Addressing Behavioral Health Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Educational Program
Help your patients struggling with mental health concerns intensified by the global pandemic. This free program offers wide-ranging learning opportunities and resources focused on three of the most common behavioral health conditions you treat: depression, anxiety and ADHD
The educational content is arranged around the following pillars:
- Impact on patients–A deep dive on patient impacts and evidence-based best practices.
- Impact on practice reimbursement–Details on behavioral health coding and billing to improve reimbursement.
- Impact on physician and team wellness–Guidance on improving you and your team’s well-being.
Approved for AAFP Prescribed credit and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Choose from multiple CME activities. Additional activities will be added soon.
Brought to you by the MolinaCares Accord. Education developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Behavioral Health Gaps and Their Relation to Reimbursement in the Time of COVID-19
1 AAFP Prescribed credit*
Manisha Sharma, MD, FAAFP
Santina Wheat, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Chair/Moderator
Learning Objectives:
- Define the emerging gaps in patient behavioral health caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Describe practice transformation efforts to promote patient behavioral health wellness during the crisis.
- Define how technology can be used to facilitate care and describe examples of models of care.
- Describe the "story of a claim" – the "journey" of reimbursements in different payment models and evaluate what to consider in your reimbursements.
Managing ADHD in Your Practice
1 AAFP Prescribed credit*
Ravi Grivois-Shah, MD
Santina Wheat MD, MPH, FAAFP, Chair/Moderator
Learning Objectives:
- Define DSM-V criteria for the diagnosis of ADHD
- Compare and contrast appropriate evidence-based management strategies for child, adolescent, and adult patients with ADHD.
- Evaluate suitable communication strategies that encourage patients or their caregivers to be stakeholders in their own care.
Managing Anxiety and Depression in Your Practice
1 AAFP Prescribed credit*
Lauren Oshman, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Lindsay Fazio, PhD, Santina Wheat MD, MPH, FAAFP, Chair/Moderator
Learning Objectives:
- Define DSM-V criteria for the diagnosis of depression, and anxiety
- Compare and contrast appropriate evidence-based management strategies for child, adolescent, and adult patients with depression and/or anxiety.
- Evaluate the signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety in you and your team in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and take steps to reduce causative factors.
*Enhance your patient care today and earn up to 2 additional AAFP Prescribed credits when you complete the Translation to Practice® (t2p®) process.
You will be able to access the Behavioral Health: Putting Evidence into Practice on demand session from the April 13 live event. Review enduring materials, connect with other learners about their t2p and interact with faculty and chair on topics related to behavioral health. All available for free.
The educational design used in this activity was the winner of the 2021 Alliance for Education in the Healthcare Professions Innovative Format Award.