(Day 1 Friday) MASAM SUD Pearls for Practice: The Future of Addiction Medicine 2024

Waltham, MA US
September 13, 2024

CREDIT ONLY COURSE

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Date & Location 

Date:   Friday, September 13, 2024
Time:  8:00 - 5:00 pm 
Location:  Waltham Woods, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA  02451

 

Goal: 

The goal of this educational activity aims to provide participants with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to effectively recognize and treat drug use disorders and addiction comorbidities in their professional settings. Attendees can expect to gain valuable insights from experts in the field who will share their knowledge and experiences related to drug addiction treatment, including best practices, case studies, and evidence-based approaches. The coverage on Friday will include an update from BSAS, opioid use disorder, improved patient outcomes, MOTAA, expert insights, pregnancy, and billing. On Saturday, topics will include HIV, chronic pain, Buprenorphine, harm reduction, prenatal exposure, alcohol, SUD reform, and drug testing.

         

Jointly Provided by: 

Jointly Provided by the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine  & Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education

 

Target Audience

This course was designed for Physicians, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, OTPs, other prescribers, and social workers.

Learning Objectives

Objectives                                                     

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:  

State of the state:  Methadone in Massachusetts

  • Assess US methadone policies in the context of policies in other countries.
  • Analysis and interpretation of current Massachusetts OTP data, including outcomes, geographic access, and take home utilization.
  • Discuss the future state of Massachusetts policies and regulations that will expand access to methadone.

The Final Rule:  Defining Active Substance Use Disorders

  • Recognize 42 CFR Part 8 Guidance for take home medications from OTPs.
  • Apply a tool to assess patients for active substance use disorders, and use this to make safe, patient-centered decisions on take home medications from OTPs.
  • Describe the patient experience historically of accessing Take Home Medications in the OTP setting.

Injuries and Making Substance Use Disorder Services More Accessible

  • Describe the relationship between substance use disorders and brain injuries.
  • Recognize the impact of brain injury on fundamental cognitive skills.
  • Identify interventions and safe accommodations for supporting a person with brain injuries in Opioid Treatment Programs.

Flash Rounds:  What My OTP is Doing to Improve Patient Experience & Outcomes

  • Identify one patient-centered change happening at your local OTP.
  • Recognize alternative approaches to missed dosing day protocols.
  • Develop strategies for identifying potential risks in daily practice at your OTP

Impact of MOAA in New England:  A Rural and Urban Viewpoint

  • MOTAA could broaden access and retention to methadone treatment.
  • Implementation of MOTAA will require pharmacy, prescriber, and medication-level considerations.

Update on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Corrections:  Research and Reality

  • Review of criminal justice system
  • Review MOUD usage and risks in jails and recent history in MA.
  • Consider practical challenges of implementing this treatment and ways to mitigate risks to the patients in carceral settings.

Expert Insights:  Your Questions Answered

  • Explain how the OTP model should be modernized to reduce risk and become more client centric.
  • Explain how methadone can best be used safely in the age of high potency synthetic opioids.
  • Explain how a clinic has met and exceeded the new regulatory changes made in April of this year.

Pregnancy

  • Recognize barriers to effective contraception use in people of reproductive capacity with OUD.
  • Explain one person-centered model for family planning counseling.
  • Describe two possible contraception and family planning options for this population.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 7.25 BCIPE Instructional Hours
Course opens: 
06/19/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
09/13/2024 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/13/2024 - 5:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

 

Friday, September 13

Methadone Day Co-sponsored by Grayken Center & BSAS

7:30 – 8:00 AM

Registration / Continental Breakfast / Exhibits

7:55 – 8:00 AM

Welcome Address

8:00 – 8:45 AM

State of the State: Methadone in Massachusetts

Deirdre Calvert, MSW, LICSW

8:45 – 9:45 AM

The Final Rule: Defining Active Substance Use Disorder

Ari Kriegsman, MD; Carissa Cutler, LICSW; Kaitlyn Small

9:45 – 10:00 AM

Break / Networking / Exhibits

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Update on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Corrections: Research and Reality

Peter D. Friedmann, MD, MPH, DFASAM, FACP; Christopher Gudas, MD, MPH

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Flash Rounds: What My OTP is Doing to Improve Patient Experience & Outcomes

Moderator: Ruth A. Potee, MD, DFASAM, FAAFP

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Impact of MOTAA in New England: A Rural and Urban Viewpoint

Daniel Liauw, MD, MPH; Jeremy Morrison, DO

1:30 – 2:30 PM

Injuries and Making Substance Use Disorder Services More Accessible

Calla Harrington, LICSW, MPH; Charmaine Lastimoso, NP, MPH, CARN-AP

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Expert Insights: You Questions Answered

Mohammad Alhabbal, MD, ABFM, ABPM; Laura Kehoe, MD, MPH; Shorta Yuasa, MD, ABPM, ABEM

3:30 – 3:45 PM

Break / Networking / Exhibits

3:45 – 4:45 PM

Pregnancy

Megan Miller, MD, FASAM; Matthew J. Rogalski, MD

 

                                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Center at Waltham Woods
860 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
United States

FACULTY

Name of Individual

Individual's Role in Activity

Financial Relationship Disclosure

Discussion of
Unlabeled/Unapproved
Uses of Drugs/Devices
in Presentation?

Todd Kerensky, MDPlanning Committee Member     No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose   No
James baker, MD, MPYPlanning Committee Member & Speaker   No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose   No
Jessica Gray, MDPlanning Committee Member & Speaker No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose   No
Heidi Ginter, MDPlanning Committee MemberNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose   No
Ruth A. Potee, MDPlanning Committee MemberNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Deirdre C. Calvert, LICSW, MSW    SpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Ari Kriegsman, MDSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Kaitlyn SmallSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Carissa Cutler, LICSWSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Christopher Gudas, MD, MPHSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Jeremy Morrison, DOSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Daniel Liauw, MD, MPHSpeaker No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Charmaine Lastimoso, MSNSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Calla Harrington, MSWSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Laura Kehoe, MDSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Shorta Yuasa, MDSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Mohammad Alhabbai, MDSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Megan Miller, MDSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Matthew Rogalski, MDSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo
Peter Friedmann, MDSpeakerNo relevant relationships with ineligible companies to discloseNo

 

 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the other planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.


In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physicians

Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 (Friday) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  change.

Risk Management 
This activity meets the criteria for Risk Management study 7.25 hour is appropriate for risk management study.  

 

Available Credit

  • 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 7.25 BCIPE Instructional Hours

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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