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title: February 8, 2024 Customer Newsletter
description: Recertification Exams Are Dead, State Licensure Nightmares, VR & AI For Mental Health,  ABFM Spring Exams Coming Up
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# [February 8, 2024 Customer Newsletter](https://challengercme.com/blog/february-08-2024-customer-newsletter)

 Written by [Challenger Corporation](https://challengercme.com/blog/author/challenger-corporation) | Feb 12, 2024 4:14:39 PM

 

- Recertification Exams As We Know Them Are Dead
- ABFM Spring Exam Time is Almost Here
- Virtual Reality & AI For Mental Health
- State Licensure Nightmares for Telehealth Doctors

| ## The Recertification Exam is Dead Just about the last holdout in acute and primary care was Internal Medicine. The LKA, a 30-question-per-quarter, online exam got an 80% uptake rate immediately. That will, we assume, climb higher. [The Type of Recertification Exam Most Docs Are Choosing](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/abim-most-internal-medicine-docs-choosing-longitudinal-knowledge-assessment?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X6-1vOlrNj2WhZJVuB3e3UAXmc3Ty4KXfvoQhqDSGQOkmgUeePOr5R5k117a_M2WIvap8) [About the ABIM Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA)](https://challengercme.com/blog/articles/2023/09/exploring-the-abim-longitudinal-knowledge-assessment-lka?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X6-1vOlrNj2WhZJVuB3e3UAXmc3Ty4KXfvoQhqDSGQOkmgUeePOr5R5k117a_M2WIvap8) ## ABFM Spring Certification Exam The ABFM Spring Certification Exam starts in just two months. Will you be ready?  [About the ABFM Board Exam](https://challengercme.com/the-abfm-board-exam-a-comprehensive-guide?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X6-1vOlrNj2WhZJVuB3e3UAXmc3Ty4KXfvoQhqDSGQOkmgUeePOr5R5k117a_M2WIvap8) [How To Study For The Boards](https://vimeo.com/294014757?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X6-1vOlrNj2WhZJVuB3e3UAXmc3Ty4KXfvoQhqDSGQOkmgUeePOr5R5k117a_M2WIvap8) ## Combination VR + AI Chatbot for Mental Health Support This is not being billed as a medical device, though it’s a derivative technology from a Cedars-Sinai patent. Think of it more as one of those meditation and wellness apps. It’s designed around different therapy support areas: CBT, supportive talk, motivational interview, and relapse prevention. This is one of types of session-based usages that early VR will support well [Cedars-Sinai Behavioral Health App Launches On Apple Vision Pro](https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/cedars-sinai-behavioral-health-app-launches-on-apple-vision-pro/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X6-1vOlrNj2WhZJVuB3e3UAXmc3Ty4KXfvoQhqDSGQOkmgUeePOr5R5k117a_M2WIvap8) [VRx Health Launches Xaia on Apple Vision Pro](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vrx-health-launches-xaia-apple-154000623.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X6-1vOlrNj2WhZJVuB3e3UAXmc3Ty4KXfvoQhqDSGQOkmgUeePOr5R5k117a_M2WIvap8) ## Telehealth’s Roadblock: The Issue with State Licensure Requirements Depending on the outcome and breadth of ruling, the telehealth suit in New Jersey may speed up multi-state licensing compacts for physicians and nurses, and has some implications outside of telehealth. Inside telehealth, the due process and First Amendment basis for the *MacDonald* case may either remove barriers to cross-border telehealth practice, or raise new barriers. [Telehealth’s Roadblock: The Issue with State Licensure Requirements \| Epstein Becker & Green - JDSupra](https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/telehealth-s-roadblock-the-issue-with-8863152/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X6-1vOlrNj2WhZJVuB3e3UAXmc3Ty4KXfvoQhqDSGQOkmgUeePOr5R5k117a_M2WIvap8) |
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