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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Protecting What Matters: Identity Theft Awareness for the Medical Practice, Patients &amp; Staff (Thursday, July 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://mcms.org/resources/Pictures/Kinecta-Logo.svg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="219" height="67" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;Protecting What Matters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Identity Theft Awareness for the Medical Practice, Patients &amp;amp; Staff&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Protecting patient information is more critical than ever. Join Kinecta Federal Credit Union for an informative session designed to help medical practices strengthen security, reduce fraud risks, and protect both patient and financial data.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Learning Objectives:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Understand Identity Theft in Healthcare - Learn how identity theft occurs through both digital and face-to-face interactions.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Recognize Common Vulnerabilities - Identify risks such as phishing, weak authentication, human error, outdated technology, and document exposure.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Spot the Warning Signs - Understand red flags including suspicious requests, billing discrepancies, unauthorized access attempts, and inconsistent patient information.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Implement Prevention Best Practices - Strengthen identity verification procedures, password security, multi-factor authentication, and secure document handling.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Understand Staff Responsibilities - Learn how HIP AA compliance, vigilance, and proper reporting procedures help protect patient information.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Explore Kinecta Identity Theft Resources - Discover monitoring tools, alerts, recovery assistance, account protection features, educational resources, and financial protection solutions.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why Attend?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Protect patient and financial information&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Reduce fraud and identity theft risk&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Strengthen staff awareness and accountability&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Build a culture of security and compliance&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Learn practical strategies that can be applied immediately&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kinecta Federal Credit Union&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Helping members and healthcare professionals protect what matters most through education, prevention, monitoring, and recovery support.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mcms.org/event-6740379</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Extending Care Beyond the Office- What Happens after the Patient Leaves? (Tuesday, August 11, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0D004C" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extending Care Beyond the Office&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0D004C" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;You can create the Care Plan but what happens after the patient leaves?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Free for Members and Breakfast Provided!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://mcms.org/resources/Pictures/Extending%20Care%20Beyond%20The%20Office%20Med%20Society%20Cropped%20flyer.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mcms.org/event-6736493</link>
      <guid>https://mcms.org/event-6736493</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>OSHA Guidance for the Medical Practice- Morning Session (Thursday, August 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0D004C" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OSHA Guidance for the Medical Practice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Learn how OSHA standards help protect healthcare workers and patients while promoting a safer clinical environment. This course reviews key workplace safety regulations, common healthcare hazards, and compliance requirements to help reduce risk and improve patient care.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Understand OSHA’s role in healthcare safety&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Identify common workplace hazards and regulations&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Apply OSHA safety and reporting standards&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Promote a safer environment for employees and patients&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This course is suitable for practice administrators and medical office manager charged with establishing and enforcing OSHA and hazard communication standards in the medical office. It is also ideal for training new or established employees.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:4f4741a2-3839-4b08-9822-9439b2e125b1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flyer here!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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      <link>https://mcms.org/event-6709948</link>
      <guid>https://mcms.org/event-6709948</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Billing for Advanced Practice Providers - Afternoon Session-PMI (Thursday, August 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; line-height: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Billing for Advanced Practice Providers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reduce your audit risk and ensure compliant billing procedures for advanced practice provider (APP) services. This comprehensive course reviews Medicare and third-party payer guidelines for incident-to, shared/split, and APP billing, with practical guidance on documentation requirements, code selection, reimbursement rules, and complex billing situations. Participants will gain a stronger understanding of provider roles, scope of practice, and compliance requirements to support accurate claims submission and reduce under-coding and audit exposure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Topics include:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Incident-to, shared/split, and APP billing requirements for Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Documentation standards, E/M coding guidelines, code selection, and reimbursement considerations for provider-based and office-based settings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Scope of practice and billing guidance for APPs, NPs, PAs, RNs, CNMs, and CRNAs, including compliance topics such as the False Claims Act, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and fraudulent claims prevention&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ideal for billing professionals, coders, practice managers, compliance staff, and healthcare organizations working with APP reimbursement and Medicare billing requirements.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Digital materials are provided. Registrants will receive an email with a link to download the materials approximately 2 days before the training event.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://mcms.org/event-6709956</link>
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