This is the first webinar of our five part series: “Let Data do the Talking: Effectively Using Tools for Quality and Cost Improvement.” The goal of these activities is to improve physician’s ability to balance economics and quality by increasing learner competence in identifying sources of quality data; analyzing data and organizing a quality improvement program around it; and using the methodology of continuous quality improvement to implement specific quality improvement projects.

Learn about innovative payment models currently being implemented.

Join ACC's PINNACLE Network and Imaging Council for a complimentary webinar to learn the following: Why accreditation is required for CMS and other health plans, the process and requirements for accreditation and re-accreditation, the importance of maintaining compliance and an overview of the new IAC (Intersocietal Accreditation Commission).

Join the experts as they discuss new developments in catheter ablation and its evolving role in the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation.

Please join PINNACLE Network for our first webinar of 2012!

The ACC and the International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research brings you the Innovation Institute's webinar series "DNA and RNA Biomarkers: Personalized Medicine in Everyday Practice" free of charge. This series of six one-hour webinars will help the cardiology clinician understand the role of genetic testing and its practical use in your daily practice. Join us for the sixth and final program in this series to learn how DNA biomarkers and genetic screening can be used in the setting of dilated cardiomyopathy.

The personalized medicine webinar series is sponsored by an educational grant from CardioDx.

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Join the experts as they discuss recent advances in anticoagulation and its role in the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation.

The PINNACLE Network will be sponsoring an All-Member Year-End Webinar on Thursday, December 1 from 7-8PM ET.

Gain knowledge of the many Cardiology code changes for 2012 from the experts that help create the CPT codes!

The ACC and the International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research brings you the Innovation Institute's webinar series "DNA and RNA Biomarkers: Personalized Medicine in Everyday Practice" free of charge. This series of six one-hour webinars will help the cardiology clinician understand the role of genetic testing and its practical use in your daily practice. Join us for the fifth program in this series to learn how DNA biomarkers and genetic screening can be used in the setting of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

The personalized medicine webinar series is sponsored by an educational grant from CardioDx.

ACC's PINNACLE Network and HIMSS are collaborating to present a new webinar, in addition to our "Business of Health" series. Jay Alexander, MD, FACC, a very engaging speaker from the ACC Informatics Committee, will join our Informatics Department to discuss the selection of an electronic health record (EHR). The objectives of the session are: 1) to help ACC members select an EHR that best fits their practice's needs; 2) understand how to evaluate whether a potential EHR will properly interface with other health information technology systems in the practice; 3) know where additional resources are located to assist with the selection process, including online resources and selection of consultants; and 4) define key data elements to an EHR for cardiology.

The ACC and the International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research brings you the Innovation Institute's webinar series "DNA and RNA Biomarkers: Personalized Medicine in Everyday Practice" free of charge. This series of six one-hour webinars will help the cardiology clinician understand the role of genetic testing and its practical use in your daily practice. Join us for the fourth program in this series to learn about using DNA biomarkers to identify individuals at risk for sudden cardiac death.

The personalized medicine webinar series is sponsored by an educational grant from CardioDx.

Is your office ready to transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10? Join Debra Mariani from ACC's Regulatory Affairs department to learn when and why we need to convert from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Debra will provide you with a timeline that you can use to keep you and your office staff on track with the transition, and provide updates on some of the most popular Cardiology diagnoses.

Your ACC has developed a practice-level solution for assessing, improving, and quantifying quality in cardiovascular practice. The Cardiology Practice Improvement Pathway (CPIP) is a performance assessment and improvement program that helps cardiologists learn about their practice patterns at the group level and understand how they compare to the quality goals and targets established by the ACC.

The ACC and the International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research brings you the Innovation Institute's webinar series "DNA and RNA Biomarkers: Personalized Medicine in Everyday Practice" free of charge. This series of six one-hour webinars will help the cardiology clinician understand the role of genetic testing and its practical use in your daily practice. Join us for the third program in this series to learn about Plavix/Clopidogrel Genetic Testing.

The personalized medicine webinar series is sponsored by an educational grant from CardioDx.

One of the themes the CQC will be discussing at its upcoming retreat is Maintenance of Certification and, in particular, how Quality and Education at ACC have and should interface in this area through Science and Quality’s projects, initiatives and priorities.

PQRI is now PQRS, but the name isn't the only thing that's changed! Join us for an informative webinar which will provide a brief overview of CMS' PQRS program, focusing on important program changes from 2010 to 2011.

The ACC and the International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research brings you the Innovation Institute's webinar series "DNA and RNA Biomarkers: Personalized Medicine in Everyday Practice" free of charge. This series of six one-hour webinars will help the cardiology clinician understand the role of genetic testing and its practical use in your daily practice. Join us for the second program in this series to learn about warfarin genetic testing.

The personalized medicine webinar series is sponsored by an educational grant from CardioDx.

Heard that your Medicare payments will be cut if you’re not e-prescribing soon? Afraid you’re leaving Medicare money on the table? Learn about Medicare incentive programs from the experts. This webinar will provide you with a high-level overview of three government incentive programs  designed to assist you in providing high quality patient care:

• E-prescribing Incentive Program
• Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (commonly referred to as Meaningful Use)
• Physician Quality Reporting System (formerly known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative or PQRI)

Join us for a primarily Q & A based webinar and have your questions about lab accreditation answered, as well as learn about a new electronic enrollment document CMS will require. Beginning January 1, 2012, suppliers furnishing the technical component (“TC”) of advanced imaging services must be accredited by a designated accreditation organization for purposes of reimbursement per the “Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” (MIPPA).

The ACC and the International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research brings you the Innovation Institute's webinar series "DNA and RNA Biomarkers: Personalized Medicine in Everyday Practice" free of charge. This series of six one-hour webinars will help the cardiology clinician understand the role of genetic testing and its practical use in your daily practice. Join us for the first program in this series to learn about the basics of genetic testing.

The personalized medicine webinar series is sponsored by an educational grant from CardioDx.

During this informative webinar, we will review the basics of the CMS PQRI incentive program, share some PQRI “lessons from the field” and walk you through the steps of using the PQRIwizard to submit data for 2010 PQRI.

Learn about the imaging lab accreditation requirements that take effect January 1, 2012, as well as the lab accreditation process from the perspectives of both the applicant and accrediting body.

Learn about the many Cardiology code changes for 2011 from the experts that help create the CPT codes!