APMA News NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 10 MIPS PENALTY Features Departments MIPS: Every APMA Member Can Avoid a Penalty with the APMA Registry 6 35 46 52 54 54 President's Message 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 64 65 66 66 68 75 78 79 82 Cosponsors to HELLPP Act 14 APMA REGISTRY Special Section: APMA Thanks Its Extraordinary Corporate Supporters 34 2018 Call for Abstracts 36 The Future is Now at the 2017 Young Physicians' Institute 40 Diabetes Awareness Month Campaign Materials Available Year-Round 42 State Component Self-Assessment Survey: Grassroots Advocacy 44 Welcome Heather Stagliano, OTR/L, DHSc, New CPME Director 46 APMA Headquarters Sale Terminated 48 Update on APMA Scope-of-Practice Advocacy Initiatives 50 Updated List of Seal Holders 67 In Memoriam: Jerry D. Brant, DPM 8 APMA News November/December 2017 Seeking Award Nominations Resolutions Submissions Deadlines Reimbursement Federal Advocacy Forum Credentials Certificates for 2018 House of Delegates Cosponsors to VA Provider Equity Act Report from the APMAPAC Chair Coverage Corner IT Consultant Inside APMA's Social Media On the Road with APMA CPME Update In Short Affiliates Corner Worthy of Note New Members Death Notices APMAPAC Update Classified Advertising Dates to Remember Advertising Index 10 Questions ON THE COVER: Original art by Shutterstock/mamanamsai. APMA News is the magazine of the American Podiatric Medical Association America's Foot and Ankle Physicians and Surgeons