The Clinical Neurophysiology Section involves the assessment of function of the central and peripheral nervous system for diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disorders.
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Gloria Galloway, MD, FAANChair |
Meg MorrisAccounting Managermmorris@aan.com (651) 695-2753 |
Early registration discounts end March 28, 2012, and the housing deadline is March 21, 2012. (January 19, 2012)
Seizures and seizure disorders are common in people infected with HIV, with more than one in 10 patients experiencing seizures. (January 4, 2012)
Marc Nuwer, MD, summarizes the 2012 coding changes. (December 2, 2011)
We had a wonderful meeting in Honolulu with several excellent clinical neurophysiology presentations and warm sunny weather to enjoy. Thank you to all who attended the venues, meetings and sessions and to those who could not but continue to actively participate in email discussions and attend to our webpage community nevertheless. (May 13, 2011)
In this and future issues of the AAN Clinical Neurophysiology website we will highlight papers of interest to neurophysiology. (April 21, 2011)
The American Academy of Neurology has developed quality measures to help measure and improve the care of patients with epilepsy. (April 2, 2011)
CPT codes changes will be effective in January 2011. Four changes affect Clinical Neurophysiology or related Neuromuscular services. (April 2, 2011)
If you are planning to apply for renewal of your ABPN board certification this year, and will be taking the exam in 2011, you will also need to have completed 150 hours of CME credits and one self-assessment activity. (April 2, 2011)
The Medical Economics and Management Committee of the AAN recently completed work to develop a medical policy for the use of MEG in clinical practice. (April 2, 2011)
The Academy's Payment Policy Subcommittee, chaired by Joel M. Kaufman, MD, FAAN, is being increasingly invited to submit comment on medical policies from a variety of payers, including United Health Care and WellPoint. (April 2, 2011)
LAB-EEG & LAB-NIOM Accreditation
The American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET) created the Laboratory Accreditation Board for EEG Laboratories (LAB-EEG Board) five years ago. The mandate for this board was to create a system for accrediting EEG laboratories that produce technically high quality EEGs. Included in the criteria for accreditation is adherence to national standards for EEG acquisition established by the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and certification of technologists. This program has been highly successful, with over 54 laboratories having been accredited to date. These include laboratories in university and non-university based hospitals and private practice offices. Recently the US News and World Report ranking of pediatric hospital neurology and neurosurgery programs started asking whether hospital EEG laboratories were accredited by LAB-EEG. Such accreditation has the potential of enhancing the hospitals standing in this rating.
Because of the rapid proliferation of neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring (NIOM) services in hospitals, ABRET created the LAB-NIOM Board to establish criteria for accrediting hospital based NIOM laboratories. The LAB-NIOM Board started accrediting hospital based laboratories in 2009. To date, nine laboratories have been accredited. Among the accreditation requirements are the availability of appropriately trained physician interpreters, technologists, and other personnel and equipment necessary for the successful operation of such a laboratory.
LAB-EEG and LAB-NIOM accreditation information can be found on the ABRET website. Additionally, criteria required to become an accredited NIOM laboratory is also available on the website. Both accreditations require completion of an application, and neither requires a site visit. Persons or hospitals interested in LAB-EEG or LAB-NIOM accreditation can obtain additional information from the ABRET website.
Aatif M. Husain, MD
LAB-NIOM Chairman
