Initiating Advance Care Planning Conversations and Capturing Reimbursement

Advance care planning (ACP) is not just about old age. At any age, a medical crisis could leave someone too ill to make his or her own healthcare decisions.

ACP involves learning about the types of decisions that might need to be made, considering those decisions ahead of time, and then letting others know about care preferences, often by putting them into an advance directive. Often the conversation about these decisions starts with those providing care.

Join nurses Jeri Lynn Ashley, MSN, RN, AOCNS, CHPN, and Sally K. Aldrich, RN MSNA, for three On-Demand Learning opportunities focusing on ACP. During the three 30-minute recorded webinars, they share details on how primary care providers can initiate conversations about advance care planning and capture the information needed for new billing codes.

Each session features case studies, examples and links to relevant tools and resources. To access the sessions, start by selecting the topic that most interest you. All sessions are available 24/7 – at work, at home or on-the-go!

Who Should View this Webinar
Physicians, nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals who want to improve care through helping patients and caregivers make informed advance care planning decisions.

Expected Outcomes and Objectives
Participants will be able to identify reasons for advance care planning and resources for patients and caregivers.

Webinar Details and How to Earn CME Credit

As of July 21, 2016, this webinar recording and evaluation / post assessment (The first two webinars are 0.5 total hour education time; the third webinar is 0.75 total hour education time) will be available through June 21, 2017 to complete for CME credit. The webinar can be viewed on your own schedule from your home or office computer.

Follow these instructions to access the webinar recordings and claim your continuing education credit:

1. Read all information on this page including disclosures
2. Review the materials on the webpage that accompany the webinar link
3. Click the webinar link provided to view the presentation
4. After the presentation: complete the required session evaluation and brief post-assessment

You will receive your certificate following your completion of the webinar, activity evaluation, and post-test. Participants will also receive a 60-day follow up survey to assess if information from this learning event was used in practice, to help us make improvements in education.

Speakers

Jeri Lynn Ashley, MSN, RN, AOCNS®, CHPN®
Ashley is a registered nurse with a Masters in Nursing. She currently serves as the System Director for Life Planning & Palliative Medicine Services at Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee and is responsible for development and growth of advance care planning and palliative medicine services at 14 Baptist entities.

She is a primary trainer for the Healthy Shelby city-wide initiative to normalize the use of advance care planning (life planning) through Memphis-Shelby County.

She is a member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, the American Academy of Hospice Palliative Medicine, and the Tennessee End of Life Partnership, as well as other associations.

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Sally K. Aldrich, RN, MSNA
Aldrich is a registered nurse with a Masters in Nursing Administration. She recently served as the Chief Nursing Officer of the Affiliated Services Division of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee. Her areas of oversight included Hospice and Palliative Services and she served as the liaison for a joint venture community palliative care program and West Cancer Center Palliative Care.

She represented Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare in the Health Shelby Triple Aim effort to improve end-of-life care in the community.

Aldrich is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and is a member of NHPCO’s regulatory committee. She also is a member of the National Council of Hospice Professionals, the Tennessee Hospice Organization, and the Tennessee Association for Home Care.

CE Information

First webinar and second webinar:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Wisconsin Medical Society through the joint providership of MetaStar, Inc. and Common Table Health Alliance, Healthy Shelby. MetaStar, Inc. is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

MetaStar, Inc. designates this enduring material activity for 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MetaStar, Inc. is the accredited provider of CME in a joint-provider partnership with Common Table Health Alliance, Healthy Shelby.

Third webinar:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Wisconsin Medical Society through the joint providership of MetaStar, Inc. and Common Table Health Alliance, Healthy Shelby. MetaStar, Inc. is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

MetaStar, Inc. designates this enduring material activity for 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MetaStar, Inc. is the accredited provider of CME in a joint-provider partnership with Common Table Health Alliance, Healthy Shelby.

Relevant Relationships/Disclosures

There is no commercial support for this activity. No speaker or planner has known financial relationships or other potential conflicts of interest to disclose.