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SUMMARY:Antibiotic Stewardship: A Health Plan and State Perspective
DESCRIPTION:About this Webinar Training\nBest Practices on How to 
 Improve Antibiotic Stewardship from a Health Plan and State 
 Perspective\nExperts will give updates on health plan best 
 practices for improving antibiotic stewardship using the 
 four HEDIS measures\, as well as state initiatives related to 
 antibiotic stewardship using the same measures.\n\nHEDIS® 
 is a registered trademark of the National Committee for 
 Quality Assurance (NCQA).\n\nWhat You Will Learn\nAt the 
 conclusion of the course\, learners will:\n\n\nExamine how a 
 high performing health plan on the four HEDIS antibiotic 
 measures promotes antibiotic stewardship within their 
 organization.\nAssess how a state government agency can 
 apply the HEDIS antibiotic measures to increase antibiotic 
 stewardship statewide.\nDemonstrate how to apply the HEDIS 
 antibiotic measures to monitor and improve antibiotic use 
 and overuse within their own organization.\n\n          
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                     
  \n\nWho Should Attend\n\nHealth care professional\nHealth 
 care decision maker\nConsultant\nHealth plan\nHealth 
 system\nHospital\nPopulation health organization\nFederal 
 and state government agencies\nHealth care professionals 
 including nurses\, pharmacists\, doctors and other 
 clinicians\nHealth centers/health 
 practices\n\nFaculty\nErica Stohs\, MD\, MPH/Infectious 
 Disease Physician\n\nErica Stohs is an infectious disease 
 physician serving at the Washington State Department of 
 Health as Lead Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy Advisor. 
 Together with her team\, she oversees antimicrobial 
 stewardship activities and provides subject matter expertise 
 for the Washington State’s team\, including the promotion 
 of outpatient stewardship using HEDIS measures. \n\nApart 
 from this work\, Dr. Stohs leads antimicrobial stewardship 
 for the Creighton / CHI Hospital Network. Prior to this\, she 
 served as Associate Medical Director for the Antimicrobial 
 Stewardship Program at Nebraska Medicine.\n\nDr. Stohs is 
 board certified in internal medicine\, pediatrics\, and 
 infectious diseases. She received her MD from the University 
 of Nebraska Medical Center and MPH from the Gillings School 
 of Global Public Health at the University of North 
 Carolina-Chapel Hill. She trained at University of 
 Arizona-Phoenix for residency and the University of 
 Washington-Seattle for infectious disease fellowship\, where 
 she specialized in antimicrobial 
 stewardship.\n\n\n\nJennifer Strohmeyer\, MPH/Senior Health 
 Care Analyst\, Population Health\n\nJennifer Strohmeyer is a 
 Manager in the Quality Implementation Department at the 
 National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). She has led 
 recent efforts to improve antibiotic stewardship using 
 NCQA’s four HEDIS antibiotic measures. She has also worked 
 on research efforts focused on person-centered outcomes for 
 individuals with complex care needs. In addition\, she has 
 worked on a variety of quality improvement Learning 
 Collaboratives focusing on improving pediatric immunization 
 rates\, colorectal cancer follow-up\, and improving health 
 plan reporting and performance on unhealthy alcohol use 
 screening and follow-up. \n\nMs. Strohmeyer has a BS in 
 Health Services Administration from James Madison University 
 and has just received her MPH from the University of 
 Massachusetts Amherst.\n\n\n \n\nStephanie Younts\, PharmD\, 
 MPH\, BCPS\, LSSBB/Director\, Medical Management and Pharmacy 
 Services\n\nStephanie Younts\, PharmD\, MPH\, BCPS\, LSSBB 
 serves as Director of Medical Management and Pharmacy 
 Services for Community First Health Plans\, a locally owned 
 and managed non-profit health plan in San Antonio\, Texas 
 providing health care coverage for individuals and families 
 in San Antonio and the surrounding seven counties. Community 
 First is NCQA-accredited and has been recognized as a high 
 performing health plan in Antibiotic Use HEDIS Measures. Dr. 
 Younts oversees pharmacy clinical\, quality\, and utilization 
 management programs for Medicaid\, Medicare\, Commercial\, and 
 Marketplace lines of business with a focus on medication 
 therapy management and continuous quality improvement 
 initiatives. \n\nDr. Younts has over 20 years of pharmacy 
 experience in various practice settings including managed 
 care\, inpatient acute care\, healthcare administration\, 
 independent consulting\, and community pharmacy. She serves 
 as a subject matter expert in pharmacotherapy\, public 
 health\, clinical quality\, pharmacy operations and 
 value-based care. Prior to Community First\, Dr. Younts was 
 the Director of Pharmacy at The Children’s Hospital of San 
 Antonio and the Director of Clinical Pharmacy for WellMed 
 Medical Management in San Antonio\, Texas. \n\nDr. Younts 
 earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The University of 
 Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and her Master of Public 
 Health degree from The University of Texas Health Science 
 Center at Houston School of Public Health.\n\nContinuing 
 Education\n\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) to provide Interprofessional Continuing 
 Education for the healthcare team. \n\nThis educational 
 activity is approved for: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM \, 
 1.0 Nursing credits\, 1.0 ACPE.\n\nThe assigned universal 
 program number: JA0004597-0000-25-009-L04-P  Upon 
 successful completion of this program (attending the full 
 session and completing a program evaluation)\, participants 
 will access CPE Monitor on the ACPE website to locate and 
 track their CPE statement of credit.\n\nThis live course 
 grants 2.0 contact hour for Patient Centered Medical 
 HomeHome Certified Content Experts (PCMH CCE).\n\n* Please 
 note – You must attend the entire program to be eligible 
 for total number of contact hours.\n\nNABP Credit 
 Reporting \nIf you are a pharmacist completing a course 
 offering CPE credits\, please notify NCQA through ncqa.org 
 within 14 calendar days that you have completed a CPE 
 course. You must provide the title of the course\, your NABP 
 identification number and your DOB (month/date) within the 
 notification to NCQA. We also recommend you update your 
 education.ncqa.org profile with your NABP identification 
 number. \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:\n\nErica 
 Stohs\, MD\, MPH: None\n\nJennifer Strohmeyer\, BS: 
 None\n\nStephanie Younts\, PharmD\, MPH\, BCPS\, LSSBB: 
 None\n\nAdditional Planning Committee Members:\nFelicia 
 Khaalid: None\n\nThis program was developed in part by NCQA 
 staff.\n
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