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Behavioral Health Identification, Treatment and Referral in Primary Care-Part Two: Substance-Use Disorders in Primary Care
Activity description
Substance-use disorder (SUD) is a pattern of substance misuse that affects your health and wellbeing. Some of the most commonly misused substances include alcohol, opioids and cannabis. Screening for and identifying a problematic pattern of substance use will assist with the diagnoses and referral to treatment. This on-demand webcast will discuss the prevalence and impact of substance-use disorders with a focus on cannabis-use disorder (CUD), alcohol-use disorder (AUD) and opioid-use disorder (OUD). Addressing the Health care Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) measures related to substance-use disorders, the unique needs and best practices for special populations, and how stigma can be a barrier to treatment and recovery will also be highlighted.
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This activity is jointly provided by Optum Health Education and Optum Behavioral Health..
Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this activity.
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Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of primary care physicians, PAs, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers and psychologists who are interested in learning about pertinent topics in behavioral health, including the screening, referral, diagnosis, and treatment for depression, along with the related aspects of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Examine the prevalence and impact of substance use disorders and describe the diagnostic criterion.
- Discuss common substance-abuse disorders and the screening tools used to identify, reduce, and prevent problematic use.
- Identify best practices for special populations with substance-abuse disorders.
- Describe the stigma and negative perceptions associated with substance disorders that can create barriers to treatment and negatively affect access to care.
- Explain the HEDIS measures related to substance-use disorders, including IET, FUA, FUI, HDO, COU, UOP.
Presenter
Debra Nussbaum, PhD, LCSW
Senior Director Evidence-Based Practices
National SUD Strategy Lead
Optum/UnitedHealthcare
About the presenter
Dr. Debra “Deb” Nussbaum is a senior director for behavioral health evidence-based services and national SUD strategy lead for Optum. Optum is the behavioral health specialty arm of the United Healthcare Insurance Company. Deb has been in a clinical leadership role for Optum since 2010 and has led behavioral product design, network development, facility clinical vetting and SUD initiatives since 2013.
Deb’s products within Optum are designed to improve access to evidence-based services, such as the adoption and rollout of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria, expansion of Optum’s medications for opioid-use disorder/medications for alcohol-use disorder (MOUD/MAUD) network, implementation of the 24/7 SUD helpline and development of alternative payment and value-based models of care. Deb also leads parity-compliant benefit design initiatives for customers looking to address specific utilization trends for their population.
Deb’s clinical background is in substance-use treatment, family services and was an addictions counselor prior to earning her PhD. She is also a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Florida and in New York. Deb sits on many committees within the American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and is an advocate for evidence-based care at the federal level, championing SUD legislation.
Activity planners
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Clinical Manager
Optum Health Education
Valerie Peszka, MS
Director, Quality Improvement
Optum Behavioral Health
Rebecca L. Roberts Martin, Ph.D., LPCC-S
Associate Director, Behavioral Health Clinical Quality
Optum
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
The activity faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Optum Behavioral Health. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Credit designation statements
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.50 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Psychologists
Optum Health Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this program. 1.50 CE hours.
Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive up to 1.50 enduring continuing education credits.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA - Physicians
- 1.50 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.50 APA - Psychologists
- 1.50 Attendance - General Attendance
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