Does anyone know more about this? Elizabeth H. Thiers, OTR/L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: __________ >AOL Email > Good Morning everyone - received the following from out OT forum president which she received from the Florida OT lobbyist - thought you may be interested in reading - make sure you read all the way to the end to read what he sent. Denise > > Greetings all fellow OT Forum members, >I have been very busy this Fall and have not had the time to put together a >meeting or continuing ed class for us all. If any one or a group of you >would like to take this opportunity to do so, it would be appreciated by the >rest of us I'm sure. If no one steps forward, I'll schedule a meeting the >next free opportunity that I have. In the meantime I do hear from our >lobbyist when something arises that is of importance to us all. >I am forwarding his information on a new system that MQA have decided to >use to track our continuing ed credits. PLEASE READ IT. It has not been >implemented for us yet. You can get back to me or FOTA (Karen Clayton, or >Maria Hinds) with your comments, concerns etc. It is really wonderful to >have Larry forward this info to us so we hear of it as it's happening. In >order that he not be swamped with emails from each of us, I will send our >concerns on to Karen Clayton, or Maria Hinds as the appropriate go betweens >for us. >As always, Yours in OT--- Mary BalkcomKEEP READING-SCROLL DOWN > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Larry Gonzalez" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:19 PM >Subject: New MQA CE tracking: trick or treat? > > > Hi to all, > > I attended the introductory session/demonstration yesterday on CE > Broker, the new system the Medical Quality Assurance folks have decided > to use for tracking continuing education by health care professionals. > > MQA contracted for this pursuant to legislation that mandates that they > implement an electronic continuing education tracking system. When it > is fully implemented in the next few months, it will communicate with > MQA's licensing system and will block the renewal of any licensee who > has not completed the CE required for their profession. So, there will > no longer be any discipline meted out to licensees for failing to > satisfy CE requirements; they simply won't be able to renew their > license until it is satisfied. > > You can access the system online at www.cebroker.com to learn more. > There is a box near the top right-hand side of the homepage that reads: > > "EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS > Online registration available > Nov. 7th. For more info, click > here to view Welcome to > Educational Providers Demo." > > If you click where it says "click here," you'll get a 4-minute audio > overview which they played for us at the demo yesterday. > > This system will initially cost CE providers $250/year or > $500/biennium. If that's not bad enough, the burden also falls on the > CE providers to enter all the data into the system regarding each > licensee who earns credit at their courses. And the system has no way > for providers to upload this data--it must all be key-stroked in. But > wait . . . it get's worse . . . it must be entered within 5 days after > course completion! (How fast does Derek type?) > > Licensees will have the option of subscribing to the system for a fee > of $17.50/year or $34.50/biennium. For this fee they would be able to > check the status of their compliance and check available courses, dates > and locations which providers must post on the system. > > Providers are to begin registering with CE Broker on November 7, 2003, > and can publish notice of their courses on the system at that time. > Health care licensees can also begin subscribing on November 7. The > first profession to have their CE credits reported to CE Broker will be > Speech Pathologists beginning January 1, 2004. Licensees of that > profession who subscribe are also scheduled to have access to their CE > transcript and course offerings at that time. At the beginning of the > next renewal cycle of each of the remaining professions, CE credits will > start being reported by providers for that profession. > > If this new system is implemented as planned, it is going to have a > huge impact on the workload of associations that provide CE courses. > Several of the lobbyists who attended the meeting yesterday, myself > included, will be meeting next Tuesday morning to talk about options > that may be available to delay or alter it so as to be less onerous. > Please let me know of any unique problems this may pose to FOTA. > > Larry > > > > ************************************** > Lawrence A. Gonzalez, Esq. > Messer, Caparello amp; Self, P.A. > 215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 701 > Tallahassee, FL 32301 > Direct phone: 850-425-5202 > Fax: 850-224-4359 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *************************************** > > > > > Denise > >
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