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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May 21, 2025 @ 1pm ET (Registration Open!)

Shared Decision-making in Primary Care (Click on activity title to register.)

PLEASE NOTE: If you registered for this activity prior to May 2nd, please download this new calendar invitation that includes an updated webcast link: CLICK HERE.

Presenter: Prakash Jayakumar, MD, PhD, Senior Medical Director Precision Health, Optum Insight, Assistant Professor of Surgery & Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School, UT Austin
Presenter: Richard C Mather III, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Optum Specialty Care, Clinical Associate Professor, Duke Orthopedics
Activity Description: Shared decision-making (SDM) in primary care enhances patient satisfaction, adherence, and health outcomes by ensuring that medical decisions align with patients' values and preferences. This webcast will enable primary care clinicians to effectively implement SDM in their practice by highlighting the importance and key components of effective SDM and its impact on the patient experience. The session will address common barriers and facilitators to SDM, providing real-world strategies for overcoming these challenges and practical techniques for integrating SDM into clinical encounters. The clinician's role in balancing evidence-based recommendations with patient values and preferences will be highlighted.

Additional 2025 Topics (Coming Soon!)

July 23-De-prescribing in Primary Care: When, Why, How

Presenter: Erin Johnson, PharmD

September 17-Heart failure: Diagnosis and Initial Management for the Primary Care Provider

Presenter: Michael Almaleh, MD

November 12-Atrial fibrillation: Diagnosis and Initial Management for the Primary Care Provider

Presenter: Mohammed Ruzieh, MD

Previously Held Live Sessions

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

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 [email protected] 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

Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries-Procedures Your Patients Need, and Others They Don't Closes November 21, 2027

High-value Interventions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for the Primary Care Provider Closes January 29, 2028

Dementia Screening, Diagnosis and Initial Management Closes April 13, 2028

Provided by
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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General questions
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