://www.fndsociety.org/

AAN has announced an update on parity for video and phone encounters. Please see the announcement below from Neil Busis on behalf of the AAN : CMS announced on April 30 that Medicare will pay the same for telephone evaluation and management (E/M) visits as other E/M visits. The payments are retroactive to March 1. Some of the commercial insurances are doing this as well. The AAN and other organizations advocated for this policy. Why is this important? In order to provide ca...re for patients safely during the public health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, patients and physicians and other qualified health care professionals (QHPs) should be geographically separated from one another whenever possible. The best alternative to an in-person encounter is a synchronous real-time two-way interactive audio and video visit. However, some patients cannot participate in these telehealth encounters. Some don't have the proper devices. Some don't have a sufficient broadband connection. Some can't operate the software or hardware. For these patients, telephone visits are the best alternative. It is fortunate that CMS now helps ensure health care access to all patients by reimbursing all these visit types at the same rates. Traditionally, patients have not been billed for telephone calls by physicians and other QHPs. During the public health emergency, though, patient care must be provided remotely if possible. Patients should be informed that they will be billed for E/M services by physicians and other QHPs by whatever method is most suitable for the patient. Telephone calls that do not include E/M services will not be billed, such as scheduling and medication refill requests. Calls by QHPs must reach or exceed 5 minutes to be billable, and the total time must be documented. The reimbursement rates for billing telephone E/M services closely match those of level 2-4 established outpatient visits (see below). Since the code numbers have not changed, physicians do not need to change any existing workflows. Telephone codes are determined by time. The table shows a comparison with outpatient E/M codes. Telephone Codes 99441 5-10 minutes 99442 11-20 minutes 99442 21-30 minutes You can read more at: https://www.cms.gov//summary-covid-19-emergency-declaratio https://www.aan.com//practic/telemedicine-and-remote-care/ https://www.cms.gov//trump-administration-issues-second-ro

Update from PNS! Hope you are are doing well. We are planning our 2020 sessions to start Wednesday, September 2nd at the College of Physicians. If we need to transition to a virtual meeting we will do so and let our members know in ample time. We are working on inviting speakers and as soon as we have confirmation we will post the 2020-2021 agenda. Until then please save these dates for either in person or virtual meetings.... September 2, 2020 October 7, 2020 November 11, 2020 December 2, 2020 January 6, 2021 February 3, 2021 March 3, 2021 April 7, 2021 May 7, 2021 (Banquet) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Please also visit the PNS website www.phillyneuro.org and click on the confrences tab - we will be updating a list of all the local, regional, national and international conference that are offering virtual participation. If you know of a conference not on the list, please comment below and we will add it. Stay well and see you in September! Dr. Jill Farmer PNS President

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