PayerTalkCE™ Presents: Access and Utilization Strategies for the Management of EOE

Learn About:

Strategies to minimize common barriers to appropriate care
Benefit strategies for timely access

Expert Faculty Presenters:


	Frederic S. Goldstein President and Founder Accountable Health, LLC Click here for biography

	Steven S. Kheloussi, PharmD, MBA Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Highmark, Inc Click here for biography

Target Audience
The primary target audience for this initiative consists of medical directors, pharmacy directors, clinical pharmacists, specialty pharmacists, quality directors, as well as network physicians affiliated with various MCOs, health systems, and other payer organizations. Other managed care professionals include nurses, case managers, policy administrators, utilization managers, C-suite executives, and IT professionals.

Statement of Need/Program Overview
EoE is difficult to diagnosis and treat, and as a result is associated with a high disease burden. Managed care and payer professionals are well positioned to design and implement policies that have a considerable influence on EoE patient access to appropriate care. This educational activity is designed to increase participants’ knowledge and competence regarding the value of appropriate management of EoE.

Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

Discuss strategies to minimize common barriers to EOE therapies and improve access to appropriate care
Assess benefit strategies to support timely access to appropriate evidenced-based treatments

Accreditation Information

Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Impact Education, LLC. PACE 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 healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education
PACE designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Pharmacy Education
PACE designates this continuing education activity for 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

UAN: JA4008073-9999-23-231-L01-P
Type of Activity: Knowledge

Continuing Nursing Education
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.5 contact hours.

DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
PACE requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial relationships they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant financial relationships are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PACE policy. PACE is committed to providing learners with high-quality accredited CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:

*Name of Working Group Members/Planners*	*Reported Financial Relationship*
Frederic S. Goldstein	Nothing to disclose
Steven S. Kheloussi, PharmD, MBA	Nothing to disclose

The PACE planners and managers have nothing to disclose.
The Impact Education, LLC® planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

DISCLAIMER
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

FEE INFORMATION
There is no fee for this educational activity.