Accreditation:       

The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

The Obesity Medicine Association designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Discuss billing according to evaluation and management terminology.
Provide an overview of billing for obesity medicine services.
Review use of preventative services counseling codes for obesity.
Demonstrate examples of obesity medicine documentation across primary care and specialty care settings.
Review use of Medicare Intensive Behavior Therapy codes for obesity.
Review the Affordable Care Act mandated screening and treatment of obesity, including coding and documentation requirements.
Review the Medicare Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity, who is eligible to participate, and the coding and documentation requirements.
Learn how to use incident-to billing as a means to provide efficient and cost-effective obesity services in a busy practice setting.
See examples of obesity medicine documentation.
Review Evaluation and Management (E/M) guidelines.
Discuss the role of Medicare Chronic Care Management services in the treatment of obesity as a model of chronic disease.
Learn how to apply these principles in both primary care and specialist settings.
Learn how to apply these principles with both obesity visits and obesity-related visits, such as visits for diabetes, CVD, etc.