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SUMMARY:Health Equity Accreditation Plus
DESCRIPTION:About this Webinar Training\nHealth Equity Accreditation 
 Plus \nNCQA's Health Equity Accreditation Plus helps health 
 care organizations that have implemented core Health Equity 
 Accreditation activities establish processes and 
 cross-sector partnerships that identify and address social 
 risk factors in their communities and the social needs of 
 the people they serve. This program highlights how Health 
 Equity Accreditation Plus builds on these activities for 
 organizations that are more advanced and have an ongoing 
 commitment to health equity. \n\nThere will be an 
 opportunity to hear more about the Health Equity 
 Accreditation Plus program and its requirements\, and ask 
 your questions live. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nOutline the 
 fundamental principles and scope of Health Equity 
 Accreditation Plus.\nDetermine how to define their service 
 area and communities served as applicable for the 
 program.\nDescribe data collection and use expectations for 
 social needs and social risks.\nUnderstand how to prioritize 
 the social risks and social needs impacting their population 
 and outline steps for partnering with organizations to 
 address priorities.\nUncover key considerations for how to 
 establish and maintain relationships with the communities 
 served.\nBecome familiar with expectations to track 
 referrals and identify opportunities to improve 
 interventions..\n\nRelated Content:\nNCQA Health Innovation 
 Summit\, October 23-25\, 2023. \nGaylord Palms Resort and 
 Convention Center\nOrlando\, Florida\n\nWho Should 
 Attend\n\nHealth Plans\nHealth 
 Systems \nHospitals\nAccountable Care 
 Orgs\nProviders\nManaged Behavioral Healthcare 
 Orgs \nPopulation Health Orgs\nWellness Orgs\nLeveragers in 
 the Federal Government\, States and 
 Employers \n\nFaculty\n\nAmelia Bedri\, MSHA\nAmelia Bedri 
 is currently a Senior Program Content Engineer in Product 
 Management 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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\nMs. Bedri earned her MHSA from Georgetown 
 University and graduated with summa cum 
 laude.\n\n \nElizabeth Ryder\nLiz Ryder (she/her) is 
 Assistant Director in Product Management 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.\n\n \nContinuing Education\nThis live course 
 grants 2.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) points for PCMH 
 Certified Content Experts.\n\nThis is a non-accredited 
 activity.\n\n* Please note – You must attend the entire 
 program to be eligible for total number of contact 
 hours.\n\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.\n\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.\n\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.\n\nRelevant financial relationships exist with 
 the following companies/organizations:\n\nFaculty:\nLiz 
 Ryder: None\nAmelia Bedri: None\n\nAdditional Planning 
 Committee Member:\nCrissy Crittenden: None\n\nThis program 
 was developed in part by NCQA staff.\n\nThis program 
 received no commercial support.\n
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