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SUMMARY:NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Encore: A Deeper Dive
DESCRIPTION:About this Webinar Training\n\nCost: $449\nDate: Tuesday\, 
 July 26\, 2022\; 1-4pm ET\nNCQA Health Equity Accreditation 
 Encore: A Deeper DiveNCQA's Health Equity Accreditation 
 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 that earn Health Equity Accreditation will be 
 better positioned as high-quality business partners with an 
 ongoing commitment to health equity.\nAttend this live 
 discussion to gain in-depth knowledge from the architects of 
 the new NCQA Health Equity Accreditation program. For 
 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 this course\, participants will 
 be able to:\nOutline the 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.Discuss analyses and interventions for identifying 
 and addressing health disparities.Identify evidence 
 appropriate for demonstrating compliance with standard 
 requirements.Who Should Attend\n\nHealth plansHealth 
 systemsHospitalsManaged behavioral healthcare 
 organizationsPopulation health organizationsWellness 
 organizations leveragers are the federal government\, states 
 and employersFaculty\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.\nElizabeth 
 RyderLiz Ryder (she/her) is Senior Manager in Product 
 Development at NCQA. In this role\, she leads NCQA’s 
 cross-functional team tasked with identifying opportunities 
 to embed expectations for health equity into all NCQA 
 programs and pursuing new opportunities to advance health 
 equity amid a rapidly evolving health care 
 landscape\nContinuing Education\n\nThis live course grants 
 2.0 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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