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SUMMARY:Health Equity Accreditation for Health Plans
DESCRIPTION:About this Webinar Training\n\nCost: $149\nDate: Wednesday\, 
 August 3\, 2022\; 1-2pm ET\nHealth Equity Accreditation for 
 Health PlansNCQA Health Accreditation supports health care 
 organizations in evaluating and elevating the health of the 
 populations they serve. This course will provide health 
 plans an overview of Health Equity Accreditation\, outline 
 steps for getting started with the submission process\, 
 discuss ways to ensure survey readiness and identify 
 challenges and how they can be addressed. The course will 
 also summarize updates for the newly released HEDIS® MY 
 2023\, including measures to which race and ethnicity 
 stratification was added and a new measure of social needs 
 screening and intervention.\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nAt the 
 conclusion of this course\, participants will be able 
 to:\nDetermine the appropriate survey type for your 
 organization.Outline steps for getting started with Health 
 Equity Accreditation.Discuss methods to ensure survey 
 readiness.Identify standard challenges and how they may be 
 addressed.Who Should Attend\n\nHealth plansHealth 
 systemsHospitalsManaged behavioral healthcare 
 organizationsPopulation health organizationsWellness 
 organizations leveragers are the federal government\, states 
 and employers \nHEDIS® is a registered trademark of the 
 National Committee for Quality Assurance 
 (NCQA).Faculty\n\nAmelia Bedri\, MSHAAmelia Bedri is 
 currently a Program Content Engineer\, Product Development at 
 the National Committee for Quality Assurance. In this 
 position\, Ms. Bedri works collaboratively to organize the 
 direction\, structure and delivery of NCQA’s Accreditation 
 and Certification Standards and Guidelines\, from concept to 
 launch. Ms. Bedri has led the development cycle for NCQA’s 
 Health Equity Accreditation program and acts as the subject 
 matter expert for the product. As part of the development 
 cycle\, Ms. Bedri employs an iterative framework when 
 drafting standards which includes continuous engagement with 
 NCQA advisory committees\, customers\, and other stakeholders 
 to inform market need\, content specification and determine 
 standard feasibility.\nPrior to this role\, Ms. Bedri was a 
 Policy Manager\, Accreditation Policy where she served as the 
 product and context expert for designated Accreditation 
 products and was responsible for providing clarification of 
 content-specific issues for internal and external customers. 
 This role allowed Ms. Bedri to gain a thorough understanding 
 of how to interpret NCQA Accreditation Standards and 
 Guidelines\, the product development and maintenance cycle\, 
 and the importance of customer input.\nPrior to joining 
 NCQA\, Ms. Bedri worked as the lead researcher for MedStar 
 Health Corporation in Washington\, DC\, in the development of 
 their community health needs assessment. Ms. Bedri was 
 responsible for performing research\, analyzing primary and 
 secondary data\, leading community engagement meetings\, and 
 providing recommendations for hospital resource 
 allocation.\nMs. Bedris’ experience in the health care 
 industry is unique\, she has held numerous positions in a 
 variety of settings: from the hospital environment to 
 managed care\, with personal home care agencies and 
 consulting for start-ups\, health systems and state health 
 departments.\nMs. Bedri earned her MHSA from Georgetown 
 University and graduated with summa cum laude.\nKeirsha 
 Thompson\, MSWKeirsha Thompson is a Manager in Performance 
 Measurement with the National Committee for Quality 
 Assurance. She received her master’s in social service 
 administration (social work) from the University of Chicago\, 
 where she focused on health administration and policy. Ms. 
 Thompson enjoys supporting and advocating for medical 
 beneficiaries through an interdisciplinary approach that 
 encompasses health care quality measurement\, social work and 
 public policy. Her passions include women's health\, Native 
 American and African American healthcare and equitable 
 access to mental health resources. Her current work focuses 
 on leveraging quality measures to advance health 
 equity.\nContinuing Education\n\nThis live course grants 
 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) points for PCMH 
 Certified Content Experts.  \n* Please note – You must 
 attend the entire program to be eligible for total number of 
 contact hours.\n
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