Wednesday Webinars
Monthly Educational Webinars for Louisiana Healthcare Providers
Many of our Provider Education Network education programs are conducted through webinars, with some offering in-person workshops. Available webinars include topics such as the Brief Tobacco Intervention, Emergency Preparedness, Population Health Analytics, Team-Based Care and more. In-person workshops include our Rural Health Workshops aimed at helping providers expand healthcare access into underserved populations of our state. Provider partners can learn more about the continuing education programs available through social media, email communication, and our calendar.
Upcoming Webinar
Join us for a special edition on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a Facility Fire Tabletop Exercise presented by Nicole Coarsey, Well-Ahead’s Division Manager for Healthcare Access.
Wednesday Webinar Recordings
August 18, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- The importance of Adolescent COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Schools
- The current state of Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts in Louisiana
- Strategies to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and build vaccine confidence
- Information about the Louisiana Department of Health’s Safer, Smarter Schools PreK-12 Testing Program
- How to help get the school year off to a heathy start as a healthcare provider
July 28, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- Louisiana’s Health Outcomes
- What We’re Doing About the Challenge
- Healthcare Facility Benchmarks
- Why Become a WellSpot
- How to Become a WellSpot
June 30, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- Faith-based Health Promotion and Disease Prevention designation components
- Best practices for implementation
- What resources are available for implementation
May 19, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- Describe common roles for Community Health Workers in clinical and non-clinical settings
- List three ways Community Health Workers responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana.
- Describe methods Louisiana partners are using to increase the use of and support for the Louisiana Community Health Worker workforce
April 21, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- An overview of the State Loan Repayment Program
- What the application requirements and benefits are
- How to apply for the State Loan Repayment Program
- How awardees are selected.
March 31, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the disease of obesity and its direct and indirect cost to our system
- Evaluate the clinical and economic benefits of weight loss
- Barriers to efficient management of obesity and what are the implications of weight loss interventions on overall weight loss
March 10, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- Ways to promote Health Equity with Electronic Health Records
- What are evidence-based practices
- What resources are available for implementing heart disease-related evidence-based practices?
- What is Team-based Care and why is it important?
- The importance of referring patients to lifestyle change programs and tips for linking to community resources amid the Pandemic
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January 27, 2021
Learning Objectives:
- An overview of DSMES structure, requirements and benefits.
- Ways in which RHCs and FQHCs can provide their patients access to DSMES via Telehealth.
- How DSMES via Telehealth differs from DSMES in-person.
- Billing requirements for DSMES via Telehealth.
- An overview of the partnership opportunity for Well-Ahead’s DSMES via Telehealth project.
December 16, 2020
Learning Objectives:
- An overview of the Project ECHO® model
- Benefits of participating in an ECHO project
- Review of the both Diabetes and Lifestyle Coach ECHO sessions launching in January
December 9, 2020
Learning Objectives:
- Explore innovative Fax-To-Quit approaches to effectively screen, advise and refer patients to the Louisiana Tobacco Quitline.
- Integrate the Fax-To-Quit program within your healthcare setting.
- Identify comprehensive cessation coverage guidelines and available Medicaid and Medicare CPT codes.
- Leverage tobacco cessation resources available to healthcare providers in Louisiana.
October 31, 2020
Presentation recording is unavailable.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand current quality measurement purpose and limitations
- Understand and overcome the natural data pushback around measurement
- Identify with a new trusted measurement philosophy
- Learn how to measure patient data to improve population health
October 2020
Presentation recoding is unavailable.
Learning Objectives:
- What prevents clients from making healthy changes
- Why motivational interviewing works to help elicit change
- Tips to help implement motivational interviewing
June 17, 2020
MEE productions presented key findings gathered from focus groups conducted with Louisiana residents that shed light on the barriers in providing diabetes prevention and management education to disparate populations across the state.
July 22, 2020
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the NCQA PCMH 2020 Annual Reporting requirements and recognition concepts, criteria and competencies
- Understand the evidence of implementation and document review process
- Leverage the checklist to ensure all annual reporting requirements are met
- Understand the timeline of major milestones and tasks to ensure successful annual reporting
- Understand gap assessments to assist in developing plan of action for recognition
April 15, 2020
Learning Objectives:
- Review laws and regulations around the provision of MTM services
- Present the MTM Core Elements delivery model
- Discuss potential best practices for MTM implementation in community pharmacy settings
- Provide alternative methods for delivering MTM services
May 20, 2020
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the benefits of using SMBP
- Identify patients for which SMBP is needed
- Train patients to self-measure their blood pressure
- Explain how to interpret SMBP readings
- Describe how to set up an SMBP program in your practice
February 19, 2020
Presentation recording is unavailable.
Learning Objectives:
- Prevalence rates of prediabetes and diabetes
- Plans for diabetes prevention in Louisiana
- Benefits of the National Diabetes Prevention Program
- Screening, testing, and referral processes for diabetes
January 2020
Dianna Raxworthy’s Presentation Slides
Taylor Reine’s Presentation Slides
Learning Objectives:
- Explore innovative approaches to effectively screen, advise, and refer patients to available cessation resources
- Leverage the Million Hearts Tobacco Cessation as a standard of practice within your healthcare facility
- Identify cessation resources available to providers and patients in Louisiana
December 10, 2019
Learning Objectives:
- Definition of Community Health Workers
- Roles of Community Health Workers
- The link between health care, government and social services resources
November 20, 2019
Learning Objectives:
- When you should refer to a DSMES program
- How to refer to an ADA-recognized DSMES
- The requirements of ADA-recognized DSMES program
- How ADA-recognized DSMES programs meet and maintain recognition
Webinar Archives
Learning Objectives:
- Define Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and its components
- Identify financial opportunities to sustain your MTM service
- Discuss strategies to promote your MTM services
- List business, clinical, quality improvement, and other MTM resources
