Join Your Colleagues in Kiawah Island for the 2024 SCOA Annual Meeting

Seek clinical and professional excellence alongside your colleagues in Kiawah Island! The SCOA Annual Meeting taking place August 1-3, 2024, features dynamic keynotes, member talks, research presentations, as well as the opportunity to reconnect with your peers from across the state.

The 2024 gathering features Steven L. Frick, MD, and Milt Lowder, PhD.

Dr. Frick is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatric Endocrinology (Courtesy) and Vice Chairman – Education at Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.

Dr. Lowder serves as the Sport Psychologist for the Clemson University Athletic Department, where he works with student-athletes, teams, and coaches to improve their performance. 

Members are encouraged to register early and book their lodging using our group rate. The room block expires June 30, 2024, but we expect the block to sell out well before that deadline. 

Notice: Reporting of MOC Credit

Many specialty Boards will allow their diplomates to self-report the credit earned. However, the DCMA is required to report the MOC credit claimed for the following boards using the diplomate’s Board ID # and Date of Birth (month and day): Anesthesiology, Pathology, Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Thoracic Surgery. This information must be supplied accurately on the evaluation form to ensure credit can be reported.

The DCMA is unable to report MOC credit claimed for the following boards that no longer offer self-reporting at this time: Internal Medicine, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, and Pediatrics.

By claiming the MOC credit on the Evaluation form, you are giving the DCMA permission to use this information/data to report your participation to these Boards via the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

ABOS MOC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit.

Join Us for an Upcoming Webinar

Prior Authorizations in 2024

Thursday, May 2nd | 1:00 PM (ET)

Prior Authorization Automation is a game-changer that simplifies the procedure of obtaining prior authorization for appointments, treatments, consultations, and other medical processes. With prior authorization automation service, healthcare facilities can submit prior authorization requests electronically, thereby reducing the time and effort involved in the process. The automation process also ensures that all the necessary information is included in the request, reducing the likelihood of errors and delays.

• What is an automated authorization vs. service offering?
• Onshore vs. offshore
• Is there a better way to obtain and retrieve an authorization?
• Does it cost me over $13 today to do an auth in my office?
• What does the CAQH latest stats say about authorizations?
• How do I connect the solution to my system?
• What do authorizations cost to do with software vs. outsourcing?
• So many changes are being discussed, what should I do?

The webinar is a free educational offering for our members.

Please follow the instructions to register for the event.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing information about joining the webinar. If you don't see the email within 24 hours of registering, please check your spam folder.

The Change Healthcare Cyberattack: Lessons for Data Security

Content via Medical Economics:

The increasing complexities of modern health care make keeping critical IT systems up and running more crucial than ever. Considering the growing dependence of health systems on connected technology, coupled with the wide-ranging impact of cyber intrusions, health care must take cybersecurity seriously. Click here to read the full article.

Combatting Burnout: 5 Steps to Improve Employee Satisfaction in a Medical Practice

Content via Medical Economics:

Health care providers and practice administrators continue to struggle with elevated levels of work-related stress, leading to high turnover rates that are detrimental to patient outcomes and the financial stability of private practices. To read the article, click here.

Send in a One-Paragraph Summary about a Book that Has Shaped You as a Leader!

Read a book that was meaningful to your professional journey? Share it with your colleagues! Book recommendations will be featured in the monthly e-newsletter. This is a special opportunity to help support the growth of your peers and have your writing featured.

Summaries can be sent to Sarah Thompson.

Past Recommendations Include:

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks
• The Powerful Purpose of Introverts: Why the World Needs YOU to be YOU by Holly Gerth
• Leading with Your Upper Brain: How to Create the Behaviors That Unlock Performance Excellence by Michael E. Frisina, PhD, and Robert W. Frisina, MA
• Give and Take by Adam Grant
• The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni
• The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
• Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact by Liz Wiseman

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
• What Exceptional Leaders Know & Exceptional Leaders Playbook by Tracy Spears and Wally Schmader
• Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
• The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
• Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
• The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
• The Power of Moments by Chip & Dan Heath

SC Orthopaedic Practice Administrators, Ortho Service Line Directors, and emerging leaders in both private and hospital settings are encouraged to join the Southeastern Association of Orthopaedic Executives (SAOE).

SAOE offers ortho practice leaders from South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and learn from one another. SAOE membership and attendance at the annual meeting is an affordable and sound investment in your administrative team members.