Improving Asthma Outcomes: Measures and Care Models

About this Live Webinar

Improving Asthma Outcomes: Measures and Care Models

Asthma affects nearly 24 million people in the U.S., yet despite well-established best practices, it remains a leading cause of emergency department visits, hospital stays, and missed work and school. In 2022, over 42% of people with asthma experienced an exacerbation—nearly 68% of young children.

These are not just numbers; they represent lives disrupted and care gaps that must be addressed.

This live webinar continues the conversation introduced in NCQA’s 2024 whitepaper, Improving Outcomes for People with Asthma: Challenges & A Call to Action. Join leading experts as they explore practical strategies for improving asthma management through evidence-based care models, individualized treatment plans, patient education, and expanded access to a broader care team—including nurses, pharmacists and community health workers. You’ll gain insight into new care delivery approaches and how social determinants of health can be addressed to support better outcomes.

What You Will Learn

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the human and economic toll of asthma across populations.
• Learn to recognize asthma accurately in vulnerable groups.
• Discuss treatment strategies tailored to individual patient needs.
• Determine when to refer to a specialist.
• Identify evidence-based clinical and non-clinical asthma interventions.
• Describe the patient perspective on managing asthma daily.
• Discover ways to use telemedicine to extend access and support continuity of care.

Who Should Attend

• Healthcare professional
• Healthcare decision maker
• Consultant
• Health plans
• Health systems
• Hospital
• MBHO
• Population health organization
• Wellness organization leverages in federal, state, employer

Faculty

Caroline Blaum, MD (Moderator)
AVP, Chronic Conditions

NCQA

Dr. Caroline S. Blaum is an Assistant Vice President at NCQA involved in quality content development and implementation for chronic conditions, complex patients, and home and community based care.  From 2012-20 she was Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care at NYU Langone Health, where she maintained an active clinical practice and an extensive translational research program supported by the NIH, VA, PCORI and several Foundations, concerning disability, frailty, and patient directed care for vulnerable populations. Before 2012, Dr. Blaum was Professor and Assistant Dean for Population Health at the University of Michigan where she led programs in Medicare Advantage, ACO’s and PCMH. Dr. Blaum’s policy experience includes work with the American Geriatrics Society, AMA-PCPI, and NQF.

Njira Lugogo, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine

University of Michigan Health

Tonya Winders, MBA
President & CEO

Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform

Tonya Winders. MBA is currently the President and acting Chief Executive Officer of the Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform, the global voice representing the one billion people living with atopic & airways diseases & the more than 175 member patient advocacy organizations in GAAPP.  

Tonya has over 25 years experience in leadership roles within the allergy and asthma industry. From sales and marketing leadership to managed markets access, she has worked tirelessly to ensure patients have access to effective diagnostic and treatment tools. 

 Tonya serves on several expert panels including the GINA international guidelines & has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. Furthermore, she is on the board of directors for We CU & serves in local ministry roles. 

 Personally, Tonya is the mother of five children, four of whom have asthma and/or allergies, ranging in age from 20-28 years old. She enjoys spending time with her husband of 29 years Brian Winders and doting on her grandchildren. She is also the caregiver for her parents who live with COPD. 

Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC
Adult/Family Nurse Practitioner

Wright & Associates Family Healthcare

Wendy L. Wright, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN is a seasoned nurse practitioner with a distinguished career spanning decades. She has a strong educational foundation, having earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama in 2019 and completing both an Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program and a Family Nurse Practitioner program at Simmons University.

Dr. Wright is a successful entrepreneur, owning and operating her own nurse practitioner-led clinic in New Hampshire. Her clinic has garnered numerous awards, including Top Providers in New Hampshire, Top 20 Fastest Growing Family Business, and Top 20 Women-Owned Business in New Hampshire. She is also the founder of Partners in Healthcare Education, a medical education company, and the Chief Clinical Officer of Duet Technologies, a startup focused on supporting NP-owned clinics.

Dr. Wright has been recognized for her contributions to the nursing profession through various awards and fellowships. In 2024, Dr. Wright was named as one of the Top 100 Scholars in the past 100 years by the University of Alabama.  She has been named the NH Nurse Practitioner of the Year, Advocate of the Year, a Top 5 Woman Led Business in New Hampshire, and one of the Top 10 NPs in America in 2018, 2023, and 2024. Additionally, she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Academy of Nursing, and the National Academies of Practice.

Dr. Wright is an author of 2 textbooks and an international bestseller called Breaking the Cycle, an introspective look at her childhood and life while growing up in rural New Hampshire.

Committed to advancing the role of nurse practitioners, Dr. Wright founded the NH Chamber of Entrepreneurial Nurse Practitioners. She is a sought-after speaker, presenting nationally and internationally on various topics related to clinical practice and entrepreneurship. Her expertise has led to her involvement as a medical media spokesperson and consultant for malpractice attorneys.

Continuing Education

This live course grants 2.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) points for PCMH Certified Content Experts.  

This is a non AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, ANA CNE activity.

* Please note – You must attend the entire program to be eligible for total number of contact hours.

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

The 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.

For 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.

Disclosure 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.

Relevant financial relationships exist with the following companies/organizations:

Faculty:

Caroline Blaum: None
Njira Lugogo:

Tonya Winders: discloses a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with the following organization related to the subject matter of this presentation:

• Consultant & Speaker for the following companies for unbranded disease awareness & education: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Chiesi, Eli Lilly, Genentech/Roche, GSK, Novartis, Sanofi Regeneron

Wendy Wright: discloses a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with the following organization related to the subject matter of this presentation:

• AstraZeneca: Consultant for Asthma and COPD products
• AstraZeneca: Speaker Bureau for Asthma and COPD products

Additional Planning Committee Members:

Yuzu Saito Butler

Daniel Roman

Megan Traynor

Jenna MacPherson

Erin Oganesian

Crissy Crittenden: None

This program was developed in part by NCQA staff.

This webinar is presented with support from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP.

Event Type

1. Live Online