We invite you to join us for this Community Health Center Collaborative program for HCV multidisciplinary team members. This conference will bring together providers and interdepartmental staff for presentations, breakout sessions, and networking.
Agenda:
8:00 – 8:30AM Registration
8:30 – 9:00AM Epidemiology Update
Shauna Onofrey & Sophie Lewis
Epidemiologist/Services Planning
Bureau of Infectious Disease & Laboratory Science MDPH
9:00 – 10:15AM HCV Basics/Liver Health
HCV Assessment and Treatment
Marguerite Beiser, ANP-BC
Director of HCV Services
Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program
10:15 – 10:30AM Break
10:30 – 11:15AM Starting an HCV Program at Your Health Center
Documentation/Database Management
Marguerite Beiser, ANP-BC
HCV Care Coordinator Role
Demystifying Prior Authorizations
Giavanna Wilson
Care Coordinator
BHCHP HCV Program
11:15 – 11:45AM Assessing HCV Treatment Readiness
HCV Treatment in Populations who are Using Drugs
Marguerite Beiser, ANP-BC
11:45 – 12:00PM Outcomes/Reinfection Challenges
Marguerite Beiser, ANP-BC
12:00 – 12:10PM HCV Treatment and Issues of Cost and Revenue
Marguerite Beiser, ANP-BC
12:10 – 12:20PM Lunch and Breakout Groups Formed
12:20- 1:15PM Case Study Exercises
Prior Authorization Documentation
1:15 – 1:30PM Summary of Case Studies and Next Steps
Physicians and Nursing CEU
Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Office of Continuing MEdical Education and New England AIDS Education and Training Center. The UMMS-OCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement: The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
Nurses: Under the auspices of the New England AIDS Education & Training Center, this offering meets the requirements for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours, as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Note: This event is closed to pharmaceutical industry reps.