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SUMMARY:NCQA Health Equity Accreditation: A Deeper Dive
DESCRIPTION:About this Webinar Training\n\nEarly Bird Discount available 
 through January 17\, 2023- $399\nCost after January 17\, 
 2023: $449\nCourse Type: Live Webinar\nDate: Wednesday\, 
 February 8\, 2023\; 1-4PM ET\nCourse Expires: June 28\, 
 2023\nNCQA Health Equity Accreditation: A Deeper 
 DiveFeatures a live conversation with Tammy Macdonald\, MPH\, 
 Staff VP\, Accreditation and Quality Programs at Elevance 
 Health. Ms. Macdonald will share Elevance Health’s recent 
 experience in bringing multiple Medicaid plans together 
 through a national survey for Health Equity 
 Accreditation. \n\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\, learn about upcoming 
 changes for 2023 and ask questions live with NCQA’s 
 resident experts and Elevance Health. \nWhat You Will 
 Learn\n\nAt the conclusion of this course\, participants will 
 be able to:\nDetermine the best survey option for your 
 organization. Outline the fundamentals of Health Equity 
 Accreditation\, including:  Building an internal culture 
 that supports your organization’s external health equity 
 efforts. Collecting data on race\, ethnicity\, language\, 
 sexual orientation and gender identity. Identifying 
 opportunities to reduce disparities and improve the cultural 
 and linguistic appropriateness of services. Recognize the 
 changes to the 2023 Health Equity Accreditation 
 program.Related Content:\nNCQA Health Innovation Summit\, 
 October 23-25\, 2023. \nGaylord Palms Resort and Convention 
 Center\nOrlando\, Florida\nWho Should Attend\n\nHealth 
 plansHealth systemsHospitalsManaged behavioral healthcare 
 organizationsPopulation health organizationsWellness 
 organizations leveragers are the federal government\, states 
 and employersFaculty\n\n\n \n \n \n\nAmelia Bedri\, 
 MSHA\nSenior Program Content Engineer\, Product 
 Development\nNCQA\nAmelia Bedri has been with the National 
 Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for over two years 
 and is currently a Senior Program Content Engineer in 
 Product Development. In this position\, Ms. Bedri organizes 
 the direction\, structure and delivery of NCQA’s 11 
 Accreditation and Certification Standards and Guidelines\, 
 from concept to launch. Ms. Bedri has led the development 
 cycle for NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation programs and 
 acts as the internal and external subject matter expert for 
 the product.\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. Her experience in the health care industry 
 ranges from a variety of settings including complex care 
 delivery systems\, managed care\, home and community-based 
 services and consulting for a life sciences start-up and 
 state health department. Ms. Bedri earned an MS in Health 
 Systems Administration from Georgetown University with summa 
 cum laude.\n \n\nTammy Mcdonald\, MPH\nStaff VP\, 
 Accreditation and Quality Programs\nElevance Health\nTammy 
 Macdonald is currently Staff VP\, Accreditation and Quality 
 Programs at Elevance Health (formerly Anthem Inc.). In this 
 position\, Ms. Macdonald has oversight of executive 
 committees\, health plan and specialty accreditations\, 
 administration and reporting of member and provider 
 satisfaction surveys and member immunization outreach 
 programs. She has managed Elevance Health’s Multicultural 
 Health Care Distinctions and now Health Equity 
 Accreditations.\nMs. Macdonald holds a Master of Public 
 Health degree from the University of North Texas Health 
 Science Center.\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.\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:\nAmelia 
 Bedri: None\nTammy MacDonald: None\n \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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