Management of Alzheimer's Disease in the Managed Care Setting

A continuing medical education activity sponsored by NAMCP and AAMCN
This activity was held live at the 2007 Spring Managed Care Forum.

This activity is valid from December 1, 2007 to July 1, 2008

 

Audience: This activity is intended for healthcare professionals practicing in managed care environments.

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PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR POST TEST AND EVALUATION

Summary
There are some strategies that managed care organizations may want to implement that can help address both the inadequacies in care and the cost challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. Medications can play a significant role in reducing overall costs of Alzheimer’s care.

Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify the economic impact of early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s

  • Discuss how care management provides improvement in patient outcomes

  • Describe the implications of Alzheimer’s in managed care

Instructions for CME: View the presentation, answer the post test and complete the evaluation form and submit to keads@namcp.org .  A score of 70% must be achieved to receive continuing education credits.  You will have the option on the post test/evaluation page to submit your forms electronically or by faxing them to Katie Eads at 804-747-5316.

Faculty:

Paul Stander, MD, is the medical director of the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

   

Disclosure:

Dr. Stander and is a stockholder of Pfizer stock. It was determined by the NAMCP CME committee that this disclosure does not present a conflict of interest regarding the content of Dr. Stander’s presentation.

 

Accreditation & Designation

The National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. NAMCP designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category I creditsTM. Each physician should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Association of Managed Care Nurses (AAMCN) has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Virginia Nurses Association (VNA) VNA is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses who complete this activity will be awarded 1.0 contact hours.

This activity has been approved by the American Board of Managed Care Nursing for 1.0 contact hours toward CMCN recertification requirements
 

This activity is supported by an educational grant from

Eisai, Inc.