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Current Concepts in the Management of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain
Activity description
LINK TO ACCESS & VIEW TODAY'S WEBCAST:
https://cas-external.video.uhc.com/media/1_mdy6q619
Despite the availability of evidence-based management strategies, low back pain remains one of the most common causes of disability and health care utilization worldwide. This educational webcast will review the natural history of acute and chronic low back pain, explore value-based multidisciplinary care pathways, and examine current evidence-based diagnostic and treatment approaches. Participants will gain practical strategies for selecting appropriate interventions and incorporating guideline-concordant care into clinical practice to optimize patient outcomes and resource utilization.
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, PAs, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other HCPs who have an interest in learning about chronic low back pain.
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the natural history and clinical progression of acute and chronic low back pain.
- Evaluate diagnostic approaches and value-based multidisciplinary care pathways for individuals with low back pain.
- Apply evidence-based pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment strategies to support individualized management of acute and chronic low back pain.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Optum Health.
Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.
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Additional Information
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Activity summary
- 1.00 AAPC - Coders
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
Presenter
Louis G. Jenis, MD, MS
Orthopaedic Spine Care
Optum Massachusetts
About the presenter
Louis G. Jenis, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon who graduated from Boston University and completed his internship and residency at UMass Medical School in Worcester. Dr. Jenis completed a reconstructive spine surgery fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Dr. Jenis has previously practiced at the Mass General/Brigham system, including as Chief Medical Officer at Newton Wellesley Hospital. In 2018, he joined the Reliant Medical Group where he served as Chief of Specialties.
In April 2024, Dr. Jenis was appointed the role of Associate Chair of Specialties for Optum Massachusetts.
His current focus is on spine patient care with emphasis on creating evidence-based clinical pathways, decreasing low value care, incorporating interdisciplinary approaches to clinical management including using patient reported outcomes to support decision-making.
Planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Planner
Optum Health Education
Sarah Chart, RN
Senior Director Healthcare Optimization & Strategy
UHG Medical Affairs
Optum Health Education
Ken Cohen, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Optum Health
Chief Scientific Officer, Healthcare Transformation Hub
Executive Director of Health Outcomes Research, Optum Health
Amy Mullins, MD, CPE, FAAFP
Senior Medical Director
Optum Health Specialty Strategy
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 presenter and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation statement
Credit designation statements
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.
Pharmacists/Pharmacy technicians
This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hour ([0.10] CEU) in states that recognize ACPE.
Attending the full program will earn 1.00 contact hour.
Unique Activity Number(s): JA0007123-9999-26-023-L01-P/T
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.
AAPC-certified coders
AAPC will honor 1-for-1 CEUs for any live event offering CME credit or AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. A certificate of attendance or completion is necessary to show participation. The certificate will give the total CMEs possible for the offering. Physicians are advised to claim only the actual hours that they were present during the education. We ask that AAPC-certified members abide by this request also. One hour of instruction is worth 1 CEU.
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.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPC - Coders
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
These materials are intended ONLY for those that attended the live webcast on Tues., September 29, 2026.
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