• Virtual ZOOM – Medical Office Education (MOE) – Payer Incentives

    Topic: Payer Incentives Objectives: This meeting will provide an in-depth look at the following health incentive programs: BCBSM, BCBSM MAPPO, BCN, BCNA, Humana, McLaren, Meridian, Priority Health, & UHCCP Register in advance using the Zoom link provided. Click on Register Now or the link below to register for course. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckcO2hqDwuGtLFDm4CdLE6FQc9ro7g8sad

  • Billing Operations – Adhoc Coding

    Topic: Billing Operations - Adhoc Coding Review coding tips for modifier 25 and 59, review AWV parameters, review rules for smoking cessation and medical record documentation review Review provider portal Availity and ways to best find helpful provider information Speaker: April S. Boyce, MBA, BSM, CPC, CHA, CMOM Manager, Quality and Provider Education BCBSM Register in advance using the Zoom link provided. Click on Register Now or the link below to register for course. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k8pZ_eQTSy6RInY-6WGvsA

  • Virtual ZOOM – Care Management Collaborative (CMC)

    Topic: ADHD & ADD Speakers:  Christopher Barnes, PsyD (Doctor of Psychology, Kalamazoo ADHD Consultants) Marla Owens, Physician TBD (Clinical Outreach Manager, Amen Clinic) Clare Tanner, PhD, (Executive Director, Review services offered by The Arc of Calhoun County.)   Objectives: Review program updates, resources, and data to support patient engagement in care management. Discuss the impact of Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD) in children and adult patients. Define diagnosis, symptoms, treatment guidelines, and programs to support patients and families dealing with ADD/ADHD. Discuss documentation of care management services and related coding guidelines. Discuss resources and programs available to patients throughout Calhoun County and the surrounding area and identify opportunities to collaborate with primary care practices.   Register in advance using the Zoom link provided. Click on Register Now or the link below to register for course. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-yqrzsvHdNzwyM-SO0_hzquDJxEpizn This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

  • Virtual Zoom – Provider Education & Collaboration (PEC) CME – Decreasing Obesity

    Topic: Obesity in Pediatric and Adult Populations Speakers: Laurel L. Tangalakis, MD (Bariatric and General Surgeon, Ascension Medical Group) Alain R. Elian, MD (Bariatric Surgery, Ascension Medical Group) Nichole Ellis, DO (Pediatrician, The Pediatric Place of Hillsdale) April Kuehn, MPA, CPC (Associate Executive Director, Integrated Health Partners) Gwendolyn Henry, BSN, RN (Educator and Clinical Projects Nurse, Integrated Health Partners) Objectives: Explain pathophysiology related to obesity. Discuss treatment options for obesity in the adult population. Discuss behavioral health issues related to treatment options for obesity in pediatrics. Describe ways to effectively communicate with patients using motivational interviewing skills to improve outcomes in patients with obesity. Identify ICD-10-CM codes related to obesity.

  • Virtual ZOOM – Motivational Interviewing and Brief Action Planning

    THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION. PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 6 SESSION.  This session meets content requirements for annual MI/BAP training. - BCBSM requires annual training in MI/BAP and CC/HL/TB for PCMH Capabilities 11.1. and 11.8. Objectives: Define Motivational Interviewing (MI) Explore the use of MI for the busy health professional Demonstrate how MI leads into Brief Action Planning (BAP) Practice using MI and Brief Action Planning tools and techniques Complete the session with new ideas about how to incorporate MI into daily practice to improve self-management goals of patient to improve patient outcomes. CONTINUING EDUCATION APPROVAL: This activity has been submitted to the Wisconsin Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Wisconsin Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. *Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

  • CANCELLED – Virtual ZOOM – Cultural Competency, Health Literacy, Teach-Back (CC/HL/TB)

    BCBSM requires annual training in MI/BAP and CC/HL/TB for PCMH Capabilities 11.1. and 11.8. Objectives: - Define health literacy and teach back - Identify health literacy challenges - Identify components of universal precautions - Apply health literacy, teach back, and universal precaution knowledge - Define cultural competency - Self-assessment – an important factor in providing cultural competent care - Identify questions for universal cultural understanding in the practice