Medical Practice Management
Online CME
Are you a practice owner or thinking of becoming one? This course offers insight gleaned from experienced practice owners to set you on a successful path to ownership.
Learn important business skills not covered in medical school rotations, such as:
- How to start or exit a practice
- Credentialling
- Regulatory and legal issues
- How to lead a team
- Payment models
- Practice enhancements
- Building community relationships
AAFP Member: $345
New Physician: $295
Student or Resident: $225
Other Health Care Professional: $345
Nonmember: $445
Avoiding Burnout
Jason Marker, MD, MPA, FAAFP
Credentialing Basics and the Importance of Maintaining Documented Proficiencies
David Schultz, MD, FAAFP
Credentialing in the Real World
Thomas Kintanar, MD, FAAFP
Direct Payer Model vs. Traditional Practice
Tiffany Leonard, MD
DPC Saved Me (and My Career): What is Direct Primary Care?
Jeff Davenport, MD
Employee Support/Managing Small Teams
Tiffany Leonard, MD
Leading Effective Teams
Erin Fajen, MEd; Jason Marker, MD, MPA, FAAFP
Legal and Regulatory Issue Spotting
Phil Eskew, DO, JD, MBA
Managing Local and Community Relationships
Jason Marker, MD, MPA, FAAFP
Marketing Your Practice
David Schultz, MD, FAAFP
Optimizing Care Coordination Services to Transition to Value-Based Payment
Jennifer McKenney, MD, FAAFP
Practice Management and Enhancement
Jason Marker, MD, MPA, FAAFP
Taking a Contracts Checklist Approach & Highlighting the Fine Print
Phil Eskew, DO, JD, MBA
The Development Stages of Creating a Street Medicine Program
James Withers
Using Data to Care for Populations
Lelin Chao, MD
Upon completion of this CME activity, you should be able to:
- Examine the factors to consider when starting, growing, sustaining, and selling a practice.
- Describe common pitfalls in practice management and how to avoid them.
- Compare and contrast different payment and alternative practice models.
- Gain skills in various practice management techniques to sustain and enhance a family medicine practice.
- Gain skills in how to hire, support, grow, and manage employees and managing small care teams.
- Identify your practice’s role in building relationships with other community health leaders, volunteers, city government, among others.
- High-speed broadband connection required for online access.
- Latest version of Firefox, Safari, or Chrome on Windows or Macintosh computers or tablets.
- Latest version of Adobe Reader.
The AAFP has reviewed Medical Practice Management and deemed it acceptable for up to 12.5 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 5/16/2024 to 5/16/2027. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this Enduring Materials for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.