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.