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The schedule and speaker lineup for the third annual Wound Care Seminar, to be held Saturday, November 4, is now available on the OHFAMA website. The seminar, which offers 6 hours of Ohio Category 1 CME credits, will feature lectures on the hottest topics in Wound Care from leading experts in the field. |
Ohio students enrolled at Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM) will see a $13,866 decrease in tuition effective the 2024 spring semester. The change is a result of the state of Ohio providing $6.8 million in state funding through the 2024-25 state budget. |
OHFAMA has partnered with i3 Merchant Solutions to offer a credit card processing solution for member practices. i3 Merchant Solutions offers OHFAMA members payment processing, software, and hardware that helps you get paid faster, safer, and smarter. |
The Ohio Foot and Ankle Medical Association will hold an election for positions on its Board of Trustees during the Annual Business Meeting, which will take place Saturday, November 4 in Columbus. Interested members should email mmathy@ohfama.org to express their interest in running for one of the open positions. |
Registration for the third annual Wound Care Seminar and Annual Business Meeting is now open. Both events will take place Saturday, November 4 at the Embassy Suites - Columbus Airport. The Wound Care Seminar offers 6 hours of Ohio Category 1 CME credits and features lectures on the hottest topics in Wound Care from leading experts in the field. |
OHFAMA and APMA have been in touch with CGS regarding recoupment letters many members have received in recent weeks. CGS reviewed several claims submitted by OHFAMA members but have not provided a comprehensive list of reasons why podiatrists are receiving takeback letters. Members who’ve received letters from CGS are encouraged to continue to forward them, along with redacted EOBs, to OHFAMA headquarters. |
A CGS Local Coverage Determination (LCD) will place new limits on the use of skin substitutes for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers. The LCD, which becomes effective September 17, 2023, states “greater than four applications of a skin substitute graft or cellular and/or tissue-based products (CTP) within the episode of skin replacement surgery (defined as 12 weeks from the first application of a skin substitute graft or CTP)” are “not medically reasonable and necessary.” |
New funding for Kent State College of Podiatric Medicine and a 5% increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates for podiatrists are highlights of the state budget signed into law July 3 by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. |
Beginning on June 27, 2023, all Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)-registered practitioners must attest on the DEA registration form to their completion of the new one-time, eight-hour training requirement on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. |
The Ohio Senate’s version of the state budget bill released June 6 includes $3.4 million each fiscal year in State Share of Instruction funding for Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. If adopted, KSUCPM estimates Ohio’s in-state graduates would earn their degrees with a nearly 30% decrease in student debt. The funding would also open new research opportunities for KSUCPM students. |
Dr. Adam Thomas (center) opened Hilliard Family Podiatry with his wife, Dr. Jennifer Trinidad in 2016. Dr. Kartick Patel (left), who serves as Central Academy President, joined the practice in 2020. Dr. Thomas took over as OHFAMA president at the 2022 Annual Business Meeting in November. |
OHFAMA members approved two changes to the bylaws at the Annual Business Meeting that change the composition of the Board of Trustees.The change will provide each Academy with one trustee on the Board of Trustees and create two-at large trustee positions to be voted on by members at the Annual Business Meeting. |
OHFAMA members elected 2022-23 leaders at the Annual Business Meeting on November 19 in Columbus. Dr. Adam Thomas, who was sworn in as the new OHFAMA president, presented outgoing president Dr. Sarah Abshier with the Thomas J. Meyer Award to recognize her dedicated service to the association. |
Ohio Republicans maintained their stronghold on controlling Ohio’s legislative and statewide offices, sweeping to victories in all five statewide offices, increasing their supermajorities in both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate, maintaining control of the state Supreme Court, and keeping the US Senate seat of the retiring Rob Portman. |
The second annual Wound Care Seminar will take place Saturday, November 19 at the Embassy Suites Columbus (Airport). |
The second annual Wound Care Seminar will take place Saturday, November 19 at the Embassy Suites Columbus (Airport). |
The OHFAMA Annual Business Meeting will take place Saturday, November 19 at 2:30 p.m. in Columbus at the Embassy Suites Columbus - Airport. |
