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The CME certification powers-that-be go after the other big dog in Integrative Medicine

The CME certification powers-that-be go after the other big dog in Integrative Medicine

The original version of this Post incorrectly stated that IFM’s CME status was revoked by the ACCME. THAT WAS INCORRECT! Sorry about that. However, the highly respected Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has had some issues with its CME course accreditation, via the Family Practice physicians’ group. It’s complicated, so see my post at: http://wp.me/p7pwQD-d3 Previously, the ACCME had initiated revocation proceedings against other organizations. See:http://wp.me/p7pwQD-9q The ACCME has taken on the other big dog in the IM (Integrative Medicine)…

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A Bad Decision on IFM’s CME battle

A Bad Decision on IFM’s CME battle

I’ve previously discussed the ongoing efforts by the AACME (the main CME accrediting agency) to revoke the CME granting status of various unnamed integrative medical groups. See post at: http://wp.me/p7pwQD-9q But the ACCME isn’t the only organization which grants CAM groups CME course accreditation. The AAFP (American Association of Family Practitioners) does also. The AAFP used to give the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) CME status for all its courses. But that changed in 2014 when its CME status was…

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A Bad Day for CAM and patients: First CAM Group Caves-in to ACCME’s Extortion/Re-education

A Bad Day for CAM and patients: First CAM Group Caves-in to ACCME’s Extortion/Re-education

Regrettably, members of a heretofore prominent CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) physician group who attended its 2016 conference will soon be advised that they received “invalid information” from several of the lecturers, and that the incorrect information should not be used to make clinical recommendations. The “incorrect” information comes from some of the most respected, best credentialed and most published practicing physicians and educators in the CAM field. Because I was given this information in confidence, I cannot reveal the…

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The Next Big CAM Battle is Here and it’s Ugly

The Next Big CAM Battle is Here and it’s Ugly

CAM or integrative medicine doctors have had their problems with the state medical boards. And CAM organizations have had their run-ins with governmental agencies. However, the groups have always survived in large part because they have had a steady income from membership dues and from their annual conferences, where their members learn the latest and greatest from their thought leaders. But the CAM organizations’ income stream is now in jeopardy, and thus so is their existence, based on what looks…

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