Optimal Care Grand Rounds Series

Series description and Continuing education

Optimal Care focuses on the quadruple aim to improve patient outcomes while decreasing low value or wasted care. The Optimal Care Grand Rounds series focuses on aspects of care important to primary care providers (PCPs) and their patients. This multisession, accredited series will provide PCPs with actionable content that addresses evidence-based diagnosis and treatment approaches for many of the high-priority complex diseases frequently encountered in practice. Discussion of emerging clinical evidence and strategies to improve care will enable PCPs to gain new perspectives and increase their competency in providing care that is optimal for their patients.

Earn 1.00 CME/NCPD credit for each activity completed. This series is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, PAs, nurses, nurse practitioners and other HCPs who have an interest in increasing their knowledge of the current state of care for many of the highly visible and complex diseases encountered in daily health care practice.

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November 13, 2024 @ 1 pm ET (Registration Open!)

Register Here: Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries-Procedures Your Patients Need, and Others They Don't

Presenters: Elmo Agatep, MD, Family Medicine and Sports Medicine, Optum, Team Physician, USA Women’s Water Polo,
Team Physician, USA Beach Volleyball, Physician Provider Network, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and
Richard C Mather, III, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Optum Specialty Care, Clinical Associate Professor, Duke Orthopaedics
Activity description: The management of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries can present a challenge due to the wide variety of potential treatment options. This activity will review the identification of specific injuries and conditions that necessitate early specialist intervention and those that can be safely managed without specialist care. Definitions and examples of low-value and high-value MSK care, along with discussion of the influences of the biopsychosocial model of MSK pain, will provide participants with practical strategies to streamline patient management.

2025 Topics (Coming Soon!)

Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Initial Management for the Primary Care Provider
Atrial Fibrillation: Diagnosis and Initial Management for the Primary Care Provider
Shared Decision-making in Primary Care
High-value Interventions for COPD for the Primary Care Provider
Dementia: Screening, Diagnosis and Initial Management for the Primary Care Provider
De-prescribing: When, Why, How

Missed a previously held live session?

All live activities are recorded and available on-demand for CME/NCPD credit approximately two weeks after every live activity.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (On-Demand) Closes: February 14, 2025

New Trends in the Management of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (On-Demand) Closes: May 3, 2025

Advanced Degenerative Joint Disease and Chronic Lower Back Pain: Evidence-Based Approaches to Care (On-Demand) Closes: August 1, 2025

New Trends in Cardiology Imaging (On-Demand) Closes: November 16, 2025

Unlocking Patient-reported Outcomes to Advance Quality, Experience and Decision Making (On-Demand) Closes: January 28, 2026

Active Surveillance and Management of Prostate Cancer (On-Demand) Closes: March 16, 2026

Recommend your patients review Prostate Watch when referred to a urologist for a newly elevated PSA. General information about screening is also available. Contact prostatewatchacademy@optum.com to receive free, reusable laminated cards for exam rooms to provide instructions for how patients can access content online outside office visits. Prostate Watch is an educational course available in English and Spanish.

Incorporating Palliative Care into Your Primary Care Practice (On-Demand) Closes: May 31, 2026

Pillars of Kidney and Cardiovascular Protective Interventions in Chronic Kidney Disease (On-Demand) Closes: July 22, 2026

Nonsurgical Management of Overweight/Obesity (On-Demand) Closes: September 30, 2026

Cancer Control in the 21st Century: Observations on Disparities in Health (On-Demand) Closes: November 19, 2026

1 + 1 = 3: The Value of Medical-Behavioral Integration in Whole-Person Health Closes: January 28, 2027

Evidence-based Approach to Headache Management in Primary Care Closes: April 14, 2027

Osteoporosis Screening, Diagnosis and Management Closes: May 20, 2027

Advances in the Management of Coronary Artery Disease Utilizing CCTA and CAC Scoring Closes: August 25, 2027

Breast Cancer Screening — One Size Does Not Fit All Closes: September 30, 2027

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This series is provided by Optum Health Education and Optum Health, Clinical Performance.

Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this series.

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