Population Health in Pharmacy Certificate

   
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.

This certificate is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to enhance their knowledge and skills in population health within pharmacy practice.

Essentials of Population Health
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-796-H04-P&T
Application-based
1.75 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the distinguishing characteristics that differentiate population health from individual patient care models.
• Explain how key policy shifts have shaped current population health and value-based care initiatives.
• Interpret common population health acronyms and terminology used in value-based care, quality measurement, and healthcare reform.
• Differentiate between clinical and non-clinical health-related outcomes to determine how each is used to measure population health performance.
• Evaluate population-level data to determine effective interventions that improve quality, reduce cost, and enhance patient outcomes.
• Analyze integrity considerations in population health decision-making. 

Health Policy for Population Health
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-797-H04-P&T
Application-based
2.5 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the major domains of the social determinants of health in the context of healthcare policy, quality, and pharmacy practice.
• Differentiate the roles of Medicaid and Medicare in the healthcare delivery system.
• At the federal level, evaluate major healthcare policy changes in Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act for how these have affected health care quality, access, and cost.
• Analyze current strategies Medicare is using to improve healthcare quality, primarily by addressing social risk factors, increasing transparency in plan performance, and reducing financial barriers to essential care.
• At the state and local levels, assess how Medicaid programs are addressing major federal policy changes in funding, eligibility, and benefits as it applies to healthcare quality.
• Predict potential changes in federal healthcare policy as it impacts the health care delivery system, providing strategies for pharmacists to mitigate quality and access issues. 

Population Health Care Delivery Models
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-790-H04-P&T
Application-based
4 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Compare accountable care organization, patient-centered medical home, and comprehensive primary care plus models using the appropriate attribution, payment, governance, and care team structure.
• Analyze accountable care organization financial and quality mechanisms to anticipate effects on coordination and total cost of care.
• Given a primary care practice scenario, identify if the patient-centered medical home or comprehensive primary care plus capabilities are the best fit.
• Apply chronic care management eligibility and documentation requirements to determine appropriate billing and workflow steps for a sample patient panel.
• Recommend an appropriate post-discharge follow-up plan and billing level using transitional care management timing and documentation requirements within a discharge scenario.
• Select community health and social care integration approaches to address prioritized social drivers of health in a defined population.
• Choose integrated care model elements that align with target population needs and local workflows.
• Select appropriate home-based and virtual care models to address access barriers, clinical risk, technology requirements, and staffing constraints.
• Design a disease- or condition-specific population program plan that specifies the target population, intervention bundle, and metric set for monitoring performance. 

Deeper Dive into Value-Based Care
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-791-H04-P&T
Application-based
3.25 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the core tenets of value-based care.
• Discuss value-based payment financial considerations and its value proposition for health-systems.
• Compare the differences between available value-based care models in population health.
• Contrast the opportunities and challenges encountered with each value-based care model.
• Summarize the full spectrum of available value-based care approaches to population health.
• Construct a value-based care population health strategy based on a given case. 

Cost, Quality, and Outcomes: The Economics of Value-Based Care
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-792-H04-P&T
Application-based
1.5 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Define Total Cost of Care (TCOC).
• Describe the role of TCOC in various value-based care models.
• Analyze how quality measures and STARS performance could impact financial performance.
• Calculate commonly used cost and utilization measures.
• Use variations and outliers to determine interventions that have the potential to impact TCOC and Quality Performance.
• Evaluate potential interventions using economic analysis. 

Pharmacoepidemiology: Translating Data into Healthcare Delivery
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-793-H04-P&T
Application-based
1.75 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how foundational pharmacoepidemiology terms relate to population health medication use decisions.
• Differentiate common real-world study designs used in pharmacoepidemiology.
• Select from common data sources used to evaluate medication use.
• Construct simple operational definitions for a population health outcome.
• Analyze mitigation strategies for major threats to validity in real-world medication studies.
• Recommend an actionable intervention based on pharmacoepidemiologic results. 

Pharmacy-Driven Population Health Programs
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-794-H04-P&T
Application-based
3 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Identify pharmacy-driven strategies to improve performance on key quality measures.
• Explain how pharmacists address medication safety and appropriateness metrics.
• Describe the role of pharmacy-lead transitions of care programs in population health.
• Assess the impact of pharmacy programs on medication utilization metrics, while maintaining or improving quality of care.
• Evaluate examples of pharmacy-lead population health interventions that demonstrate measurable clinical, quality, and utilization outcomes.
• Apply population health principles to design or optimize pharmacy-lead interventions that align clinical outcomes, quality performance, and cost stewardship within value-based care models. 

Breaking Down Barriers in Population Health
ACPE: 0204-0000-26-795-H04-P&T
Application-based
4 contact hours

Learning Objectives:

• Identify key stakeholders within a clinic or health system to facilitate pharmacy integration into value-based care discussions.
• Determine key partners and common areas of focus to facilitate pharmacy integration into value-based care teams.
• Explain common barriers when establishing pharmacy population health services.
• Contrast key differences in value-based versus fee-for-service reimbursement models when building pharmacy services.
• Develop justification for pharmacy support of population health initiatives.
• Design a framework for demonstrating value to the clinic or health system.

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. 

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience.

• No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

As defined by the Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education definition of ineligible company.

Each activity consists of audio, video, and/or PDFs and evaluations. Learners must review all content and complete the evaluations to receive continuing pharmacy education credit for each activity.

Follow the prompts to claim, view, or print the statement of credit within 60 days after completing the activity. 

Important Note – ACPE 60 Day Deadline:

Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. To verify that you have completed the required steps and to ensure your credits have been reported to CPE Monitor, check your NABP profile account to validate that your credits were transferred successfully before the ACPE 60-day deadline. After the 60-day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to award credit for this activity. 

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