Antibiotic Stewardship: A Health Plan and State Perspective

About this Webinar Training

Best Practices on How to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship from a Health Plan and State Perspective

Experts 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.

HEDIS^® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

What You Will Learn

At the conclusion of the course, learners will:

• Examine how a high performing health plan on the four HEDIS antibiotic measures promotes antibiotic stewardship within their organization.
• Assess how a state government agency can apply the HEDIS antibiotic measures to increase antibiotic stewardship statewide.
• Demonstrate how to apply the HEDIS antibiotic measures to monitor and improve antibiotic use and overuse within their own organization.

Who Should Attend

Federal and state government agencies

Health care professionals including nurses, pharmacists, doctors and other clinicians

Health centers/health practices

Faculty

Erica Stohs, MD, MPH/Infectious Disease Physician

Jennifer Strohmeyer, BS/Senior Health Care Analyst, Population Health

Stephanie Younts, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, LSSBB/Director, Medical Management and Pharmacy Services

Continuing Education

In 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. 

This educational activity is approved for: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM , 1.0 Nursing credits, 1.0 ACPE.

The 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.

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

NABP Credit Reporting 

If 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. 

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:

Erica Stohs, MD, MPH

Jennifer Strohmeyer, BS

Stephanie Younts, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, LSSBB

Additional Planning Committee Members:
Felicia Khaalid: None

This program was developed in part by NCQA staff.

Event Type

1. Live Online