The AAMC Fee Assistance Program assists those who, without financial assistance, would be unable to apply to medical schools. Attendees will learn how medical school applicants can save over $2,000 through the Fee Assistance Program. This webinar will include the 2021 Fee Assistance Program benefits, eligibility requirements, and application process. There will be time for questions and answers.

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Sharifa Dickenson
AMCAS Operations Director

Sharifa Dickenson has been with the AAMC for over 7 years. As the AMCAS Operations Director, she oversees multiple facets of AMCAS including Document Processing, Verification, and the AAMC Fee Assistance Program.

Shannon Vines
AMCAS Document Processing Supervisor

Shannon Vines has been with the AAMC for over 14 years. As the AMCAS Document Processing Supervisor, she oversees the processing of both AMCAS and Fee Assistance documentation.

In these unprecedented times of COVID-19, what role can leaders in strategic planning, space planning, and workforce development have in fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)? As institutional budgets and priorities are shifting, keeping DEI efforts front and center has never been more important. Many institutional leaders have survived the current crises by staying nimble and responsive and are now turning their sights toward getting their institutions back on track in 2021. 

With this pivot toward the future, there is a great risk of backsliding on the gains achieved through focused DEI efforts over the past few decades. With institutional priorities unclear, space, financial, and workforce decisions are being made based on the bottom line, which is understandable, but can also open up the institution to recreating and redoubling biases that have taken years to correct. Through the perspectives of three leaders in space planning, strategic planning, and faculty affairs, respectively, this session will create a dialogue around how institutions can avoid losing ground on the DEI progress they’ve made to date in light of the pandemic’s challenges and aftermath.

Learning Objectives:
 
At the completion of the session, the learner will be able to:

1. Understand the business case and value of continuing to invest in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
2. Integrate DEI into their roles as space, strategic, or HR professionals.
3. Think creatively about how to foster equity-minded institutions through their operational, administrative and/or finance leadership roles. 

Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, FACP
Chief Faculty Development Officer, Baystate Health
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate
Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

Paul Spaulding
Senior Space Planner
Space Planning
University of Rochester Medical Center

Katy Stevenson, MPP
Program Administrator, Strategy, Planning and Development
Office of the CEO and Dean
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

The AAMC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE sponsors through its website:  www.nasbaregistry.org 

Attendance at this webinar – “How space, workforce and strategic planning leaders can keep an eye on diversity, equity and inclusion in the time of COVID-19" will provide 1 hour of Continuing Professional Education credits in the area of Business Management and Organization. The program level for this meeting is basic. The delivery method is group Internet Based. No prerequisites or advance preparation is required. Participation in this webinar is free.  For questions or complaints about CPE credit, please contact Heather Sacks at hsacks@aamc.org

At the completion of the session, the learner will be able to:

1. Understand the business case and value of continuing to invest in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
2. Integrate DEI into their roles as space, strategic, or HR professionals.
3. Think creatively about how to foster equity-minded institutions through their operational, administrative and/or finance leadership roles. 

Please note that you will be required to participate on this webinar for at least 50 minutes in order to receive the full CPE credit.

During this 60 minute webinar, AAMC staff will provide walk-throughs of AAMC's recently released hospital-specific reports: 

• CY2021 Medicare OPPS Final Rule Impact Report and 340B Payment Reduction Calculator
• CMS Most Favored Nation Model Impact Calculator
• AAMC Medicare Catchment Area Report 2021

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions once the presentation concludes

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Susan Xu
Director of Payment Policy Research & Analytics

Brooke Kelly
Senior Research Analyst

Yufei Li
Research Fellow

This webinar will review important dates, policies, resources, and updates, including how COVID-19 has impacted the admissions process. Attendees will hear from two AMCAS Advisory Committee members, a pre-health advisor and admissions officer, who will share their perspectives on the cycle, including how the pandemic has impacted experiences and alternative grading, and offer their recommendations for applicants.

This presentation will also address how to support your 2021 cycle applicants with the opening of the Choose Your Medical School (CYMS) tool on February 19. The webinar will highlight key milestones and timelines for both applicants and schools, as well as how to help applicants with navigating the tool throughout the admissions process. There will also be time for questions and answers.

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Patrick Fritz
Senior Director, AMCAS

PJ Kania
Director, AMCAS Product Management

Jason D’Antonio, PhD
Director, Health Professions Program, Carnegie Mellon University

Roopal V. Kundu, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

In this 75-minute webinar, we will discuss the results from the 2020 AAMC/SullivanCotter Survey on Physician Faculty Compensation Methodologies. This is the third survey conducted by the AAMC and SullivanCotter to help members understand how compensation methodologies for faculty physicians and community physicians employed by AMCs and Advanced Practice Providers are evolving. Organizational characteristics of participants will be provided and topics covered include an overview of work effort methodologies, market benchmarking and compensation strategies. Perspectives from AAMC member institutions will also be shared during this webinar.

Speakers:    

Ivy Baer, JD, MPH 
Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel Regulatory and Policy Group 
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)  

Darrell Allen Griffith, MPH, CMPE
Senior Associate Dean for Finance & Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Chief Operating Officer, MCV Physicians

Jason Tackett, MBA, MS 
Principal
Physician Workforce Solutions and Strategic Growth Leader
SullivanCotter

The AAMC Faculty Salary Survey (FSS) collects data on the total compensation of full-time medical school faculty broken out by rank, degree, department/specialty, school ownership, and region. In addition, the most recent iterations of the survey collect work RVU and clinical fund data for the second year in a row and race/ethnicity data for the first time this year. This 75-minute webinar will feature an overview of the FSS by AAMC staff on how to access the data, how to use the data, and other operational considerations. Following this overview, two institutions – the University of Minnesota Medical School and Wake Forest Baptist Medical School – will offer real-world examples of how they utilize the FSS data, including the creation of special reports that meet the specific needs of their institutions and their institutional leadership.

Dave Rickelton, Jr., MBA
Director, Clinical and Faculty Compensation
Wake Forest Baptist Health

Angie Simonson
Finance Director, Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota

Sarah Rogers, MS
Senior Research and Data Analyst
Association of American Medical Colleges

Stefanie Wisniewski, MPH, MSW 
Manager, Faculty and Compensation Data
Data Operations and Services
Association of American Medical Colleges

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program final rule that proposes changes to QPP policies for the 2021 performance year and beyond. The Association of American Medical Colleges and Vizient (CPSC) will be holding a webinar January 8, 2021 from 3:00-4:00pm EST to discuss aspects of the rule that are important for every faculty practice to understand. This webinar will focus on the Quality Payment Program portion of the rule, with a separate webinar to focus on the Physician Fee Schedule. Topics include proposed changes to MIPS category weights and performance threshold, changes to MIPS APM scoring, the new MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), the APP Performance Pathway, and changes to quality policies under the Medicare Shared Savings Program for ACOs, and others.  Join us as we identify the proposed changes in the rule and how they will affect your practice.

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Gayle Lee, JD
Director, Physician Payment & Quality (AAMC)

Gayle Lee is the Director of Physician Payment Policy and Quality at the Association of American Medical Colleges. Ms. Lee has an expansive background in health care law, regulation, advocacy, and policy. She is responsible for educating and advocating on federal regulations and policies that impact teaching hospitals and physicians.  Prior to joining AAMC, Ms. Lee served as Senior Director of Health Finance and Quality at the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) where her key areas of responsibility involved Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA and health care reform regulations impacting rehabilitation. Before APTA, Ms. Lee was the Assistant Counsel and Policy Coordinator at the American Rehabilitation Association where she worked on issues that affected rehabilitation hospitals and units.    Ms. Lee received her law degree at the Washington College of Law at the American University DC and completed her undergraduate work at Pennsylvania State University located in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Jenna Stern, JD
Senior Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Director (Vizient)

Jenna Stern currently serves as Vizient’s Senior Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Director. In this role, she identifies and responds to legislative and regulatory developments of most interest to Vizient’s members. Medicare reimbursement and drug policy are among the topics which Jenna focuses on at Vizient. Prior to joining Vizient, Jenna was the Director for Health Policy at the American Pharmacists Association and a senior associate with Avalere Health, a healthcare consulting firm in Washington, DC. In her previous roles, she specialized in regulatory affairs, strategy, policy and data analysis for life sciences, health plans and providers. Jenna has also worked at various non-profit organizations focusing on public health and patient advocacy. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (Hons.) from Brock University and a Juris Doctor with a concentration in health law from Case Western Reserve University. She is admitted to the Maryland bar.

Phoebe Ramsey, JD
Senior Regulatory Analyst (AAMC)

Phoebe Ramsey is a Senior Regulatory Analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) focusing on policy issues relating to hospital quality reporting and performance payment programs. She also provides insight and analysis on alternative payment models, with expertise in accountable care organizations (ACOs) and health information technology. Prior to joining the AAMC she led the Next Generation and Pioneer ACO Models at CMS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). She earned her law degree with honors from American University’s Washington College of Law and her bachelor’s degree with honors from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, majoring in history and political science. She is admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

In 2020, hybrid teaching became the new normal. What we experienced during the past months will impact how we teach medical curriculum for the next generation of medical students. In this session, our interdisciplinary group of a physician, medical simulation educator, instructional designer, Virtual Reality (VR) producer, and Medical Center Information Technology (MCIT) leader at NYU Grossman School of Medicine will share how they addressed new needs, adapted to changes, and planned the future of medical education with technology. Please join us to hear our perspective and share lessons learned about hybrid teaching technologies and digital learning strategies.

So-Young Oh, MS, MA
Assistant Director, Program for Digital Learning
Institute for Innovations in Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Sondra R. Zabar, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation
Director, Standardized Patient Program
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Gregory Dorsainville, MPS
Manager, VR/AR
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Additional Speakers

Violetta Kraja, MA
Senior Designer 3D, interactive videos, Program for Digital Learning
Institute for Innovations in Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Jillian Lieber, MA
Instructional Designer, Program for Digital Learning
Institute for Innovations in Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Matt Polaniecki, MS
Assistant Director, Educational Informatics
Institute for Innovations in Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program final rule that updates payment rates and polices for physicians and other health care professionals for 2021.  The Association of American Medical Colleges and Vizient (CPSC) will be holding a webinar on January 7, 2021 from 3:00-4:00pm EST to discuss aspects of the rule that are important for every faculty practice to understand. This webinar will focus on the Physician Fee Schedule portion of the rule, with a second webinar to cover the Quality Payment Program provisions. Topics include new 2021 payment rates, changes to evaluation and management payment and documentation policies, impact analyses for CPSC members, proposed changes to Medicare telehealth policies, discussion of COVID-19 public health emergency waivers and flexibilities that may become permanent, and others. Join us as we identify the proposed changes in the rule and how they will affect your practice.

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Gayle Lee, JD
Director, Physician Payment & Quality (AAMC)

Gayle Lee is the Director of Physician Payment Policy and Quality at the Association of American Medical Colleges. Ms. Lee has an expansive background in health care law, regulation, advocacy, and policy. She is responsible for educating and advocating on federal regulations and policies that impact teaching hospitals and physicians.  Prior to joining AAMC, Ms. Lee served as Senior Director of Health Finance and Quality at the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) where her key areas of responsibility involved Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA and health care reform regulations impacting rehabilitation. Before APTA, Ms. Lee was the Assistant Counsel and Policy Coordinator at the American Rehabilitation Association where she worked on issues that affected rehabilitation hospitals and units.    Ms. Lee received her law degree at the Washington College of Law at the American University DC and completed her undergraduate work at Pennsylvania State University located in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Jenna Stern, JD
Senior Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Director (Vizient)

Jenna Stern currently serves as Vizient’s Senior Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Director. In this role, she identifies and responds to legislative and regulatory developments of most interest to Vizient’s members. Medicare reimbursement and drug policy are among the topics which Jenna focuses on at Vizient. Prior to joining Vizient, Jenna was the Director for Health Policy at the American Pharmacists Association and a senior associate with Avalere Health, a healthcare consulting firm in Washington, DC. In her previous roles, she specialized in regulatory affairs, strategy, policy and data analysis for life sciences, health plans and providers. Jenna has also worked at various non-profit organizations focusing on public health and patient advocacy. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (Hons.) from Brock University and a Juris Doctor with a concentration in health law from Case Western Reserve University. She is admitted to the Maryland bar.

Greg Askin, MHA
Lead Analyst, Ambulatory and Physician Analytics (Vizient)

Greg is responsible for generating custom productivity and revenue cycle analyses, benchmarks, and operational services for physician group, service line, and departmental leaders who are member organizations of the Vizient-AAMC Clinical Practice Solutions Center® (CPSC).  In this role he works with faculty practice organizations to understand the impact of national regulations, fine-tunes benchmarks to assure relevance, and develops and interprets the annual Billing Office Survey to aid in improving billing office operations. He has been with Vizient and the CPSC since 2011. Previous experience includes working in Global Pharmacovigilance at Baxter International. Greg earned a master’s degree in Health Administration from Ohio University and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University.

During this 90 minute webinar, AAMC staff will present on hospital payment and quality provisions from CMS’s Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions once the presentations have concluded.

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Mary Mullaney
Director, Hospital Payment Policies

Andrew Amari
Hospital Policy an Regulatory Specialist

Phoebe Ramsey
Sr. Regulatory Analyst, Quality & Payment Policy