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SUMMARY:Bridging the Gaps: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
DESCRIPTION:About this On Demand Training\n\nBridging the Gaps: 
 Treatment for Opioid Use DisorderThis course examines 
 treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) from a clinical and 
 research perspective. It will review approved medications 
 and their pharmacology\, efficacy and safety. Panelists will 
 discuss these lifesaving medications (currently 
 underutilized)\, describe characteristics of Medicare 
 beneficiaries with OUD and highlight disparities and gaps in 
 access to medications for treating OUD among underserved 
 Medicare populations. The course will close with a 
 discussion of successful models for implementation of 
 primary care-based treatment of OUD.\nClick here to access 
 the Quality Innovation Series registration page to register 
 or review the full course content.\nWhat You Will 
 Learn\n\nSummarize core principles and evidence supporting 
 use of medications to treat OUD.Describe characteristics of 
 Medicare beneficiaries with OUD.Identify disparities and 
 gaps in access to medications for treating OUD among 
 underserved Medicare populations\, based on sociodemographic 
 and health condition characteristics.Describe the components 
 of successful primary care-based models of treating 
 OUD.Faculty\n\n\nDaniel P. Alford\, MD\, MPH\nDaniel P. 
 Alford\, MD\, MPH\, is Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean 
 of Continuing Medical Education at Boston University School 
 of Medicine (BUSM). He is on staff in the Section of General 
 Internal Medicine and is Director of the Clinical Addiction 
 Research and Education (CARE) Unit at Boston Medical Center. 
 He is also Director of the BUSM Safer/Competent Opioid 
 Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program\, which has 
 trained over 250\,000 health care providers nationally. He is 
 past-president of the Association for Multidisciplinary 
 Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction 
 (AMERSA). He has been recognized as a Champion of Change by 
 the White House and has received the American Medical 
 Association’s Award for Health Education\, the American 
 Society of Addiction Medicine Educator of the Year Award\, 
 the American College of Physicians Award for Distinguished 
 Contributions to Behavioral Medicine and the AMERSA McGovern 
 Award for Excellence in Medical Education. His clinical\, 
 educational and research interests focus on managing opioid 
 use disorders and safer and more competent opioid 
 prescribing for managing pain.\n \n\nJudy Ng\, PhD\, 
 MPH\nJudy Ng\, PhD\, MPH\, is a Research Scientist at NCQA. Dr. 
 Ng’s research and professional work has focused on the 
 impact of opioid prescribing practices and inequities in 
 access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder\, 
 health care quality\, and the effect of Medicare and Medicaid 
 policies on underserved populations. She has published on 
 health care access and quality gaps that affect underserved 
 populations\; racial\, ethnic and gender inequities in care 
 among older adults\; and the conceptual underpinnings of 
 health inequities. Dr. Ng has developed performance measures 
 assessing quality of care across diverse settings\, from 
 immunizations and preventive care to the management of 
 chronic conditions. Recently\, her work on opioid use 
 disorder treatment supported federal policy changes that 
 will reduce inequities in pain management for people with 
 sickle cell disease\, many of whom are racial and ethnic 
 minorities\, and improve their health outcomes. Dr. Ng has 
 served on technical expert panels for the National 
 Institutes of Health\, the American College of Surgeons\, and 
 the National Quality Forum. She has a PhD in public health 
 from Johns Hopkins University and an MPH from Columbia 
 University.\n \nContinuing Education\n\nIn support of 
 improving patient care\, the National Committee for Quality 
 Assurance is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council 
 for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)\, the Accreditation 
 Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)\, the American Nurses 
 Credentialing Center (ANCC)\, the American Academy of 
 Physician Assistants (AAPA)\, the American Psychological 
 Association (APA)\, and the Association of Social Work Boards 
 (ASWB) to provide Interprofessional Continuing 
 Education for the healthcare team. \nThis educational 
 activity is approved for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 
 1 Credit™. \nThis educational activity is approved for 
 1.0 nursing contact hours.*\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.\nDisclosure of Relevant Financial 
 RelationshipsThe National Committee for Quality Assurance 
 (NCQA) endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council 
 for Continuing Medical Education which specify that sponsors 
 of continuing medical education activities and presenters at 
 and planners for these activities disclose any relevant 
 financial relationships either party might have with 
 commercial companies whose products or services are 
 discussed in educational presentations.\nFor sponsors\, 
 relevant financial relationships include large research 
 grants\, institutional agreements for joint initiatives\, 
 substantial gifts\, or other relationships that benefit the 
 institution.  For presenters or planning committee members\, 
 relevant financial relationships include the receipt of 
 research grants from a commercial company\, consultancies\, 
 honoraria\, travel\, or other benefits\, or having a 
 self-managed equity interest in a company\; or having an 
 immediate family member or partner with such a 
 relationship.\nDisclosure of a relationship is not intended 
 to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made 
 to provide participants with information that might be of 
 potential importance to their evaluation of a 
 presentation.\nRelevant financial relationships exist with 
 the following companies/organizations:\nFaculty:\nJudy Ng: 
 None\nDan Alford: None\nAdditional Planning Committee 
 Members:\nCrissy Crittenden: None\n \nThis program was 
 developed in part by NCQA staff.\nThis program received no 
 commercial support.\n
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