Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
CMS HEDIS and Stars Pharmacy Overview—Medication Adherence, Statin Use in Patients and More
  • Disease management
  • 2.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 2.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 2.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 2.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 2.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 2.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 2.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
Participants in this activity will learn how CMS measures medication adherence, its role in patient qualification status, impact on claims algorithms, and potential caveats of these determinations. Strategies to address common barriers to medication adherence will be discussed, along with best practices that may improve adherence. In addition, the five measures included in the 2021 Medicare Part D star ratings, including those regarding medication adherence for diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, as well as statin use in persons with diabetes, will be reviewed.
Driving Health Equity Through Technology & Service Innovation
  • Disease management
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
This activity will explore how existing health care technology innovations can improve health equity for underserved patients and will examine the changing landscape of provider coverage and reimbursement. It will discuss anticipated solutions for vulnerable individuals (including Medicare and Medicaid dual-eligible individuals) and examine why certain telehealth programs have failed in the past. New approaches to benefit coverage for telehealth-related expenses will also be discussed, along with the future trends and essential elements associated with shifting to quality value-based care that can lead to improved patient satisfaction and outcomes, reduced health care costs and increased levels of health equity.
Preventing Falls in Older Adults: Risk Factors and Interventions
  • Disease management
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
This activity will discuss The Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) trial, which aims to evaluate the effectiveness of evidence-based strategies to reduce serious fall-related injuries,. In addition, faculty will identify risk factors that contribute to falls in the older adult as well as for individuals in SNFs, and provide interventions to reduce the risk of falls. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach in fall management will also be explored.
Complex Medical Conditions in Children: Utilizing Personalized Treatments and Addressing Health Disparities
  • Disease management
  • Health equity
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
This activity will focus on the connection between SDoH and how they may impact access to care, treatment and health outcomes for children with rare and CMC. Learners will be provided with strategies and resources that can address these negative effects. The importance of access to personalized care that they require to live their healthiest lives will be addressed.
Sickle Cell Disease: Understanding Gene Therapy and Addressing Health Disparities
  • Disease management
  • Health equity
  • Rare diseases
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
This activity will discuss the effects and complications of SCD, the prevalence of SCD in different racial and ethnic groups and the role of gene therapy as treatment. Health disparities and challenges in accessing specialized care will also be addressed.
Diabesity: A Call for Urgent Action
  • Disease management
  • Wellness
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 CDR - Dietitians
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
This activity will highlight new updates in our understanding of how diabesity develops and describe the negative physiologic effects of this disease on multiple body systems, notably the cardiovascular and renal systems. Optimal treatments for diabesity will be identified, along with an overview of the health burden of diabesity related to long-term complications and reduced function, quality of life and life expectancy. 
Living-Donor Liver Transplant for Patients with Liver Cancer
  • Disease management
  • Oncology
  • Transplantation
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
This activity will provide an overview of the living-donor liver transplant procedure, the advantages and disadvantages of living-donor liver transplant, and the optimal timing for offering living donations to patients with liver cancer. Dr. Hughes will discuss the innovative approach advanced by experts at UPMC in which patients with liver cancer are offered the option of a living-donor transplant. He will discuss the experience and expertise offered by the UPMC Liver Transplant Program and their collaborative approach to working with referring physicians.
The Continuous Distribution Model: A New System for Organ Allocation
  • Disease management
  • Transplantation
  • 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 0.75 AMA - Physicians
  • 0.75 ANCC - Nurses
  • 0.75 APA - Psychologists
  • 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 0.75 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 0.75 CDR - Dietitians
  • 0.75 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
In this activity, participants will learn about the timeline for UNOS’s implementation of this flexible, points-based approach for all organ systems; how continuous distribution differs from the current system; and how this program is expected to benefit those who await organ transplant and impact future organ-allocation policy.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Utilizing Personalized Treatments and Addressing Health
  • Disease management
  • Health equity
  • Rare diseases
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 CCMC - General - Case Managers
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
This activity will discuss emerging therapies for DMD and the importance of incorporating a personalized interprofessional care plan, along with the role of health disparities and how these impacts access to care and outcomes for these individuals.
Tackling Medical Misinformation: Empowering Health Care Professionals to Combat Misinformation and Promote Accurate Health Information
  • Disease management
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
  • 1.00 ADA - CERP (Dentists/Allied Dental Staff)
  • 1.00 AMA - Physicians
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 APA - Psychologists
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
  • 1.00 CDR - Dietitians
  • 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers
$0.00
The potential consequences of medical misinformation on public health, such as the spread of vaccine hesitancy, will be discussed, and participants will come away empowered with additional strategies and tools to more effectively address medical misinformation and promote accurate health information to patients and the wider community.

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