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Original Release Date: 9/11/2025
Expires: 10/31/2026

Credit claim for this activity will end at 11:59 PM 10.31.2026

Overview:  Making the Right Choice: Physician and APP Compliance Education is designed to strengthen understanding of compliance policies and compliance reporting options.

To educate physicians and APPs on important issues, the course features three risk-based topics that include fraud, waste and abuse; conflicts of interest/outside professional activities; and gifts and business gratuities.

A Resources section provides the learner with access to key documents, such as the Code of Conduct, as well as key BSWH policies and key content on BSWconnect.

The course also provides learners with an overview of the seven essential elements of a Compliance Program and details on how the Office of Corporate Ethics & Compliance supports each of them.

Participants are also required to answer all post-test questions correctly before receiving completion credit.

Target Audience:  Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, and Residents of the BSWH system.

For further study: 

Baylor Scott & White’s Code of Conduct and key policies – accessible via hyperlink within the Resources section of the training and on through BSWconnect (Baylor Scott & White’s intranet)

Objectives: After participating in this activity, the learner should be able to:

  • Emphasize the importance of ethical behavior and compliance with policies as well as the importance of utilizing available resources when faced with an ethical/compliance issue
  • Recognize/support the non-retaliation and non-retribution policy
  • Describe Provider and APP responsibilities as they relate to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Special Needs Plan

Planners/Authors: This activity was planned, reviewed, edited, and approved for use as the curriculum for the Baylor Scott & White Health organization by:

  • Margaret von Sehrwald
  • JoAnna Bennett
  • Amy Cornett
  • Vlad Edmondson
  • Michael Baumann
  • Karen Carney
  • John Gaetz
  • Ann Liberator
  • Alyssa Moore
  • Gaby Serrano
  • Kriss Gamez
  • Lisa Athens
  • Patricia Hubbard
  • Toni Aguilar
  • Rhonda Sedberry
  • Nickelette Alexander
  • Karen Jones
  • Dr. Alan Jones
  • Dr. Tim Bittenbinder
  • Nancy Vish
  • Vinai Mathew
  • Callie Wilde

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships:

  • This content is not related to products or business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company*.
  • There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible company for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.

*In the ACCME System (ineligible companies) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients

Method of Participation & Request for CME/MOC Credit:

  • Read all instructions and activity information
  • View the slides in their entirety
  • Complete the quiz/knowledge check within the module with % accuracy.
  • Instructions to evaluate and claim credit(s) for the activity will be provided on the final slide of the activity.
  • Post activity, click on the link to be taken to evaluation and credit claim for the course or follow the link sent in an email from [email protected] to complete all questions on the evaluation and claim credit.

This CME activity type is an enduring material.  Physicians who complete the enduring material may claim the full amount of credit designated for the activity, regardless of the amount of time it took the physicians to complete the activity.

CME:
Accreditation: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Meets Texas Requirements for 0.5 Ethics/Professional Responsibility Credit

ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

ABP MOC:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

ABS CC: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

MOC NOTE TO LEARNER:  By completing the credit claim process for MOC credit, you are giving the A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health your permission to transmit your completion data to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and to your certifying board(s).

Commercial Support:  No commercial support was received for this activity.