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SUMMARY:NCQA Health Equity Accreditation: A Deep Dive
DESCRIPTION:About this Webinar Training\n\nNCQA Health Equity 
 Accreditation: A Deep DiveDate: December 14\, 2021\nTime: 
 1:00-4:00pm ET\nCost: $310\nNCQA’s Health Equity 
 Accreditation is a new program that gives health care 
 organizations—including health plans\, managed behavioral 
 healthcare organizations\, health systems\, hospitals and 
 wellness and population health programs—an actionable 
 framework for creating the structures and processes to begin 
 working toward addressing health equity. Organizations who 
 earn Health Equity Accreditation distinction will be better 
 positioned as a high-quality business partner with an 
 ongoing commitment to health equity.\nJoin this live 
 discussion to gain in-depth knowledge from the architects of 
 the new NCQA Health Equity Accreditation program.\nFor 
 organizations interested in learning more about the Health 
 Equity Accreditation standards and guidelines\, this webinar 
 is an opportunity to hear more about the program and its 
 requirements\, and ask your questions live.\nWhat You Will 
 Learn\n\nAt the conclusion of the program\, participants will 
 have the knowledge they need to:\nOutline fundamental 
 principles and scope of Health Equity Accreditation.Describe 
 data collection and use expectations for race\, ethnicity\, 
 language\, sexual orientation and gender identity.Explain 
 expectations for demonstrating Culturally and Linguistically 
 Appropriate Services (CLAS).Discuss analyses and 
 interventions for identifying and addressing health 
 disparities.Identify evidence appropriate for demonstrating 
 compliance to standard requirements.Who Should 
 Attend\n\nHealth plansHealth systemsHospitalsManaged 
 behavioral healthcare organizationsPopulation health 
 organizationsWellness organization leveragers within 
 federal\, states\, and employersFaculty\n\n\nAmelia 
 Bedri\nAmelia Bedri is currently a Program Content Engineer 
 in Product Development at NCQA. 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. Prior to this role\, Ms. Bedri was a Policy 
 Manager for 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. 
 Ms. 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. Ms. 
 Bedri earned her MHSA from Georgetown University and 
 graduated with summa cum laude.\n \n\nElizabeth Ryder\nLiz 
 Ryder (she/her) is manager in Product Development at NCQA. 
 In this role\, she ensures that NCQA’s portfolio of 
 Accreditation and Certification programs meet the needs of 
 the health care market and NCQA customers’ needs. Ms. 
 Ryder currently leads NCQA’s cross-functional health 
 equity team\, which is tasked with identifying opportunities 
 to embed health equity into all NCQA programs and developing 
 new programs to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the 
 market. She also co-authored NCQA’s Population Health 
 Management Resource Guide for Behavioral Health guide\, which 
 focuses on the use of NCQA’s population health management 
 framework to manage populations with behavioral health 
 conditions. (Download it for free at 
 https://www.ncqa.org/behavioral-health-resource-guide/.)\nCo 
 ntinuing Education\n\nThis live course grants 3.0 
 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 
 Relationships\nThe 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:\nAmelia 
 Bedri: None\nElizabeth Ryder: None\nAdditional Planning 
 Committee Member:\nCrissy Crittenden: None\nThis program was 
 developed in part by NCQA staff.\nThis program received no 
 commercial support.\n
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