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Just curious as to who is putting on CME meetings at their state society meetings and who is not. What I've discovered is that ASCO providing us free CME was quite a bargain. It is now costing me $1,000 per credit hour plus other expenses and I'm using Tulane University for it. I shopped around before working with them and am happy with their services, but since it is getting much harder to get grants for CME conferences, adding that extra expense can break a budget. I've also noticed that companies are now requiring that the CME accrediting provider must pursue the grant and the joint sponsoring society can't do it for them. That requires additional $$$ out of the society budget.
I'd appreciate hearing how others are handling CME and meetings.
Thanks,
MJ
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Hi Lori,
We have designated grant funds which must have an LOA signed by 3 parties: the society, the CME provider, and the company.
It is getting harder to get grants for meetings. Exhibit fees are separate and can be used for non CME parts of the meeting - like food. Corporate memberships, I think, should be considered as funding from the society rather than from whomever you got the money from. It sounds like you are making it harder on yourself by having corporate members who must also sign CME forms and/or Letters of Agreement for the meeting.
I hope this helps. If not, please give me a call at 918-261-8951.
Thanks,
MJ
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Hi Mary Jo,
Curious of how do you differentiated the CME part in your budget? I tried floating this idea by last year's joint sponsor with little success....almost all of our funding is exhibit fees or corporate membership, and this is problematic with the joint sponsor....
I feel like I'm running out of options!
Thx,
Lori
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Thank you! What I'm finding is that the physicians can get CME easily from lots of sources. PA's and NP's are the ones who seem to really want the credit, but every state society is different in their meeting requirements.
With Tulane the exhibitors have to sign Tulane's paperwork before they can exhibit. We try to get educational grants for the CME part, rather than using corporate memberships unless we can't get other funding.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if I never had to go through the paperwork nightmare again! It seems like it only gets worse as the months and years go by...
MJ
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Hi Mary Jo,
NNECOS has still provided CME, but it has been very difficult. We worked with a university in our region for 2009 and had some serious bumps and bruises along the way, almost ending up without credit in the hours before our meeting (literally). I sat down with university leadership last week to talk about 2010 and it is still to be determined if we can work together this year.
The docs on our board are adamant that CMEs must be offered, but finding a way to do that since the relationship with ASCO ended has been problematic. While the local university was relatively inexpensive (set fee, plus % of educational grants, plus certificate fees), the areas of focus in the process are quite different than when working with ASCO, with a particular problem being that corporate members are being asked to sign papers tying funds directly to CME activity. We're actively searching for Plans B and C in the event that we don't come to an agreement. They have flat out told me that it's not about the integrity of our planning process or the educational content of our meeting, but rather about red flags in our "file" when they undergo re-accreditation with ACCME.
Lori
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