CME webinar: UPMC Health Plan Quality of Care Process (recorded)
Mar. 2024Education/Webinars
Please make time to listen to this on-demand, continuing medical education (CME)-accredited webinar on UPMC Health Plan’s Quality of Care Process. Michael Lynch, MD, FACMT, discusses a range of learning objectives to educate viewers around this topic during the webinar.
This webinar will cover:
Presenter:
Michael Lynch, MD, FACMT
Senior Medical Director, UPMC Health Plan Quality and Substance Use Disorder Services;
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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You may earn continuing medical education (CME) credits for attending this webinar. This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and ANCC. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
This activity has been designated as and meets the Pennsylvania licensure requirement for Patient Safety-Risk Management Credit. It is the responsibility of the learner to maintain the educational presentation or conference agenda as evidence, if needed for audit purposes.
Provider is responsible for verifying CME eligibility.
This webinar will cover:
- Evidence related to patient safety events.
- Regulatory requirements guiding UPMC Health Plan Quality of Care (QOC) processes.
- QOC case referral and review procedures.
- Case examples.
Presenter:
Michael Lynch, MD, FACMT
Senior Medical Director, UPMC Health Plan Quality and Substance Use Disorder Services;
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Watch now
You may earn continuing medical education (CME) credits for attending this webinar. This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and ANCC. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
This activity has been designated as and meets the Pennsylvania licensure requirement for Patient Safety-Risk Management Credit. It is the responsibility of the learner to maintain the educational presentation or conference agenda as evidence, if needed for audit purposes.
Provider is responsible for verifying CME eligibility.
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