Activity description

Behavioral Health Grand Rounds is a monthly, interdisciplinary educational forum designed to enhance evidence‑based, patient‑centered care for complex behavioral health conditions encountered across clinical settings. The series provides a structured, collaborative environment where health care professionals (HCPs) engage in case‑based learning to address diagnostic, therapeutic and systems‑level challenges affecting patient outcomes.

Through interactive discussion of real‑world cases, participants examine social drivers of health, identify gaps in care and resource utilization and explore evidence‑based and emerging interventions across the continuum of behavioral health services. Emphasis is placed on practical strategies that support coordinated, team‑based care and improve clinical decision‑making in diverse patient populations.

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of counselors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers, and the health care team involved in the assessment and management of behavioral health conditions impacting individuals and communities.

Learning objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Identify gaps in care and available resources based on diagnosis, age group, and level of care and determine when to request facility or system‑level assistance.
• Recognize social drivers of health and explain how they contribute to readmissions and hinder an individual’s ability to thrive in the community.
• Identify evidence‑based interventions and best practices—including therapeutic strategies, counseling approaches and support services—that improve health care outcomes.
• Discuss preventive strategies that increase awareness of risk factors and enhance communication within the health care team, as well as with families, caregivers and community partners.
• Apply session learnings to clinical practice, care coordination and utilization review processes to support improved patient outcomes.
   

Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Optum. 

Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.
 
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Accreditation 

Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Optum. 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 health care team.
 

Credit designation statements
This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.00 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.

Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Psychologists
Optum Health Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. OptumHealth Education maintains responsibility for this program. 1.00 CE hours.

Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. OptumHealth Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 live continuing education credits.

Counselors and/or marriage and family therapists
CA: The Board of Behavioral Sciences has deferred CE course approvals to APA and ASWB for its licensees. See those approvals under Psychologists and Social Workers.
Other States: If your state is not specifically listed, nearly all state Counselor and MFT boards accept either APA or ASWB approval, or are reciprocal with other state licensing board approvals, such as those listed below. Check with your board to be sure.

Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
 

Planners 

Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Planner
Optum Health Education

Julia Codrington, PhD, LPC
Associate Director, BH UM
Optum Behavioral

Larhonda Jones, MD
Senior Behavioral Medical Director
Optum

Amber Root, RN
Director Care Advocacy, BH UM
Optum

Craig Woodsmall, PsyD
Associate Director of Peer Review
Optum

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, Optum Health 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.

The planners have no financial relationships to disclose.