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32nd Annual National Conference
These materials are intended only for those that attended the 32nd Annual National Conference from October 2–4, 2023, Minneapolis, MN.
Activity description
Over two-and-a-half days, the 32nd Annual National Conference brings together health care professionals from across the U.S. to learn from and interact with renowned thought leaders and clinical practitioners who will share firsthand their knowledge about treating, caring for and engaging medically complex patients.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education.
Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this activity.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of case managers, coders, dentists/allied dental staff, dietitians, dietetic technicians, managed care nurses, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, psychologists, social workers, transplant coordinators and other health care professionals.
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this conference, learners should be able to:
- Provide an update on emerging therapies and effective management strategies to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease and examine approaches to optimize care pathways for CKD and its associated comorbidities.
- Discuss the role of patient-reported outcomes in improving the quality of care and determining new approaches to achieve patient-centered care.
- Describe the transplant experience of organ recipients, including unique challenges, health concerns and psychosocial impacts, and discuss how this knowledge can enhance providers’ empathy, communication skills and clinical care.
- Identify advances in cancer treatment, including a personalized approach to breast cancer screening.
- Examine the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer’s disease, including pharmacologic therapies, neuroimaging, biomarkers and how to optimize early intervention and the use of cognitive assessments.
- Explain the importance of sleep on health, wellbeing, and brain function and clarify the correlation between sleep disruption and aging, chronic illness, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer.
- Examine multiple aspects of cardiovascular disease in women, including new diagnostic and management approaches.
- Provide an update on current trends and emerging approaches to improve diabetes management, including AI-powered interventions that can facilitate glycemic control.
- Describe how healthcare professionals can cope with complex grief related to caring for patients with complex medical conditions and have difficult conversations with patients and their families.
- Assess the impact of medical misinformation and review strategies to promote accurate health information among patients and within the community.
Faculty
- Ravi Allada, MD, Northwestern University
- Rich Baron, MD American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation
- Anders Carlson, MD, International Diabetes Center
- Alta DeRoo, MD, DFASAM, FACOG Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
- Laura Esserman, MD, MBA UCSF
- Stephanie Faubion, MD, MBA, Mayo Clinic
- Kelly Grosklags, LICSW, BCD, FAAGC, FT, Conversations with Kelly
- Richard Isaacson, MD Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Prakash Jayakumar, MD, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School
- Roy Kao, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Matthew O'Connor, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Bryan Piatt, Mental Health Advocate
- Melissa Roberts, MSN, RN, UW Health Transplant Center
- Lisa Sanders, MD, FACP, Yale School of Medicine
- Retu Saxena, MD, FACC, Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Lisa Latts, MD, MSPH, MBA, FACP
Senior Medical Director, Value-Based Care
Optum
Jennifer Malin, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President, Clinical Value
Optum Health
Chief Medical Officer
Optum Health Solutions
Tina Rydland, PharmD
Executive Pharmacy Consultant
Crystal Wong, MD
President
Propoint Medical Writing
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, OptumHealth Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
- Anders L. Carlson, MD: Abbott Diabetes Care, Dexcom, Insulet, Tandem Diabetes, UnitedHealth Inc. (Clinical Research Investigator); MannKind (Consulting/Advisory Board); Eli Lilly, Medtronic/Companion Medical, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi (Clinical Research Investigator & Consulting/Advisory Board)
- Laura Esserman, MD, MBA: Moderna (Grant/Research Support); Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Advisory Board)
- Richard Isaacson, MD: Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly (A); Acadia, Retain Health (C)
- Prakash Jayakumar, MD, PhD: Ora Medical (Consultant) (Stocks and Other Ownership Interests)
- Roy Kao, MD: Editas, Vertex (Grant/Research Support)
- Orvin Visaya, MD: Fresenius (A); Evergreen Nephrology (A, I)
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
The remaining faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Maximum CE credits available: 13.25
Monday, Oct. 2 — Up to 5.00 CE Credits
Tuesday, Oct. 3 — Up to 5.50 CE Credits
Wednesday, Oct. 4 — Up to 2.75 CE Credits
Accreditation statement
![]() | In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
Credit designation statements
American Board of Internal Medicine
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 13.25 Medical Knowledge Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) MOC program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Please note, by claiming ABIM points, you authorize Optum Health Education to share your attendance information with the ABIM.
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 13.25 ABIM MOC - Physicians
- 13.25 AMA - Physicians
These materials are intended only for those that attended the 32nd Annual National Conference from October 2–4, 2023, Minneapolis, MN.
Instructions to claim credit
To claim credit you must be logged into your Optum Health Education account. The access information provided for the virtual conference platform does not work on this website and your registration information will not carry over.
- To Log In, scroll to the green bar at the top of this page.
- If you DO have an optumhealtheducation.com account, click Log in at the top of the page, enter your account information and click LOG IN
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- Once logged in: under the REGISTER tab, click CONTINUE
- In the Activity Progress box on the left, click the down arrow and then Start under Evaluation
- Complete the Evaluation; follow the prompts at the bottom of the screen to submit and continue to the application for credit, and automatic certificate generation