Register now for this live, free CME/CPE/CNE webcast: Managed Care Review Board® - Examining Novel Therapies and Quality Improvement Initiatives for the Treatment of Heart Failure

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One-time Live Webcast Event Tuesday, October 25, 2016 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm EDT This webcast is now available as a free on-demand CE activity at: www.ImpactEdu.net/MCRBHeartFailure Up to 1.5 credits available for nurses, pharmacists, and physicians.

MCRB TOPICS

Therapeutic decision-making in a new era of novel therapies Health economic and pharmacoeconomic assessment of emerging treatment Integration of quality of care measures with plan-wide initiatives Care coordination and member benefit strategies to enhance patient outcomes

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY PRESENTERS

Jeffrey Borer, MD Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, Radiology, and Surgery Director, The Howard Gilman Institute for Heart Valve Disease Director, Schiavone Cardiovascular Translational Research Institute SUNY Downstate Medical Center Adjunct Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in Cardiothoracic Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University Jeffrey Dunn, PharmD, MBA Senior Vice President Chief Clinical Officer VRx Pharmacy Services, LLC John Fox, MD, MHA Senior Medical Director Associate Vice President, Medical Affairs Priority Health Fadia Tohme-Shaya, PhD, MPH Professor Vice Chair for Academic Affairs PHSR University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

TARGET AUDIENCE

Medical Directors and Pharmacy Directors from health plans, HMOs, integrated health systems, employers, quality organizations, and other managed care organizations (MCOs) Managed care-affiliated care team members involved with patient evaluation, education, and follow-up for heart failure patients including: physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, and case managers

STATEMENT OF NEED / PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Annually, >1 million patients are hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of heart failure (HF), and HF is the leading cause of hospitalization among adults >65 years of age in the United States. This HF-associated hospitalization represents a noteworthy driver of health care-related costs for managed care stakeholders, and serves as a surrogate marker for increasing mortality. Rehospitalization, despite dramatic improvement in outcomes with medical therapy, is also not uncommon: at least half of patients are readmitted to hospital within 6 months of discharge. This exemplifies a key area of interest for payers across all disease states, since reducing readmission rates also reduces costs and indicates an improvement in the quality of care. The Managed Care Review Board® format features multi-specialty, multi-professional managed care, and clinical specialist faculty who collaborate on the review of the clinical data, current guidelines, and economic data of a specific class of therapeutics. It uniquely provides the audience with a review of important, relevant therapeutic category information and features peer-to-peer exchange between a diverse group of managed care and clinical specialist faculty contributors. This symposium is designed to engage the faculty and audience to develop solutions for managed care professionals to implement within their own setting to improve outcomes for patients with HF. This approach supports managed care pharmacists by enhancing the results of their own health care organization's systematic literature reviews and analyses.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to demonstrate improved ability to: Describe the available efficacy and safety data for emerging therapies in heart failure (HF), including results from pivotal trials and evidence supporting averted HF-related hospitalizations and/or deaths Apply appropriate positioning and utilization management criteria to facilitate judicious and effective utilization of emerging therapies for HF Discuss available HF quality measures from nationally recognized governing bodies as well as from other health plans across the nation Illustrate opportunities for HF quality improvement in health plan operations and infrastructure and implement measures to facilitate evidence-based prescribing and follow-up Characterize the importance of addressing noncardiac comorbidities and overseeing care transitions as they pertain to maintaining therapeutic persistence and improving outcomes Develop collaborative strategies for HF management enlisting the input and support of a multidisciplinary team of health care providers

AGENDA

Opening Comments and Pre-activity Assessment Assessing the Clinical Benefits of Therapeutic Decision-Making in a New Era of Heart Failure Therapies Jeffrey Borer, MD Integration of Quality of Care Measures with Plan-Wide Initiatives to Improve Outcomes and Manage Costs John Fox, MD, MHA Faculty Idea Exchange Faculty Panel Health Economic and Pharmacoeconomic Assessment: Optimizing the Overall Value of Emerging Treatment Options Fadia Tohme-Shaya, PhD, MPH Care Coordination and Member Benefit Strategies to Enhance Patient Outcomes Across the Continuum of Heart Failure Management Jeffrey Dunn, PharmD, MBA Moderated Faculty Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A Closing Comments Post-activity Assessment and Evaluations

ACCREDITATION INFORMATION

Physician Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Statement This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Medical Education Resources (MER) and Impact Education, LLC. MER is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credit Designation Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Pharmacist Continuing Education Accreditation Statement

Medical Education Resources (MER) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. MER designates this continuing education activity for 2.0 contact hours (0.2 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Universal Activity Number - 0816-9999-16-084-L01-P

Type of Activity: Knowledge Nursing Credit Medical Education Resources is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This CE activity provides 2.0 contact hours of continuing nursing education. Medical Education Resources is a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12299, for 2.0 contact hours.

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